Master of Public Health 12 months Postgraduate Programme By City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

25,864 USDTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

30 Apr, 2025Application Deadline

Main Subject Area

Health/HealthcareMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MPH

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

Master of Public Health Programme Aims 
  • To prepare students with sound academic knowledge in One Health to identify, analyze and understand public health and health care issues, particularly those related to the control and prevention of emerging zoonotic diseases at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment and the role of ecology in infectious disease maintenance and transmission;
  • To provide students with key skills to critically assess scientific literature, analyze and interpret epidemiological data to identify health determinants, infectious diseases incidents and their socio-economic impacts;
  • To equip students with the necessary skills in designing and implementing public health research (e.g., study design, collection and analysis of data from different types of field studies, including molecular epidemiology), develop infectious disease predictive models and translate these findings to public health policy makers, front line workers and the public;
  • To help students develop strong skills in statistical analyses for public health and animal disease data;
  • To enable students to apply advanced statistical models to epidemiological data for predictions and surveillance of infectious diseases;
  • To prepare students with good leadership, planning and management skills necessary to formulate evidence based effective prevention and control policies for diseases in both human and animal populations, for the betterment of public health.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

MPH

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

Master of Public Health Programme Aims 
  • To prepare students with sound academic knowledge in One Health to identify, analyze and understand public health and health care issues, particularly those related to the control and prevention of emerging zoonotic diseases at the interface of humans, animals, and the environment and the role of ecology in infectious disease maintenance and transmission;
  • To provide students with key skills to critically assess scientific literature, analyze and interpret epidemiological data to identify health determinants, infectious diseases incidents and their socio-economic impacts;
  • To equip students with the necessary skills in designing and implementing public health research (e.g., study design, collection and analysis of data from different types of field studies, including molecular epidemiology), develop infectious disease predictive models and translate these findings to public health policy makers, front line workers and the public;
  • To help students develop strong skills in statistical analyses for public health and animal disease data;
  • To enable students to apply advanced statistical models to epidemiological data for predictions and surveillance of infectious diseases;
  • To prepare students with good leadership, planning and management skills necessary to formulate evidence based effective prevention and control policies for diseases in both human and animal populations, for the betterment of public health.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
79+
Applicants must satisfy the University's general entrance requirements and the following programme-specific entrance requirements:
  • Possess a recognised undergraduate degree in Biological/Medicine/Veterinary/Animal/Health/ Environmental Sciences/Statistics/Mathematics/Biostatistics/Data Science/Microbiology or a related discipline;
  • Preference for admission will be given to high calibre individuals with a scientific background and who have completed a holistic undergraduate education covering statistics, cell biology, biochemistry, physiology, pathology, ecology, infectious diseases, pharmacology, food engineering, health sciences.

30 Apr 2025
1 Year
Sep

Domestic
25,864 USD
International
25,864 USD

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