MSc in Occupational Safety, Health and Environment
Manchester, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,000 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
In this course, you’ll explore the scientific, health and psychosocial factors influencing health and safety in the 21st century.
You’ll study current and emerging legal and compliance issues and consider the many factors that influence workplace safety and health, such as legionella, contaminated land and air quality.
You’ll learn how to formulate, implement and evaluate the safety, health and environmental (SHE) management systems for an organisation, including concepts and techniques of occupational health and safety management.
Topics you’ll investigate include the principles and practices of risk management in the workplace, environmental protection and management, and the principal diseases of significance to public health.
You’ll develop your knowledge of workplace risk assessment, hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP), major incident contingency plans (MICP), pollution exposure assessment and environmental management. You’ll consider topics such as benchmarking safety and risk management and assessment of hazards, risks and dangers at work, including processes in the development and management of ISO 14001 (environmental management) and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety management) standards.
As well as studying theory, you’ll have practical sessions. You’ll learn skills in how to identify, evidence and analyse concerns for safety at work, such as assessment and control of occupational risks that arise from exposure to hazards at work including noise levels and extreme working environments.
Features and benefits
- Industrial site visits - You’ll go on visits to specific areas of safety, health and environmental (SHE) and health and wellbeing settings.
- Practical sessions - You’ll have sessions to help you develop the skills to identify, evidence and analyse concerns for human health.
- Professional development - Once enrolled on the course, you’ll be eligible to apply for student member status at the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) for the duration of your studies. When you graduate, you’ll be entitled to register for IOSH graduate member status.
- Networking events - We host and participate in safety, health and wellbeing industry networking events. Previous events have featured a workshop on creative ideas and stories to address workplace wellbeing and mental health, with guest speakers from Anker and Marsh.
Admissions
Curriculum
Course information
Workplace safety and worker health are increasingly significant in tackling wider societal issues around morbidity, early mortality, and the influences of lifestyle on individuals and communities.
Through this course, we aim to develop your analytical and problem-solving skills and introduce you to the multitude of factors that can influence workplace safety and health. This is to help you become a practitioner in preventing accidents and ill health in the workplace, and in managing workplace environmental issues.
You’ll explore topics including risk perception and risk management, law, occupational hygiene, and environmental management.
You’ll learn how to critically assess the evidence on the health and wellbeing of a defined population, and how to analyse exposure data to evaluate toxicological risks to population health.
You’ll consider occupational health and safety philosophies for effective control and health protection purposes, and evaluate risk management systems for specific workplace environments, including the gas, oil and food industries.
You’ll go on-site visits to a variety of industrial and commercial settings, such as manufacturing industries, construction sites and waste treatment plants. You’ll apply the knowledge you learn on visits to risk assessment, management and compliance requirements, maintaining workplace safety, and to building infrastructure and compliance systems.
For your dissertation, you’ll submit your research proposal (usually 1,000 words) and write a piece of work presenting your research findings (approximately 16,000 words). Past dissertation themes include stress management and safety impact in a high-risk industry, silica exposure among construction workers and the impact of extreme climate on outdoor workers.
Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll receive a master's in Occupational Safety, Health and Environment and eligibility to register for graduate member status of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH).
The standard duration of this course for part-time students is two years and the maximum is five years. Completion of the course in two years would make you eligible for a postgraduate loan to cover the cost of your fees.
Year 1
On the course, you’ll study the following units:
Core units
- Applied Sciences For Public Health
- Dissertation With Research Methods
- Risk Perception And Management
- Environmental Management
- SHE Management And International Quality Standards
- Occupational Hygiene Management
- Principles In Occupational Health And Safety
Career Opportunities
Upon successful completion of our full-time or part-time Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) accredited course, you’ll have the opportunity to register as a graduate member of IOSH and enjoy all benefits associated with your membership. This includes joining mentorship programmes, career support and advice, bursary, and networking opportunities.
As a graduate, you’ll use your practical skills and academic knowledge to help ensure compliance with safety legislation and safety policies in a wide range of organisations, from large-scale industries to small businesses.
You could develop your career in industries such as oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, or in relevant government departments.
Roles include occupational health and safety managers across all industry sectors, health and safety advisors, HSE auditors, and consultants.