Public and global health has been, and will continue to be, a hot topic of discussion all around the world. As diseases adapt and evolve, treatments improve and cure, conflicts continue and develop, health will always be impacted by the world we live in. Our graduates find a wide range of career paths open to them and are based all over the world.
The infographics below was produced using Graduate Outcomes Surveys and LSHTM Alumni data for intensive programmes between 2019/20-2022/23 cohorts.
Employability
On average, 90% of graduates from the 2019/20-2022/23 cohorts were in employment or undertaking further studies 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes Surveys, 2020-2023).
We know enhancing your knowledge can only go so far in improving health worldwide if there's no real world application. That's why our dedicated careers support services have real-world applications in mind.
Hear from past students about how LSHTM provided the skills and networks to pursue careers in a wide range of fields all around the world.
Employment sectors
Information from our Alumni database for 2019/20-2022/23 graduates from our intensive programmes shows our alumni go onto roles in a range of sectors. From healthcare delivery and academia/research, to policy and intergovernmental organisations, our graduates are applying their learning to a range of global health issues in a variety of ways.
Not only does LSHTM provide research-informed teaching, it also develops skills that can be transferable between sectors, roles, and fields.
Hear from students on how LSHTM's unique teaching prepared them for real-world scenarios.
Top employers and job titles
As a top ranked institution for public health, our graduates' knowledge, skills and qualities are in demand in the field. Our graduates go onto various roles with a wide range of employers, but to give you an insight into the types of jobs and organisations our students have gone on to work at in the past, take a look at our top employers and job titles for graduates:
What do our alumni say?
"My engagement with the alumni has been really consistent throughout the year, and its only possible because of how amazingly the careers services has been proactive in arranging those events at the school."
Ishant, India (MSc Public Health, 2025)
"LSHTM is an amazing institution to come and study, to learn, to found relationships and networks. I definitely think that if you are trying to take your career to the next step, LSHTM is the place to do so."
Sophie, Canada (MSc Control of Infectious Diseases, 2025)
Who are our alumni?
You might have heard of:
- Tedros Adhanom, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), who completed his MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases at LSHTM;
- Karina Rando, the Minister of Public Health in Uruguay, studied MSc Public Health – Health Economics stream at LSHTM
- Or perhaps Christopher Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to UK Government, who studied MSc Epidemiology at LSHTM.
However our alumni are all working together to improve health worldwide whether that be on the global scale, or at grassroots initiatives in small communities. Learn more about our amazing alumni on our blog.
Please note: information is indicative only and based on information from the samples/responses available.
- Graduate outcomes information based on a sample of respondents from in-person programmes in the 2019/20-2022/23 cohorts. Survey conducted 15 months after graduation by an external source.
- Alumni database information based on a sample of respondents from in-person programmes in the 2019/20-2022/23 cohorts.
