Master in Public Health MPH

Information

Department

Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health

Specializations

1. Environmental Health 2. Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Additional Information

The interdisciplinary Master’s programme in Public Health (MPH), offered by the Cyprus International Institute of Environmental and Public Health (CII), has been designed for anyone wants to make a difference in the field and develop practical skills for their future. Its primary aim is to train health professionals and new graduates of a wide range of relevant disciplines (e.g. biology, mathematics, medicine, nursing, psychology) in acquiring the technical and soft skills demanded by the public health sector in the 21st century.

The unique structure of the MPH programme allows for the acquisition of core practical skills in key areas of public health science and practice, as well as for specialization in a one of the two offered concentrations (Environmental Health OR Epidemiology & Biostatistics), thereby providing depth and breadth to the postgraduate studies that each of our students would like to pursue.

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Program

The programme consists of 11 modules (including the master’s dissertation) that are required to fulfill the requirements of the award of Master in Public Health (MPH) degree.

Each student must take all 8 core (compulsory) modules plus 2 out of the 4 specialization modules and the master’s thesis module. These correspond to a total of 90 ECTS with 60 ECTS of taught modules (46 ECTS core modules and 16 ECTS specialization modules) over a minimum of two academic semesters (Fall and Spring). The remaining months are fully devoted to the research-based dissertation (thesis) for 30 ECTS.

Full-time (14 months) programme schedule*:

1st Semester – Fall (September-December)

MPH_601 Basic Epidemiology (8 ECTS) Compulsory
MPH_602 Basic Biostatistics for Public Health (8 ECTS) Compulsory
MPH_603 Health Informatics (6 ECTS) Compulsory
MPH_604 Research Ethics in Public Health (4 ECTS) Compulsory
MPH_612 Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (4 ECTS) – Compulsory

2nd Semester – Spring (January – May)

MPH_605 Health Education and Promotion (6 ECTS) – Compulsory
MPH_606 Health Economics and Policy (6 ECTS) – Compulsory
MPH_607* Applied Methods for Public Health (8 ECTS) – Specialization
MPH_608^ Environmental Health Evaluation (6 ECTS) – Specialization
MPH_609* Advanced Biostatistical Methods (6 ECTS) – Specialization
MPH_610^ Environment and Population Health (8 ECTS) Specialization
MPH_611 Global Health (4 ECTS) – Compulsory

* Specialization in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

^ Specialization in Environmental Health

3rd Semester – Fall (June – November)

MPH_613 Thesis (30 ECTS) Compulsory*

*Part-time students would typically need to split modules offered in the 1st and 2nd semester into four (4) semesters over a period of two academic years.

**The master’s thesis can be submitted once a year at the end of November.