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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is renowned for its research, postgraduate studies, and continuing education in public and global health. We have an annual research income of more than £124 million and one of the UK's highest-rated research institutions. We have a diverse and genuinely global community dedicated to quality cross-disciplinary research. Our School is involved at every stage of the research pipeline, from basic science all the way through to evaluation of health interventions, providing a firm foundation of evidence for improving health. Crucially, we take research into the real world to make a tangible difference in people's lives. We never know what will come next. As well as potential global disease outbreaks, we face many other challenges, including the ever-rising burden of chronic conditions such as obesity, cancer, diabetes, dementia, and threats from climate change and financial crises. That is why we must continue to train the next generation of leaders through our teaching and research programs and work together to innovate, respond, and prevent most effectively. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is renowned for its research, postgraduate studies, and continuing education in public and global health. The School has an international presence and collaborative ethos and is uniquely placed to help shape health policy and translate research findings into tangible impact. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide to work in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education, and translation of knowledge into policy and practice. We draw on our diverse talents, skills, and experience to underpin our position as a leader in public and global health. These range from the molecular to the global, the theoretical to the applied, the analytical to the political. The School will address global and public health challenges through high-quality research, educating future research leaders and health professionals, and supporting innovation and engagement. Research income has grown to more than £124 million per year from national and international funding sources, including UK government and research councils, the European Union, the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, and other philanthropic sources. Our diverse research talents, skills, and experience underpin our position as a leader in public and global health. These range from the molecular to the global, the theoretical to the applied, the analytical to the political. We have more than 1,300 staff working in over 100 countries. Our outstanding, diverse, and committed staff make an impact where it is most needed - deploying research in real-time in response to crises, developing innovative programs for significant health threats, or training the next generations of public and global health leaders and researchers. We deliver research-led educational programs to future health leaders, managers, and researchers across the world. We have more than 1,000 face-to-face Master's and Research students, 3,000 studying by distance learning, and 1,000 each year on short courses and continuous professional development. Our free online courses are studied by more than 30,000 participants globally. We seek to foster and sustain a creative and supportive working environment based upon an ethos of respect and rigorous scientific inquiry. We embrace and value the diversity of our staff and student population and seek to promote equality as an essential element in contributing to improving health worldwide. View full university

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), founded in 1898, was the first institution in the world dedicated to research and teaching in the field of tropical medicine. As a registered charity, we often work across the world in challenging circumstances to fulfill our Mission of reducing the burden of sickness and mortality in endemic disease countries. We do that by delivering effective interventions that improve human health and are relevant to the most impoverished communities. Our work in combating diseases such as TB, HIV/AIDS, malaria, dengue, and lymphatic filariasis is supported by a research order book of well over £210 million. Our worldwide reputation and the caliber of our research outputs have secured funding to lead over ten international consortia and product development partnerships to reduce or eliminate the impact of diseases upon the world's poorest people. Our state-of-the-art facilities continue to develop new drugs, vaccines, and pesticides, which put us at the forefront of infectious disease research. As a teaching institution, we attract more than 600 students from 68 countries, from Ph.D. research and Masters programs to a range of professional courses, and work in partnership with health ministries, universities and research institutions worldwide to train the next generation of doctors, scientists, researchers, and health professionals. The provision of technical assistance is a significant component of LSTM's Mission of promoting the improved health of the poor and disadvantaged peoples. LSTM consultancy improves health systems in developing countries while helping to inform our teaching and research agendas. We also provide pre- and post-travel clinical services through our subsidiary Well Travelled Clinics Ltd(link is external), with centers in Liverpool and Chester. Our Vision is to save lives in resource-poor countries through research, education, and capacity strengthening. Our Mission is to reduce the burden of sickness and mortality in endemic disease countries through the delivery of effective interventions that improve human health and are relevant to the most impoverished communities. Our Values are Making a difference to health and well-being, Excellence in innovation, leadership, and science, Achieving and delivering through partnership, An ethical ethos founded on respect, accountability, and honesty, and creating a great place to work and study. Our multidisciplinary approach to global health research allows us to translate research innovation and scientific breakthroughs from laboratory research into effective interventions for those most in need. Born out of the shipping industry, LSTM attracts talented researchers and students from around the world. With a research portfolio of over £320 million, LSTM has created and sustained a reputation for scientific Excellence and continues to offer unrivaled learning opportunities to postgraduate students. They study both in the UK and across the developing world. As one of the few postgraduate centers of Excellence in the field of tropical medicine, we are enthusiastic about offering our unrivaled learning opportunities to students within the UK and across the developing world, to provide them with the opportunity to excel in their careers in public health, medicine, and academia. A testament to our ongoing success LSTM continues to expand: we have matched our investment in new facilities, such as the Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator Building, with an investment in new talent and increased our staff numbers from 160 in 2001 over 471 by the end of 2016. View full university

The Institute for Tropical Medicine (ITM) was established over a century ago. We began by training doctors and nurses to work in the Congo and are now internationally recognized in education, medicine, science, and world health. In 1906, in an old villa in Brussels, King Leopold II established a school devoted to studying tropical diseases (the School voor Tropenziekten). He wanted to train doctors and nurses to allow them to work in the Congo Free State. There were similar tropical institutions in England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Each year about 700 health professionals and researchers from all over the world study at ITM. Many students come from low- or middle-income countries. We mainly offer 'advanced teaching and training': doctoral and master degree programs, postgraduate certificate courses, and short courses as part of lifelong learning. Our education – in human or veterinary tropical medicine and international public health – is problem-oriented and focuses on academic and professional skills. The courses use a participatory approach to learning. Exchange on professional experience between students and teaching staff is very enriching. Debate and critical reflection are fundamental. For over a century, the Institute of Tropical Medicine offers a window to the world. Students from over 30 countries specializing in tropical infectious diseases and health care right here in Antwerp. Our scientist's research laboratories and the field collaborate with partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin-America. Our doctors and nurses offer travel advice, vaccinations, and medical care tailored to the individual patient, treating imported diseases, HIV, and STDs. Our globalized world is changing rapidly, and the Institute adapts. As a result of increased trade, migration, tourism, and climate change, we face big health questions today. With our top-level education, research, and service delivery, we contribute to these questions' answers. We strengthen our partner organizations to take charge of science and health care in their own country, and we jointly work towards scientific progress and better health. Scientific progress is at the core of our academic mission. We disseminate our knowledge through higher education and the provision of medical, scientific, and societal services. Through an interdisciplinary approach and a focus on our niche in tropical medicine and international health, we strive for scientific excellence and societal relevance. ITM believes that each world citizen should enjoy a healthy life and that scientific progress is a societal development motor. ITM aims to advance and spread the sciences that contribute to tropical medicine and public health in developing countries, inclusive of their global dimensions. ITM conducts, within a coherent academic triad, fundamental, translational, and applied scientific research that delivers advanced education and training and provides medical, scientific, and societal expert services. ITM strives in the fulfillment of its mission for excellence, integrity, specificity, and efficiency. It upholds human dignity and diversity, intellectual creativity and critical sense, solidarity and collaboration, and the well-being of its employees, students, patients, and other clients. View full university

TAFE Queensland North is part of the TAFE Queensland network. We promote Queenslanders' vision of excelling in learning, skilling, and work for personal, community, and economic prosperity. For more than 130 years, we have been delivering education and training across the state. We are now the single largest provider in the state of Queensland. With 17 campuses located across northern Queensland, TAFE Queensland North extends from the Whitsundays on the east coast of Queensland, west to the Mount Isa region, and far north to Bamaga and Thursday Island the Cape York Peninsula. We are the largest of all the TAFE Queensland regions, and we cover an area of over 520,000 square kilometers. TAFE Queensland North results from an amalgamation between Cairns, Mount Isa, and Townsville TAFE organizations. By harnessing each of these organizations' strong reputations in their communities, we can improve education and training to the great western and northern regions of Queensland as a collective force. View full university