School of Community and Health Sciences
City University London

Welcome to the School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London - a centre of educational excellence that meets the continuing and evolving needs of global health and community-related service provision.

City University London’s School of Community and Health Sciences is dedicated to the education and development of professionals working in health and the community in London, the UK and worldwide.

We teach, practice and research across a wide range of postgraduate programmes – nursing, midwifery, radiography, language and communication science, optometry, public health, primary care, food policy, health management and interprofessional studies. Through these programmes, the School plays a leading role in the University’s mission to be a centre for imaginative, professional education and innovative research.

All of our postgraduate programmes start in September of each academic year, but some of our progammes have two or three intakes each year. Our admissions process is on a rolling basis throughout the year.

Courses

Click here for the full range of our Continuing Professional Development portfolio – short courses, modules and programmes.

Post-registration BSc degree programmes:

BSc Nursing Studies

• Generic
• Neonatal Care
• Emergency Care
• Supporting Long Term Care
• Palliative and End of Life Care
• Acute and Critical Care
• Intensive Care
• Cardiac Care
• Ophthalmic Care

BSc Professional Practice

• Public Service Management
• Child and Youth Studies
• Interprofessional

BSc Primary Care

• District Nursing
• Practice Nursing

BSc Health Sciences e-learning

BSc Midwifery 78 week programme

Post registration MSc degree programmes:

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Clinical Leadership for Allied Health Professionals

PG Dip Food Policy

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Health Management

• Executive Management
• Strategic Management and Planning
• Evidence-based Management

PG Dip / MSc Interprofessional Practice

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Civil Emergency Management
• Mental Health
• Society, Violence and Practice

PG Dip / MSc Human Communication

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Joint Professional Practice – Language and Communication

PG Dip / MSc Midwifery

PG Dip / MSc Nursing

PG Dip / MSc Nursing (Advanced Nursing Practice)

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Clinical Optometry

PG Dip / MSc Public Health

• Generic
• Public Health with Health Economics
• Public Health with Food Policy and Public Health Policy

PG Dip / MSc Primary Care

• Generic
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Long Term Conditions
• District Nursing

BSc / PG Dip / MSc Specialist Community Nursing

• Health Visiting
• School Nursing

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Medical Ultrasound

• Medical Ultrasound
• General Medical and Gynaecology Ultrasound
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ultrasound

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Nuclear Medicine Technology

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Radiography - Computed Tomography

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Radiography - Diagnostic Imaging

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Radiography - Medical Magnetic Resonance

PG Cert/Dip / MSc Radiography – Radiotherapy

We also offer a range of professionally-focused study programmes for international students.

The qualifications our students attain through our postgraduate programmes meet the requirements of the United Kingdom occupational, vocational and professional bodies in all the disciplines we cover. The skilled practitioners at the School and the active research they are involved in bring a wealth of meaningful experience to our students’ postgraduate education.

Facilities and partnerships

In addition to the excellent academic tuition we offer, our students benefit from superb in-house facilities such as the hi-tech Saad Centre for Radiography Clinical Skills Education, the Compass Centre Speech and Language Therapy Clinic and the Fight for Sight Optometry Clinic, all of which provide clinical environments for hands-on experience.

We have long-standing partnerships with the health services in London and the professional bodies associated with each discipline.

Research

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, our submission scored the second highest volume of both 4* and combined 3* and 4* in the country. We also scored the second highest total number of researchers, along with the top London Nursing and Midwifery submission.

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