About Msc Digital Health Systems in University of Strathclyde

Study with us

• become a leader in the field of health and care IT
• learn how to manage and analyse data collected from personal device and large-scale health and care systems
• develop software development and management skills to support planning and delivery of better care systems
• partial accreditation by the British Computer Society

Why this course?

Digital Health is one of the fastest growing economic sectors worldwide. It's creating jobs twice as fast as any other economic sector in Scotland and globally (Financial Times 2018).

Digital Health arises from the intersection of health and care services, information technology and mobile technology, and encompasses digital products and systems that can monitor, analyse, educate and improve health and care (Deloitte 2015). 

This one-year Master’s degree (also available part-time over 24 months) is the perfect conversion pathway for recent graduates looking to move into the health and care sector. It's also ideal for existing health and social care practitioners looking to up-skill in digital innovation.

Our course is unique in that it's:

• delivered by a broad range of world experts in computing science, information science, clinical psychology, and health services research
• relevant to real world practice by being co-designed with the Scottish Government, their innovation centre (the Digital Health & Care Institute) the National Health Service, and health and care SMEs and third sector organisations
• takes a multifaceted whole systems approach involving people, technology, practice and policy

What you'll study

• Full lifecycle of designing, developing and evaluating health technologies from mhealth – novel personal health and wellness devices (eg mobile apps, wearables) to ehealth – larger scale hospital and community based IT systems (eg electronic health records)
• Agile participatory and co-design approaches for delivering health and care IT solutions
• Practical and innovative software and data management techniques for managing (databases) and using data (data analytics) produced across a range of systems to support decision making, planning, and delivery of better care
• How to manage complex legal, ethical and governance issues within healthcare
• How to apply theories and models of human information behaviour to the holistic analysis and design of health and social care systems
• How technology enabled health and care solutions can be implemented and evaluated at scale

Facilities

The  is based on levels 11 to 14 of the Livingstone Tower, which is situated in the heart of Glasgow city centre. We've a large study zone and a social area for working on group activities.

There are three large computer labs within the department. Each lab contains state-of-the-art equipment with over 175 dual boot Windows and Linux machines. Each lab machine is equipped with up-to-date software. Departmental machines are linked by a high-speed local area network and operate under a single network file system. This means you can access your files from any of our machines. High-speed wireless access is also available throughout the department.

Careers

Digital health is the fastest growing economic sector worldwide. It is creating jobs twice as fast as any other economic sector in Scotland and globally (Financial Times 2018).

Graduates from this MSc will be able to work in the hugely important and fast growing field of digital health and be in a position to transform the delivery of health and care as it rapidly develops in the future.

Graduates will enjoy a broad range of exciting career opportunities from a wide range of employers. IT professionals is one of the fastest growing professions within health and care organisations. Private and public health and care services world-wide are also expanding their digital health workforce and hardware and software companies are all seeking expertise in the health and wellness sector.

Academic qualification equivalents

• For entry to Strathclyde postgraduate programmes, we'd look for a first-class undergraduate degree (approx 60%) from a
  recognised Indian institution.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS    :     6.5 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
• TOEFL  :    80+ overall,with the following minimum scores in each component: Listening:17 Reading: 18 Speaking:20 Writing:19
• PTE      :     58+ overall, with a minimum of 51 in each component

University of Strathclyde Highlights

University of Strathclyde Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Fee for various range of courses available at the university varies as per their duration, level and type of program. Some of the popular courses with their respective fees are as mentioned below.

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Cost of Living

List of expenses apart from the basic tuition fee are as compiled below.

Note that candidates looking for their private rented accommodation will require 100 to 125 GBP, per week, for a room in a shared plus other expenses.