Health Data Science (Taught)

The amount of health data available today is vast. That information has huge potential to improve health around the world, but only if it’s properly managed, analysed, and communicated. Study MSc Health Data Science at LSHTM to combine your passion for healthcare with your technical knowledge – and help identify new ways to prevent, treat, and cure disease.

Over one year (full time) or two years (part time or split study), you’ll develop the specialist skills you need to become a successful and in-demand health data scientist. Immerse yourself in an inspiring environment where world leaders in subjects like machine learning, electronic health records and epidemiology are pushing boundaries.

What you will learn

• Discover how mathematics, programming, statistics, epidemiology, and informatics combine in this emerging discipline

• Build your quantitative, computational, and practical data management skills as you apply statistical and machine learning approaches to analysing health data

• Develop the professional skills you’ll depend on in your career, such as teamwork, project management, and presentation

• Find out how and where data are collected and what that means for their quality, accessibility, and bias

• Study ethical, security, and governance issues around collecting, storing, and using personal information.

Please note: applications for the 2026/27 academic year are expected to open in November 2025. This information relates to 2025/26 academic year and will be updated in due course.