Health Informatics, MSc / PGDip / PGCert

Specialist Education in the Fastest Growing Healthcare Specialty

Health Informatics Students

Course Overview

Are you working in healthcare and want to increase your knowledge and skills in health informatics? It’s one of the fastest growing areas in the UK and our MSc Health Informatics degree could increase your career prospects.

This course uses state-of-the-art technologies and has a strong focus on practical and analytical skills which you can apply in your working environment.  It is available as either a one year full time course or three years part time.

This course is the first in Wales to earn Tech Industry Gold accredited status—an endorsement of its exceptional industry relevance and academic excellence. This accreditation is testament to how the course is designed to meet the growing demands of the health informatics sector, equipping learners with the critical knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to thrive. We are the first Health Informatics course in the UK to be recognised with this prestigious accreditation.

Through links with the NHS and organisations within the Life Science sector you’ll learn about new developments and the changing nature of technology within health informatics, which will place you at the forefront of this fast growing industry.

Why Study Health Informatics at Swansea University?

  • Top 5 for overall research quality (REF2021)
  • Postgraduate students have access to facilities in the Award Winning Data Science Building
  • Degree is available full time over one year or part-time over three years
  • Strong links with the NHS and organisations within the Life Science Sector
  • Award winning teaching staff
  • Tech Industry Gold accreditation by Tech Skills.

Your Health Informatics experience

Your degree experience will be enhanced by access to state of the art facilities based within our Centres for Excellence for Administrative Data and eHealth Research. This £30 million facility, awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC), will enhance the quality of your course.

You will benefit from our major collaborators at the Medical School; Swansea Bay University Health Board; Hywel Dda Health Board; UK Research Council; Welsh Government, and numerous national and international links.

Health Informatics employment opportunities

We have carefully designed the course to provide you with an increased knowledge and understanding of Health Informatics, and the skills you need to apply your learning to professional practice.

As such, this Master’s degree will give you the in-depth knowledge of the field to potentially enhance your prospects for career progression.

Modules

Modules typically include: Systems and Technology, Knowledge Management, and Communications and Coding. There are also optional modules you can study.

Students starting in September or January will study the same core modules as part of the programme. Dates for January intake to be confirmed.