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  • About
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    Master of Public Health (MPH) is an interdisciplinary programme, drawing from social sciences, medicine, management, technology, public policy and law among others.

    The Programme aims to:

    • Equip students with the necessary perspective, knowledge, skill-sets and societal commitment to be able to understand a public health approach to wellbeing;
    • Promote cohorts of young committed public health professionals that, as a body, will have the capacity and aspiration to intervene and change the public health situation of the region
    • Transform public health education and practice into one that is relevant to the vast majority and to the neediest.
    • Develop a capacity within the School to contribute in interventions on local and regional public health challenges, and bring public health back into policy discourse

    The programme is designed to leverage the strengths of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) in alignment with its vision, i.e. perceiving public health as an instrument of social justice and transformation. The programme is designed keeping Indian public health concerns and human resource requirements in mind. While it aims to learn from existing public health schools in the country and outside, it also aims to carve its own sphere of influence.

    The Programme expects to have students from a mix of disciplines that includes social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, medicine, paramedical fields, engineering and technology, and other fields

  • Programme Structure
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    The MPH Programme, with a total of 72 credits will be offered over 2 years, split into 4 semesters. Inter-semester breaks will involve students taking up internships or short workshops. The first semester core courses are foundational in nature imparting basic knowledge and skills on public health, health system, epidemiology, applied statistics and social sciences. Apart from the core courses distributed across the 2nd and 3rd semesters, students are also offered electives equivalent to 8 credits in the third semester. Aspects that require imparting skills, such as use of data analysis softwares, awareness about key health databases, Geographic Information System (GIS) and academic / research writing will be transacted in the form of short credited workshops. About 20 credits are devoted to research skills and field practicum, which include concurrent field placements, internship, and dissertation.

    Semester-I

    Semester-II

    Summer Break

    Semester-III

    Semester-IV

    Introduction to Public Health (4)

    Public Health Nutrition &  Food Security (4)

    Internship -I (4)

    Public Policies in Health (4)

    WS3@ Quantitative Analysis software (1)

     

    WS4@ Qualitative Analysis software (1)

     

    WS5@ Public Health Ethics (1)

     

    WS6@ Basic GIS and mapping in Public Health (1)

    Health system (4)

    Environment, Sanitation and Water (4)

     

    Introduction to Public Health Management (4)

    Essentials of Epidemiology (4)

    Health Economics and Financing (4)

     

    Electives (4) *

    Social Science Perspectives in Public Health (4)

    Introduction to Public Health Research (4)

     

    Electives (4)*

    Dissertation or Internship - II (8)

    Biostatistics - I (2)

    Health behaviour, promotion &  communication (2)

     

    Law and public health (2)

     

     

    Field practice-I (1)

    WS1@ Writing & critical reading (1)

     

    WS2@ Health Data Bases (1)

    Field practice -II (1)

     

    18

    19

    6

    19

    10

      

     

    		Total :

    72

    *Electives may be of 2 or 4 credits with a total of 8 credits for electives.
     @WS3-6 – Any 2 out of 4 workshops have to be completed.

     

  • Programme Outcomes
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    On successful completion of the programme the graduates are expected to have:

    • Knowledge and skills in key public health domains viz., epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences in public health, health economics, environmental health, health policy and administration, health behaviour and communication, research methods and law and ethics of public health.
    • A strong grounding on community orientation of public health practice
    • Cultural competence to empathise, communicate, learn and practice among diverse populations
    • An ability to abstract from the particular and to ask the right questions to explore, understand and intervene in public health situations, reflecting their ability for critical thinking and analyses.

     

    The programme emphasizes on the following competencies:

    • Community/population orientation of Public health practice
    • Analytical ability, Critical thinking, Assessment skills
    • Cultural competence
    • Communication
    • Public Health Sciences Skills
    • Leadership
    • Policy Development/Program Planning/ Finance and Management Skills
    • Gaining a perspective that promotes health equity
  • FAQ
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    Careers: Graduates after completing MPH programme in similar universities and institutions contribute to research institutions and the development sector, particularly in the fields of public health, family welfare, nutrition, sanitation, environment, urban development, rural development, women and children etc. The graduates are also absorbed as consultants in government agencies working in similar domains. Students with a certain skill set may also enter into consultancy

  • Courses
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    Course CodeCourse NameCourse Credit
    SGA2PH401Introduction to Public Health4
    SGA2PH402Health System4
    SGA2PH403Essentials of Epidemiology4
    SGA2PH404Social Science Perspectives in Public Health4
    SGA2PH405Biostatistics - I2
  • Faculty
    Seats
    30
    Duration
    2 Years

    Eligibility

    Applicants need to have a bachelor's degree in any discipline with minimum 45% marks or equivale

    Nakkeeran Nanjappan
    Nakkeeran Nanjappan
    Dean
    Samik Chowdhury
    Samik Chowdhury
    Associate Professor