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Overview
Explore how to improve lives, shape healthier communities, and tackle real-world health challenges with a BSc (Hons) Public Health degree at Canterbury Christ Church University.
What you’ll learn
- Explore how national health policies aim to reduce inequality in the UK and beyond.
- Develop creative solutions to protect communities through health promotion, protection, and prevention.
- Analyse how psychology, sociology, and politics shape public health strategies.
- Collaborate on real public health challenges with expert guidance from active researchers.
- Gain leadership and communication skills for careers in health organisations, research, not for profit, or government.
Dive into a subject that makes a difference in people's lives, whilst developing the skills to lead, influence policy, and protect wellbeing on a local and global scale. Learn in a supportive, inclusive environment with experts who connect you to real careers in the NHS, charities, government and international organisations.
Whether you want to study health at university, work in public health, or build a career that matters, this course is your chance to make a lasting impact.
Why study Public Health at CCCU?
of our Public Health students were satisfied with the learning opportunities on their course.
National Student Survey 2025
Our cohort have been incredibly lucky to have lecturers that we feel really know each of us, treat us as young professionals and value our opinions. I have gained such a valuable foundation for my future.Meg, current student
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Qualifications:
Grades
Points required: 112
Accepted qualifications
We accept a wide range of general qualifications that attract UCAS Tariff points either on their own or in combination with others. Below are some common examples.
| Qualification | Grades |
|---|---|
| A Levels | BBC |
| BTEC | DMM |
| Access | 15 Distinctions and 30 Merits |
| International Baccalaureate | 29 Points |
The grades in this table provide an indication of what is required to study this course. If you have qualifications that are not present in the table or want to tell us more about you specific situation then please contact our friendly Course Enquiry Team.
Don’t meet these entry requirements?
If you do not meet these entry requirements, a foundation year is a great way of beginning your university journey. We recommend you speak to our Course Enquiries team who will advise on a route to study that fits you.
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Module information
As well as the core modules, you may also have the opportunity to study a number of option modules. Option modules will not be pre-selected for you. We provide examples of option modules. The availability of specific option modules may vary from year to year. The offer of an option will be subject to a minimum number of students choosing the module to ensure the appropriate student experience. The offer of option modules may also be affected by staff availability. It means we cannot guarantee the availability of a particular optional module. However, we will ensure you have a choice of option modules.
Core/optional modules
*Modules subject to approval
How you’ll learn
Our experienced teaching team are there to help you reach your full potential. You will study a varied number of modules each year, across two semesters. You will typically be in three days per week every semester which equates to 12 hours of taught contact per week. The modules will have different volumes of teaching based on their credit value which ranges from 5 to 30 credits.
You'll be taught through a combination of lectures and seminars and will also be expected to complete directed study to support your learning. Academic development weeks are included within the timetable to support academic learning support sessions.
You will have a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) to support you transitioning into university life and to guide you academically during your time at university.
All courses are informed by the University’s Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Strategy.
Independent study is essential to your learning experience as it provides an opportunity for you to consolidate your learning and the development of wider graduate skills. Academic staff will provide you with resources such as reading lists, documentaries, podcasts etc and make suggestions for how to use your independent study time effectively.
Independent study is self-directed, and you can decide how best to use your time to benefit your learning experience and to adapt around your personal life.
Your overall workload on this full-time degree will be equivalent to 1200 hours each year, broken down as 75 hours of academic direction and contact, with 225 hours of independent study per 30 credit modules. You will also study additional modules from 5 to 30 credits and these hours are adjusted depending on the credit value.
Our teaching team consists of highly qualified academics with considerable experience and keen research interests in public health. Many come from practice backgrounds and are now engaged academics and researchers. Public Health experts are invited to add practical support and vocational perspective to your learning.
We are passionate about public health and want you to feel the same. You will be active partners in your learning experience. We want you to develop as a confident, independent learner in a vibrant learning environment, equipped with the skills to succeed in your course and future career.Murray AllenCourse Director
How you’ll be assessed
You will be provided with opportunities to test your knowledge and understanding informally before you complete formal assessment that count towards your final mark.
The course embraces a wide range of assessment techniques including essays, presentations, posters, and real-world case studies, which demonstrate your learning and knowledge, supported by research and a broad evidence base. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark. You must achieve a pass mark of 40% or above in all modules.
Your future career
The degree provides you with the skills and knowledge to enter the wider public heath workforce focusing on improving health in the community, and at national and global levels. You can become a registered public health practitioner in the future. It also enables you to pursue further postgraduate study as the course is normally accepted for graduate entry into health professional and social work courses, including the MSc Global Public Health, MA Social Work, and PGCE for teaching.
Typical areas of employment that you can enter after completing this degree are:
- Commissioning public health services
- Community development worker in mental health
- Public health intelligence and surveillance
- Case worker: health and wellbeing, and inequalities
- Health trainer or social prescribing
- Project management: bid writing, community engagement, and empowerment
- Health policy and electoral reform
- Health research
- Communicating health information through social marketing and health-related media
- Health services improvement and administration
- Criminal justice system work in prisons and probation
- Housing support, welfare, and citizen’s advice
- International development and global health: education programmes, tackling poverty, human rights.
- Charity work: fundraising, improving life-chances for vulnerable people and those with disabilities, and non-governmental organisations
- Improving healthy lifestyles (e.g. physical activity, sexual health, smoking cessation, drugs and alcohol, and weight management)
- Town planning, urban development and regeneration, and healthy places
- Health protection, health improvement, environmental health, health and safety officer, risk management, and emergency planning
- Occupational health – workplace health and wellbeing, health and safety, and human resources.
This course will allow you to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups in our society. We will prepare you to be part of a workforce that helps and enables people to live and enjoy healthier lives.Murray AllenCourse Director
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Fees
Tuition Fees for 2026/27 have not yet been finalised. These course web pages will be updated with Tuition Fee information once they have been agreed.
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Industry links
We work with industry stakeholders to further enhance our teaching, research, and knowledge exchange. Some stakeholders come in as guest lecturers and include alumni who have forged careers in public health.
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Duration:
3 yearsUCAS code:
B910Location(s):
Canterbury*We are advertising this course as ‘subject to approval.’ When we add new courses or update existing courses, we advertise the course as ‘subject to approval’. We do this to let you know the University still needs to agree to run the course. It is rare for a course not to gain approval, but it is not guaranteed. There may be changes to course and module titles, content and assessment, but we will tell you about these if there is a change. You can still apply to study a course subject to approval. We have prepared some questions and answers to tell you more.