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For entry in the academic year beginning September 2026, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MSc (full-time distance learning)
  UK students (per annum): £15,200
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £30,500
• MSc (part-time distance learning)
  UK students (per annum): £6,080 for year 1 and 2, and £3,040 for year 3
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £12,200 for year 1 and 2, and £6,100 for year 3
• PGDip (part-time distance learning)
  UK students (per annum): £6,100
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £12,200
• PGCert (part-time distance learning)
  UK students (per annum): £3,000
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £6,100

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

UK students opting for MSc 1 year full-time or 2 year part-time course of study may qualify for a PGT loan from the UK government. Please see our university pages or contact admissions.

Students studying our MSc course over 3 years part-time may also be eligible for a postgraduate loan if there is no other suitable full time equivalent course available in the UK at the time of application. Please contact admissions for more information.

Please note: The fees do not cover any costs for travel, accommodation, professional exams, etc.

A number of our students are sponsored by their employers or the governments of their home countries.

The University permits applicants with comparable previous experience to submit an application for consideration of Accreditation Prior (Experiential) Learning (AP(E)L). The maximum AP(E)L is 15 credits to a PG Cert, 45 credits to a PG Dip and 60 credits to an MSc.

If your AP(E)L application is successful, the University charges a minimum administration fee for every 15 credits of AP(E)L. The overall tuition fee is adjusted and then the administrative charge is applied.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's (PDF document, 91KB).

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Equity and Merit Scholarships are for academically excellent students who have the potential to make a significant contribution to sustainable development in their home countries.

The awards are intended for those who cannot afford to study in Ô°ÇøÒùÂÒ without a scholarship. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and all applications are considered on their merit. We particularly encourage women to apply. To apply for a scholarship for this programme under this scheme you must be looking to study a part-time, distance learning master's (three to five years duration).

The MSc Occupational Hygiene can be studied part time with a 3 year study option. There are 30 scholarships (20 for full-time study and ten for online study) available each year for a range of courses in engineering, environment, health sciences, development, education, textiles and law.

The scheme is open to applicants from Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

This unit introduces the discipline of occupational health to medical practitioners from any clinical speciality and to professionals who want to gain foundation knowledge of occupational medicine and hygiene. The unit is delivered using a blended learning approach, with extensive online materials including case studies, directed reading and tutorials to familiarise students with a range of concepts and principles that underpin Occupational Health. The unit provides an introduction to occupational health policy and practice and a comprehensive exploration of hazardous substances and risks to health, including introduction to toxicology, thermal and lit environments, noise and vibration.

The unit introduces the common knowledge framework required in occupational medicine, occupational health and occupational hygiene professions and explores the fundamental principles of occupational health for evaluating occupational hazards and risk assessment outcomes for worker health protection.

The learning outcomes intend to provide the student with the knowledge to describe and define the role and responsibilities of the occupational health and hygiene professional in relation to specific hazards and risks in the workplace.

• Occupational Health in Perspective
• Introduction to Occupational Health Law
• Communication in Occupational Health
• Ethical Considerations in Practice
• Introduction to Toxicology
• Introduction to Occupational Hygiene
• Introduction to Lighting
• Introduction to Temperature and Work
• Introduction to Noise and Vibration
• Introduction to Hazardous Substances
• Workplace and Clinical Assessment Skills

Learning and teaching will take the form of online materials supported by online lectures, webinars, group discussion, tutorial and optional on campus workshops  where applicable.

Canvas will be used for course materials, group discussions, reading lists and online assessments.

On completion, students should be able to:

• demonstrate a conceptual understanding of how to evaluate the effects of agents on health and advise on their prevention and management;
• have an awareness of current legislation and the regulatory bodies relating to occupational health practice; and
• reflect on the impact of a wide range of social, economic, environmental and political influences on the working environment.

On completion, students should be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to solve problems and make decisions about occupational health risks;
• understand the nature of evidence required to establish a causal link between occupation and disease or injury; and
• recognise the importance of the interaction between health and work (i.e. effects of work on health and health on work) and understand how to manage such problems.

On completion, students should be able to:

• evaluate the likely effects of hazardous agents on health, and advise on their prevention and management
• plan and carry out an assessment of a working environment taking into account hazards, and evaluating risk;
• design, carry out, write up, and present studies that allow investigation of work-related incidents, accidents, or disease; and
• be aware of sources of further information and advice (e.g. scientific literature and dedicated websites etc.).

On completion, students should be able to:

• integrate knowledge of health, legislation and business in the management of work-related issues affecting both individuals and groups.

Approved by the Faculties of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FOM) and Ireland (FOM-I).

Description	Weighting	Length
Formative: 40 MCQ Examination	N/A	20 minutes
Summative:40 MCQ Examination	50%	20 minutes
Summative: Written Assessment	50%	1000 words

Formative assessments with automatic feedback are available throughout the unit as an aid to understanding the course materials. Feedback for the summative assessments is provided by tutors via Canvas. Students may also receive feedback from interaction with session leaders throughout the course of study.

Students enrolled on the course will be able to access recommended readings through their University of Ô°ÇøÒùÂÒ library account. 

• Agius R, Seaton A. Practical occupational medicine 2nd ed. London: Hodder Arnold 2005. ISBN 034075947X
• Baxter P, Aw T, Cockroft A, Durrington P, Harrington J. Hunter’s diseases of occupations 10th ed. London: Hodder- Edward Arnold 2010. ISBN 9780340941669.
• British Medical Association. The occupational physician. BMA 2023
• Gardiner K, Rees D, Adisesh A, Zalk D, Harrington, JM. Occupational health (Pocket Consultants) 6th ed. Wiley-Blackwell 2006.  ISBN- 10 1119718619; ISBN-13 978-1119718611.
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Ethics guidance for Occupational Health Practice. London: Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians 2018.
• Kloss DM. Occupational health law 6th ed. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell 2020. ISBN 978-1-118-93623-8.
• Sadhra, Steven, Alan Bray, and Steve Boorman (eds), Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health 3e, 3 edn, Oxford Medical Handbooks (Oxford, 2022; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 May 2022). 

If you have any questions regarding the content of this unit, please contact the Course Unit Lead, Melanie Carder, via melanie.carder@manchester.ac.uk.

If you have any other queries, please contact the Programme Admin team via shs.programmes@manchester.ac.uk.