Masterprogram i folkhälsovetenskap

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Längd: 120 hp
Utbildare: Umeå universitet plus
Utbildningsort: Umeå
Typ av utb.: Avancerad nivå (Magister- och Masterexamen)

Masterprogram i folkhälsovetenskap

Are you interested in:
- how to promote health and prevent diseases?
- the relations between social conditions and health?
- how to organise and run health systems so that resources are efficiently allocated while at the same time equity is being promoted?
- studying in a global environment where a large part of the students come from low and middle income countries?

Then you should consider applying for Umeå University’s master program in public health. The program includes a number of courses on global health conditions, on health systems analysis, on the relations between social conditions and health and on the methods that you need to carry out public health work.

Our programme provides public health practitioners and researchers with the skills required to understand, and ultimately help improve and maintain the health status of the population. It leads to the degree "Master of Science (120 credits). Main field of study: Public Health".

By nature, Public Health is multidisciplinary, drawing on social sciences and medicine, using qualitative and quantitative methods to identify and assess specific health risks before designing and implementing effective public health strategies. Traditionally drawing on the fields of microbiology, entomology, parasitology and the management and control of infectious diseases, in today's globalised world we are increasingly facing new public health challenges involving causation and prevention of chronic diseases.

Modern public health strives for the equitable distribution of health, health determinants and health service provision, whilst bearing in mind broader issues concerning gender, ethnicity, age and economic status. Demands for effective resource management also make the study of health systems including health economics an important focus in public health training.
While specific health challenges vary around the world, many public health principles and methods can be applied across these different contexts. Since its inception in 1991, the programme has attracted students from more than 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe (including Sweden) and North and South America. This global recruitment has become an important influence on our teaching and research, with Swedish and international public health professionals learning from one another.

The Umeå programme comprises 120 credits (two years). However, for those that have been accepted to the two year programme, it is still possible to graduate after one year should one wish to do so. The degree will then be "Master of Science (60 credits). Main field of study: Public Health".
The programme is designed for those already working as, or planning to become, public health practitioners, as well as for those seeking a career within public health research. Further studies can lead to a Licentiate degree (approximately two years of full-time study) or a PhD (at least four years).

All courses are taught in English.

Ansökan och behörighet

Kandidatexamen eller motsvarande högskoleutbildning om minst 180 högskolepoäng (120 poäng) inom folkhälsovetenskap, hälso- och sjukvård eller relevant samhällsvetenskapligt ämnesområde samt En A från svenskt gymnasium eller motsvarande.

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