Teesside University • Middlesbrough
A full MPH suite — one-year, applied and online routes with three intakes a year — at the lowest total cost of our fifteen public-health options.
Our take
Teesside runs public health as a suite rather than a single course — a one-year MPH, an applied variant, and an online route — with three intakes a year across it. That structure, verified in our university research, makes Teesside the most flexible public-health provider we list, and its £17,000–£20,000 band plus Britain’s cheapest student living makes it the least expensive. The public-health school benefits from the health faculty around it (including the pre-registration nursing MSc), and the North East itself — with some of England’s starkest health inequalities — gives the subject unusual local relevance. For self-funded clinicians and science graduates optimising cost and timing, this is the first page to compare everything else against.
| Duration | 1 year full-time (applied and online variants also run) |
| Intake | September & January & May |
| Accreditation | Teesside University — School of Health and Life Sciences |
| Tuition | Within Teesside’s 2026/27 international postgraduate band of £17,000–£20,000; exact fee per route confirmed in your offer. The £4,000 deposit is deducted from tuition. |
Where this leads: An academic public-health qualification — no professional registration involved. It complements clinical registrations and leads to programme, analyst and health-improvement roles.
Three intakes run across the MPH suite — route availability varies by intake, so confirm the combination you want.
Why Teesside
One-year, applied and online routes mean the MPH fits around your circumstances — including studying online before relocating.
September, January and May intakes across the suite — the sector’s most forgiving calendar, shared only with Coventry.
Sub-£20,000 fees plus Middlesbrough living costs — no cheaper route to a UK MPH exists on our list.
The North East’s health inequalities make local projects genuinely instructive — public health with real stakes.
What you study
Entry requirements
English language
Teesside can consider Medium of Instruction (MOI) evidence for some courses — though clinical and regulated programmes usually still require a formal test. Teesside does not publish a formal MOI list, but counsellors widely report MOI letters being considered case by case, and the university formally accepts several IELTS-free routes: school-level English such as WAEC or NECO English from Nigeria, and its own free Teesside English Language Test (TELT), taken online via Microsoft Teams. Health courses regulated by the NMC still need a formal test at a higher level, so we always confirm your exact position with admissions before you apply.
Also accepted: PTE Academic 59, LanguageCert Academic, TOEFL iBT, Trinity ISE, Teesside English Language Test (TELT) — free, online. Pre-sessional English is available if you fall short.
Careers
Your country
Teesside has a regional office in Lahore and a large agent network across Punjab, Sindh and KPK. For master’s entry you typically need a four-year bachelor’s degree with at least 60% or a GPA of 3.0; a two- or three-year degree (or a four-year humanities or commerce degree) at 55% is usually considered when followed by a two-year master’s at 55%. HSSC holders normally route into Year 1 via the International Study Centre foundation rather than directly. The £4,000 CAS deposit applies, and the MPH — a favourite with Pakistani medics, pharmacists and allied health graduates — accepts a 2.2-equivalent degree with January, May and September starts.
Full guide for PakistanTeesside’s South Asia office in Gurugram supports Indian applicants directly. For undergraduate Year 1 entry you typically need 65% in Class 12 from any state board; foundation routes accept 55% from CBSE, ICSE, Maharashtra and West Bengal boards or 60% from other boards. For master’s courses the standard requirement is 55% or CGPA 5.8/10 from a recognised university, relaxed to 50% or CGPA 5.5/10 for graduates of Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Jadavpur and Kolkata universities. The three-intake calendar suits Indian students who miss September, and the two-year advanced-practice master’s routes are popular for the built-in internship.
Full guide for IndiaTeesside has a West Africa regional office in Lagos and has recruited strongly from Nigeria in recent years. For master’s entry you typically need a four-year bachelor’s degree at second class lower (2.2) or above. Direct Year 1 undergraduate entry usually needs a National Diploma at 2.8/4.0 or 3.5/5.0; WAEC or NECO with three passes at C6 and two at B3 including maths routes into the foundation year. English is often the easy part — WAEC and NECO English at the required grade are considered in place of IELTS, and the free Teesside English Language Test is a useful backup. The £4,000 deposit applies before your CAS.
Full guide for NigeriaTeesside opened a MENA regional office in Dubai and works with IDP offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Students with the UAE secondary school certificate (Tawjihiyya) at around 70% typically enter through the foundation year, while A-Levels, IB (27+ points) or a Higher Colleges of Technology diploma at GPA 2.5 can support direct Year 1 entry. For master’s courses you usually need a bachelor’s degree at 65% or a GPA of 2.6/4.0 from a recognised university. Expat students on Indian or Pakistani curricula are assessed against those countries’ requirements, and the January and May intakes give useful flexibility.
Full guide for the UAECompare
FAQ
The one-year campus MPH is the standard full-time degree; the applied variant weights placement-style project work; the online route delivers remotely — note that online study does not carry a UK Student visa or Graduate-visa rights. We map which route fits your visa and career plan before you apply.
On total cost, yes — fees of £17,000–£20,000 plus Britain’s lowest living costs. The complete campus year regularly totals less than tuition alone at southern alternatives.
September, January or May, depending on route — three intakes across the suite. Confirm the route-intake combination you want with us early.
No — clinicians broadening out and science or social-science graduates entering the field study together. The North East’s health-inequality context gives every profile substantive project material.
Fees, entry requirements, English-language policies and intake dates are correct to the best of our knowledge at the date shown, but universities review them every cycle and immigration rules change. Always treat figures as a guide — we confirm the exact, current requirements with the university before you apply. Facts on this page last checked July 2026.
Intakes shown are for this course specifically; Teesside runs other intakes for other programmes — see the full Teesside profile.
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