MASTER IN PUBLIC HEALTH
The IIHMR University, in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, offers a degree in Master of Public Health (MPH).
The three-fourths of terms will be taught in India, and one term at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. The MPH degree will be awarded by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and will have same and equal credentials as that in the USA.
This two-year full-time programme will offer a total number of 30 seats.
Eligibility:
Career opportunities: Students get placed as public health physicians, state/district consultant NHM, epidemiologists/ surveillance medical officers, oral health physicians, public health nutritionists, health economists/ health insurance consultants, senior/ research officers in projects, data analysts in pharmaceutical companies, National and International NGOs, monitoring and evaluation officers, health management information specialists, and environmental health scientists demonstrators (MPH college).
Fees structure: This MPH programme is highly subsidised for the students from low and middle-income countries of WHO SEARO with a tuition fee of US $22,000 only. The fee also includes travel to USA and lodge during their stay at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), Baltimore, USA.
Agricultural Technologies
The University of Sheffield, UK, is inviting applications for MSc Sustainable Agricultural Technologies course staring in September 2019. This 12-month course is designed to give students a breadth of understanding of the agri-food system as a whole.
Students will learn about the major issues in sustainable agriculture and receive training in how to apply cutting-edge techniques used in crop and soil science. Topics that students will cover include issues in global food security, the origins of agriculture and agricultural ecology in a changing world.
The biggest part of the course is the individual research project. Here students will spend three months over the summer in Sheffield’s P3 centre for translational plant and soil biology, working with world-leading researchers. The centre is developing tools to increase the sustainability of agricultural ecosystems and your project will contribute to the positive impact that these tools have on global food security.
Eligibility: Sixty per cent or first class in biological science or related subject. Overall IELTS grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.
Fee: The fee for overseas students for 2019 entry is yet to be confirmed. For 2018, it was £23, 450.