Thanks Elmo310 and Hazyjane, I really appreciate you sharing your opinions on these courses!

Thanks Moonblue :)

Hi Hazy Jane,

I am currently leaning more towards non-communicable disease, though I initially got interested in epidemiology from the infectious side during my undergraduate degree – genetics.
I’ve been out of science for a couple of years now so would like something that gives me a chance to get quite a broad overview the first term before specialising further.

I saw you posed a question a couple of years ago regarding public health/ epidemiology – if you don’t mind me asking, which did you decide to pursue and where?
You say both have their strengths, what do you think these are?

Thanks for your help.

Hi all,

I have been offered places on the MSc Epidemiology/ Modern Epidemiology at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/ Imperial respectively and am in the process of making a decision as to which to pursue. They're clearly both good universities and I'm looking at the research being undertaken at each to see if I find myself more interested in one than the other, but if possible I'd also like to hear from anyone who has first hand experience of either of the courses.

Is anyone able to offer me any insight - any perceived pros and cons or an opinion on which is the "better" option to pursue.

Alternatively, as I've been writing this message it occured to me whether I could contact the unis and ask if they could put me in touch with a current student to speak to - any thoughts on this approach?

Many thanks,

Magster