Why chose LSTM?

• We have been ranked 6th overall for our learning and teaching by our students in the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey from Advance HE (2023).
• We have a 98.3% pass rate among Master’s and professional diploma students (2021/22).
• We excel in translating leading academic research outputs into measurable benefits to health and were ranked 2nd for research impact (REF2021).
• LSTM was shortlisted for the UK Times Higher Awards University of the Year 2023.
• Students on all MSc programmes undertake a major project which forms the basis of their dissertation and can take a variety of forms from fieldwork at home or overseas to laboratory-based or desk-based research.
• Projects can form part of wider research studies or involve working with a supervisor to develop a specific project or they can be an idea of your own and we can help find a supervisor to support you.

What’s in for you?

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has leapt into second place in the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) sector rankings.
• Teaching and learning from world-leading global health clinicians and researchers will challenge and encourage you to achieve your goals.
• Access to student support services on a range of issues, to ensure you reach your full potential.
• The opportunity to build global networks, nurture lifelong friendships, and develop valuable professional relationships.
• Use of our innovative facilities offering the best in technology to support knowledge sharing and collaboration.
• The experience of living in the vibrant and multicultural city of Liverpool, steeped in history and full of opportunities to enrich your life.

Meet our inspiring alumni

When you join LSTM, you will be joining a family that meets in the most unlikely and remote places around the world.

Our staff and alumni have been part of the Ebola Response in West Africa; they were treating patients in Haiti after the earthquake; they were on some of the first flights to Thailand after the Tsunami; they have built roads where there were none; they have negotiated to secure aid while civil war and unrest were rife; they have brought hope to refugee camps; and closer to home they have advised the UK government on our response to Tropical and Infectious Diseases.

LSTM staff and alumni are making a difference in the world.

Join us at LSTM and become part of a passionate community of global experts, working together to find new solutions to evolving global health challenges. Many of our students go on to become global leaders and influencers of health policy and practice. Follow in their footsteps and change lives.