MSc in Public Health 

Introduction to MSc in Public Health

Can lifestyle diseases and a decreasing birth rate put an end to prosperity in the European economy? Will global warming bring back malaria to the Nordic countries? And why does it seem that prevention campaigns have a limited effect?

These and many other questions are dealt with in the Public Health programme. A dynamic, complex and analytical branch of health sciences, where policy relates to statistics and mathematics, behavioural sciences with physiology, anatomy and aetiology of diseases, and where environmental health is as important historical considerations and predictions for the future.
The programme has a progressive international perspective and is built upon some of the major scientific cornerstones: social science, medicine and epidemiology.

Specialisations in:

• Health Promotion
• Global Health
• Health Economics and Management
• Risk Research
• Intervention and Evaluation

Depending on the choice of the main specialisation, the graduate in public health science will either be particularly or generally qualified for handling problems within the fields of public health planning (either nationally or globally) and public health administration (either nationally or globally). Furthermore, the graduate in public health science will be qualified for dealing with analysis, development, planning, advising, teaching, and research to prevention and health promotion.

Independent of the choice of specialisation, the graduate in public health will:

• have extended knowledge on the health status and conditions for the health of various population groups
• have extended knowledge on the theories, methods and strategies used to promote and -protect the population's health and well-being
• be able to understand, apply and reflect on relevant theory, research methods and research approaches within public health