Master of Public Health

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The Master of Public Health (MPH or M.P.H.) is a professional master's degree awarded for studies in areas related to public health. The MPH degree focuses on public health practice, as opposed to research or teaching. In the United States the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredits schools of public health and programs of public health through a formal review process. Master of Public Health programs are available throughout the world in Medical Schools and Schools of Public Health.

MPH is usually a one or two year program. Some students may already possess an advanced degree. In some countries the MPH program is only available for medical graduates (MBBS or equivalent), those without the medical degree can join the Master of Medical Science in Public Health program.

The degree is designed to expose the candidates on five core public health areas:

Public Health Policy and Management
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Behavioral sciences/health education, and
Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences.

In addition to coursework, CEPH programs have a thesis and practicum requirement which may be waived if the candidate has substantial prior experience in the field. Program other than CEPH also may have other requirements.

1 MSPH Degree
2 Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam
3 CEPH-accredited Schools of Public Health
- 3.1 The United States
4 Schools in the United Kingdom
5 Schools in Canada
6 Schools in Australia
7 Schools in Other Countries
8 External links

MSPH Degree

The Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree is an academic public health degree rather than a professional public health degree. The MSPH is more research-oriented than is the MPH. Required MSPH coursework includes most of the same classes needed for the MPH degree, but in addition the MSPH degree requires additional coursework in research methods, epidemiology, biostatistics, and similar public health studies. Also, MSPH students must complete a research thesis. The extra coursework roughly requires an additional year of study in relation to what is required for the MPH degree.

Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam

In 2008, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE), an organization established in the United States, began offering a certification exam. The exam is based on the MPH degree's core competencies, which were agreed upon by a national effort in 2004-2006 in the United States.

CEPH-accredited Schools of Public Health

The United States

According to ASPH Member Schools

Boston University School of Public Health
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Drexel University School of Public Health
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
Florida International University Robert Stempel School of Public Health
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Harvard School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Loma Linda University School of Public Health
New York Medical College School of Public Health
Ohio State University College of Public Health
Saint Louis University School of Public Health
San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health
Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
University at Albany SUNY School of Public Health
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health
University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
University of Iowa College of Public Health
University of Kentucky College of Public Health
University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health
University of Michigan School of Public Health
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Center School of Public Health
University of Oklahoma College of Public Health
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Program in Public Health Studies
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health
University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Florida College of Public Health
University of Texas School of Public Health
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Yale School of Public Health

Schools in the United Kingdom

Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London
Mooreland College London(provides several different Master degrees in different streams of Public Health)

Schools in Canada

University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada
University of Waterloo, Department of Health Studies and Gerontology, Waterloo, Canada
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada
University of Saskatchewan, School of Public Health, Saskatoon, Canada
University of Alberta, Department of Public Health Sciences, Edmonton, Canada
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, Canada
Université Laval, Department of Medecine, Faculty of Social and Preventive Medecine, Quebec City, Canada

Schools in Australia

Curtin University, School of Public Health, Perth, Western Australia
Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC
Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC
Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
University of Melbourne, School of Population Health, Melbourne, VIC
University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales
University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Brisbane, Queensland
University of Sydney, School of Public Health, Sydney, New South Wales
University of Western Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences - School of Population Health, Perth, Western Australia
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales

Schools in Other Countries

American University of Armenia, School of Health Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia
Andalusian School of Public Health, Spain
Daebul University, South Jeolla, South Korea
Hallym University, Chuncheon, South Korea

Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
National Institute for Public Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública) in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Netherlands
Netherlands School of Public and Occupational Health, Netherlands
San Francisco de Quito University, Quito, Ecuador
Slovak Medical University, Faculty of Public Health, Bratislava, Slovakia
Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Malaya, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
University of Otago Wellington School of Medicine, Dunedin, New Zealand
University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
STATE UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE, 1/2 YEARS MPH PROGRAM

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