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  • About
    Seats
    Duration
    3 Year

    Eligibility

    The PhD Programme in Public Health located within the School of Global Affairs (SGA), Karampura Campus, underscores a reflective engagement with public health theory and practice and the development of research competency. Research scholars are enabled to discover and apply methodologies necessary to carry out original research aimed at an interdisciplinary engagement with public health issues.

    The PhD programme in Public Health builds on the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme offered in the same school, details of which can be accessed here

    The areas of research that are encouraged in the PhD programme are health social sciences, health economics and financing, health systems, environmental health, occupational health, public health nutrition, demography and health, urban health, anthropology of health, health policy, political economy of health and others.

  • Programme Structure
    Seats
    Duration
    3 Year

    Eligibility

  • Programme Outcomes
    Seats
    Duration
    3 Year

    Eligibility

    • Demonstrable ability to identify and reflect on key public health concerns
    • Demonstrable skill to independently conceptualise, design and execute a research study of high quality
    • Demonstrable ability to engage with one or more public health concerns through participation in on-going debates through academic writing and presentations
  • FAQ
    Seats
    Duration
    3 Year

    Eligibility

    The PhD programme in Public Health strictly adheres to the rules and regulations of the University Grants Commission, as they are enforced and revised from time to time. The current regulations in force can be found here

    The University specific regulations related to PhD programmes can be found here

    Further details on the PhD programme in Public Health is available in the Bulletin of Information (BoI) for the concerned programme, which is available here

  • Courses
    Seats
    Duration
    3 Year

    Eligibility

    Course CodeCourse NameCourse Credit
    NAPublic Health Perspectives 
    NAResearch Methods in Public Health 
    NAResearch Ethics 
    NAElectives