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PGCert Tuberculosis GSK-sponsored places for Sub-Saharan Africa students

About the award

Level: Masters
Course: Postgraduate Certificate Tuberculosis Online
Country/Region: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. of, Congo, Rep. of, Cote D’ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Value: Fully-funded places
No. of awards: 5
Deadline: 26 August 2026 at 23:59 British Summer Time (London)

More information

Our unique Postgraduate Certificate in Tuberculosis (TB) runs again from September 2026. It is an online, completely university-accredited course (60 credits) with formal teaching on all key aspects of TB, including diagnosis and treatment, laboratory and public health aspects covering co-morbidities, complications and drug resistance. It benefits from a world-renowned faculty and recently completely updated course materials.

We are delighted to announce up to five fully funded places for students from Sub-Saharan Africa on this course, thanks to a generous grant from GSK Africa Open Lab.

To apply, please email courseenquiry-wch@qmul.ac.uk by 26 August 2026 at 23:59 British Summer Time (London) and include:

1)        A short CV (max 2 pages)

2)        A cover letter (max 2 pages), outlining your previous clinical, laboratory or public health experience in TB, the need for TB knowledge and experience in current health/ public health service and how this course will contribute to your career plan as a TB specialist in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

3)        A letter from your employer, confirming their support for you to take this course.

Please use PGCert-TB GSK-sponsored place and your name in the heading. We expect significant interest and funded places will be allocated according to merit. We look forward to your application.

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