Global Public Health in Action: Tackling Health Inequalities and Advancing Wellbeing
Applications are now open
This innovative summer school offers a unique interdisciplinary learning experience that explores wicked global public health challenges through the lenses of public health, mental health and wellbeing, primary care, and health economics. Set in the School of Health and Wellbeing, the programme aims to help students develop an understanding of public health and how it can be improved.
Participants will engage in interactive lectures and hands-on workshops, guided by experts across a range of disciplines on health and wellbeing. The programme will emphasise real-world application, empowering participants to understand innovative, evidence-based interventions that promote health equity and sustainable wellbeing.
Key information
Course length: Four weeks
Arrival date: Thursday 18th June 2026
Orientation day: Friday 19th June 2026
Classes start: Monday 22nd June 2026
Classes end: Friday 17th July 2026
Accommodation check out: Sunday 19th July 2026
Credits: 20
Tuition fee: £3707
Accommodation cost: £847
Application Deadline: April 2026
What you will learn
This course aims to equip students with interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills to address complex global public health challenges through innovative, evidence-based approaches, using the themes of health and wellbeing, to inspire transformative solutions that promote health equity and sustainable wellbeing.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain complex global public health challenges through an interdisciplinary lens, integrating perspectives from health and wellbeing.
- Critically appraise the literature surrounding a complex global public health challenge.
- Discuss evidence-based public health interventions, to improve health and wellbeing.
- Describe a complex public health problem and its potential solution in a presentation.
Teaching pattern
Interative lecture in the morning and workshop/seminar in the afternoon.
Entry requirements
- GPA of 3.0 (or equivalent)
- you should be currently enrolled at an international higher education institution.
Open to non medical students, no clinical background is needed.
If your first language is not English, you must meet our minimum proficiency level:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module (not General Training) overall score of 6.0, with no sub test less than 5.5
- we also accept equivalent scores in other recognised qualifications such as ibTOEFL, CAE, CPE and more.
This is a guide, for further information email internationalsummerschools@gla.systa-s.com