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International Health
Uppsala University
Faculty of Medicine
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| Application Deadline: | January 16 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 15,000 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Uppsala / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | August |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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The Master Programme in International Health prepares professionals with medical or other undergraduate degrees to play leadership roles in promoting global health. This program equips students from multiple disciplines and all continents with skills to appreciate and analyze global health problems and to develop and evaluate actions to improve public health. A special emphasis is given to child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, public health in humanitarian assistance and public health nutrition.
The Master programme in International Health is an appropriate education for job opportunities in the field of global public health and humanitarian action. There are job opportunities within governmental and non-governmental organizations, nationally and internationally. There is also a possibility to continue the research track after the master degree.
Contents
The programme is composed of compulsory and elective courses and includes an opportunity for the students to plan, perform, analyze and report an independent research project in the field of global health.
Compulsory courses:
- Global Health 20 credits
Quantitative Research Methods in Global Health 10 credits
Qualitative Research Methods in Global Health 10 credits
Degree Project 20 and/or 30 credits
Elective courses:
- Global Nutrition 10 credits
- Global Sexual and Reproductive
- Health and Rights 10 credits
- Global Health Programme Management 10 credits
- Public Health in Humanitarian Action part II 5 credits
- Critical Reading in Global Health 5 credits
- Field Epidemiology 5 credits
- Global Health Advanced Course 10 or 20 credits
- Advanced Information Seeking, with Focus on Lower-Income
- Countries - the Key to the Locked Room 3 credits
The compulsory courses are offered every academic year. Students can meet the degree requirements in two academic years by completing their courses and their degree projects. The degree projects should address a topic in global health. This normally involves analysis of data obtained from the students´ own field work or secondary data. Students must write a project report and present their work at a seminar.
The education includes lectures, seminars, group work, and project/research work. It is deeply rooted in current international health research and includes presentations on ongoing research at the department as well as by invited scientists. The lecturers have vast experience of global health work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The seminars are designed to develop the ability to understand, interpret and critically evaluate scientific literature. This also includes exercises to discuss results and choice of methods and to summarize facts and hypotheses both orally and in writing. The increasing depth of theoretical knowledge is measured at the examination of the different courses. The ability to analyze, evaluate and draw conclusion from scientific data is judged at specific seminars and theoretical tasks.
The Master programme in International Health is an appropriate education for job opportunities in the field of global public health and humanitarian action. There are job opportunities within governmental and non-governmental organizations, nationally and internationally. There is also a possibility to continue the research track after the master degree.
Degree
The programme leads to a Master of Medical Science (120 credits), with International Health as the main field of study. The programme includes 120 credits (two years of full-time study).
There is a possibility to leave the programme after one year with 60 credits, including a degree project of 20 or 30 credits and then receive the Master of Medical Science (60 credits) with International Health as the main field of study.
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
Bachelor degree (i.e. three years of full-time studies), in medicine, nursing, nutrition or other fields relevant for international health.
All applicants also need to verify English language proficiency. This is normally attested by an internationally recognised test such as TOEFL or IELTS.
Selection: Selection will be based on previous academic studies and degrees, previous professional experiences and a statement of intent.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
Accreditation
Uppsala University is accredited by the Swedish National Agencyof Higher Education
Funding details
Uppsala University offers a few scholarships to cover the tuition fee. Read more on www.uu.se/scholarships.
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