Master in Public Health (MPH)


Why Master in Public Health (MPH)

What is a Master of Public Health?

Do you want to improve health on a community level? Do you want to prevent illness? Do you want to be at the forefront of a rapidly evolving field that touches all populations?

A Master of Public Health (MPH) degree trains students to protect and improve the health of entire populations. Students learn how to tackle the challenging issues that affect communities, work with people across sectors, and educate the public about best health care practices.

With an MPH degree, you will be able to analyze data, influence public policy, study, and monitor threats to public health, and/or conduct health research.

Why Study Master of Public Health?

The following are some of the benefits for pursuing the MPH as a career option

  • Improved Employment Opportunities: The candidates will have improved employment options in the various health as well as other related sectors. The candidates have the option to be absorbed in various job roles that include Health Communications Specialist, Health Resources Professional, Public Relation Officer, Environmental Health & Safety Specialist, and many more. The Indian Healthcare Industry is expected to generate over 4 crore jobs in the coming years, hence underlying the improved opportunity. 
  • Job Security: The need for public health workers has been increasing in every sector. With the increase in the overall government expenditure on public health and the increase in the general awareness, the overall job security is expected to be high for the MPH graduates in the coming years.
  • Chance to work in a growing sector: The Indian Health care market, currently valued at USD 193.83 Billion in 2020 is expected to double its net worth to USD 372 Billion By 2022, almost double, hence creating opportunity for MPH graduates.
  • Also, the course is essential to cultivate students' health management skills to prepare them to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of public health programs and services.

·         The course prepares professionals for challenging careers in public health management in both public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, as well as national and multinational organizations.

Scope of the Course:

Candidates after passing the Master of Public health can look for job role in following section:

  • Environmental science
  • Hazardous waste inspection and control
  • Health-related administration, legislation, laws
  • Biosecurity, epidemiology, community activism
  • Sanitarian, disease specialization
  • Public health education
  • Disease analysis
  • Food service, and coordination.

Such postgraduates may explore career opportunities in fields like health care analytics, big data, GIS, consulting firms, policy related research, evidence-generation, and such.

Master’s in public health: Syllabus

A semester-wise breakup of the course’s syllabus is tabulated here.

Semester I

Semester II

 Introduction to Public Health

 Epidemiology

 Human Biology & Public Health Chemistry

 Demography & Population Sciences

 Medical & Health Statistics

 Project Planning & Management

 Research Methods in Public Health

 Communicable & Infectious Diseases

 Health Psychology, Communication & Counselling

 Non-communicable Diseases

 Practical’s/Field visits

 Practical’s/Field visits

Semester III

Semester IV

 Health of Vulnerable Populations

 Public Health Nutrition

 Environmental Health & Sustainable Development

 Health Systems Development & Management.

 Occupational, Industrial and Urban Health

 International Health

 Health Policy, Planning & Economics

 Research Project

 Public Health Internship

 Practical’s/Field visits

 Practical’s/Field visits

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Eligibility:

  • Candidates with graduate qualification in Medicine, AYUSH, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Veterinary Sciences, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Allied and Health Sciences are eligible to apply.