Master of Public Health with specialty in Veterinary Public Health (MPH-VPH)
The program can be completed within two academic years and courses are provided in five rounds and thesis work.
- Objectives
The general objective of the program is to produce qualified professionals equipped with sufficient theoretical knowledge, practical skills and latest scientific techniques so as to deal with common public health and veterinary public health problems at different levels.
- Admission requirements
Should have a minimum of first degree in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Health Sciences, Human Medicine or Health Sciences; two years of work experience and two letters of recommendation from their employers and academic supervisors.
- Course breakdown
General MPH Course Schedule for the MPH-VPH Program
Round | Course title | Course Number | Credit hour (week) |
First round | Epidemiology | PH-601 | 4 (2 weeks) |
Biostatistics-I Biostatistics-II | PH-602-I PH-602-II | 2 (1 week) 2 (1 week) | |
Second round | Health Service Management | PH-603 | 4 (2 weeks) |
Qualitative Methods-I | PH-604-I | 2 (1 week) | |
Third round | Public Health Matters in Developing Countries | PH-605 | 2 (2 weeks) |
Fifth Round | Introduction to Environmental Health* | PH-704 | 2 (1 week) |
| Research Methods | PH-706 | 2 (3 weeks) |
Total Credit Hours | 20 | ||
*Courses to be taken with Environmental Health Track
Specialty course Schedules for the MPH-VPH Program
Round | Course title | Course number | Credit hour (week) |
Fourth round | Epidemiology of Zoonoses | VPHE-701 | 3 (3 weeks) |
Food Safety and Foodborne Diseases | VPHE-702 | 3 (3 weeks)
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Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases | VPHE-704 | 2 (2 weeks) | |
Fifth round | International Trade and Public Health | VPHE-703 | 2 (2 weeks) |
Introduction to Public Health Nutrition** | PH-701 | 2 (1 week) | |
| Thesis work | PH-707 | 6 (6 months) |
Total Credit Hours | 18 | ||
**Course to be taken with Public Health Nutrition
Students must complete all the required courses and achieve the required CGPA of 3.0 and complete and defend successfully his/her thesis work to be eligible for graduation. No student can graduate with an “F” and / or “D” grades in any of the courses.