MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Commissioning

Modules are usually assessed via presentations, seminars, abstracts, posters or a 3,000 – 4,000 word written assignment.
 

PGCert (60 credits)

• Leadership and Change Management in Clinical Services (20 credits)

• Quality, Safety and Service Improvement in Clinical Services (20 credits)
   

PLUS

• One module from the core list or optional list (20 credits)
   

PGDip (120 credits)
 

PGCert modules
 

PLUS

• Commissioning for Quality Care (20 credits)

• Principles and Practice of Public Health (20 credits)

• Research Methods and Critical Appraisal (20 credits)
   

PLUS

• One module from the optional module list (20 credits) See below.

MSc (180 credits)
 

• PGDip modules
   

PLUS

• One module from the optional module list (20 credits) See below.
   

PLUS

• Dissertation (60 credits)
   

Optional modules

• Diabetes Practice in Primary Care (20 credits)

• Understanding Dementia (20 credits)

• Management of Long-Term Conditions in Children (20 credits)

• Communication, Learning and Teaching in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

Applicants will normally have clinical, managerial or leadership experience and/ or be educated to degree level. Students are normally in practice in the health and social care field. Full-time students, or students not in healthcare practice, will be identified and supported through the tutorial process.
 

OR
 

Successful completion of at least three years’ basic medical science at a UK medical school (having gained at least 360 credits) with a guaranteed place to continue medical studies on completion of the MSc.
 

For international students a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 is required.

The fees listed below are the overall costs for full-time courses taken in the academic year 2022/23. Where courses are taken part-time over more than one academic year, fees are usually charged pro-rata for the modules taken during each academic year.  
 

With effect from 2021/22 onwards, EU nationals starting new postgraduate courses will pay international fees and will not be eligible for student funding from the UK government. However, there are exceptions to this for Irish nationals and EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. For the latest information, please see
 

MSc

• UK £9,500
• International £18,975
   

PGDip

• UK £6,336
• International £12,654
   

PGCert

• UK £3,168
• International £6,327
   

Scholarships
 

All BSMS students on Masters courses accredited jointly by the University of Sussex and the University of Brighton are eligible to apply for University of Sussex postgraduate scholarships in 2022/23. 

This course is delivered by a multi-professional team based both within the university and in health and social care services, bringing clinicians, leaders and commissioners together from all parts of the health and care system.
 

We have been offering indepth academic study of healthcare leadership and commissioning at BSMS for over 10 years. Our graduates will apply their range of specialist skills to real healthcare challenges. They will conduct research and enquiry into challenges to the dominant 20th century models of healthcare and help to shape healthcare for the 21st century.