There’s a vast amount of healthcare data in the world. And growing demand for medical statisticians who can analyse it to solve the biggest challenges in medicine. Study the MSc Medical Statistics (or Biostatistics) to combine your passion for healthcare with your analytical mindset. Help to advance medical knowledge, prevent diseases, improve treatments, and influence government health policies. From designing clinical studies to identifying the causes of diseases, you’ll develop the specialist skills you need to play a vital role in global health and development. What you will learn Learn to apply the theory and practice of statistics to clinical trials, epidemiology, and public health Answer medical questions and communicate your analysis to clinicians, scientists, patients and other statisticians Identify and explore your personal interests, ready to hit the ground running once you graduate.
Which department am I in?
Medical Statistics
Study options
Full Time
(1 Year)
Tuition fees
£31,450.00 (34,26,672)
per year
This is a provisional fee yet to be approved
Start date
September 2027
Venue
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street,
London,
Greater London,
WC1E 7HT, Southern England, United Kingdom
Entry requirements
For international students
In order to be admitted to an LSHTM master's degree programme, an applicant must:
hold either a first degree at Second Class Honours (2:2) standard in a relevant discipline, or a degree in medicine recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) for the purposes of practising medicine in the UK, or another degree of equivalent standard awarded by an overseas institution recognised by UK ENIC or the GMC.
or
hold a professional qualification appropriate to the programme of study to be followed obtained by written examinations and judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above.
or
have relevant professional experience or training which is judged by LSHTM to be equivalent to a Second Class Honours (2:2) degree or above.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.