Master's Degree Program in Public Health/International Health at University of Tampere
The Master's Degree Program in Health Sciences (Public Health/ International Health) starts in Tampere in August 2009!
The University of Tampere, Tampere School of Public Health and Tampere Medical School are jointly offering a two-year Master's Degree Program in Health Sciences. The teaching language is English and the programme takes an interdisciplinary approach to health issues from a public health and a global health perspective. We educate health care experts who are familiar with health, health care resources and the general themes andspecial features of national and international health care systems.
There are two options for major subject areas: public health and international health. Public health equips students with competencies to work in national health care at population level research and planning, wheareas international health prepares sudents to work in multicultural organisations and focuses on the health effects of globalisation and its challenges to health care.
Who is eligible to apply?
Altogether 24 students will be selected, 12 for each major subjectarea. We invite applications from students with at least a university bachelor's degree from health or health related sciences or a bachelor's degree in health from a university of applied science and
with at least 30 ECTS university studies in health sciences. Graduated physicians, dentists and veterinarians are also eligible. The application period ends on February 10, 2009.
Contents of the program
The program (120 ECTS in total) consists of approximately one academic year of theoretical studies, organized in a modular fashion; and production of a master's thesis, the completion of which will cover most of the second year's training. Topics include among other things trends and statistics in national and global health, perspectives to public health and international health, health systems and health economics, basics of epidemiology and health research, reproductive and child health, health care in exceptional situations, health promotion, sociology of health and occupational health. Both traditional and problem based approaches to learning are used in the programme.
For application details and further information, please see: http://www.uta.fimastershealthsciences/
The education is free of charge, but the students will pay their housing, study books, travel costs, the required insurances and the Student Union membership fee (EUR 85 in the academic year 2008-09). Average student living cost in Tampere is 700 euro per month. The Student Union membership fee includes the Student Health Service Fee which entitles the student to use student health care services. Inaddition non-EU students must have a valid health expense insurance covering the duration of the stay in Finland in order to obtain a
student residence permit for Finland (a Schengen area visa). The insurance indemnity should be at least EUR 30 000.
Inquiries for Public Health: catarina.stahle-nieminen@uta.fi
Inquiries for International Health: hanna.peevo@uta.fi
More practical information about studying in Tampere, Finland:
http://www.uta.fi/studies/studying/
http://www.migri.fi/
http://www.tampere.fi/
The University of Tampere, Tampere School of Public Health and Tampere Medical School are jointly offering a two-year Master's Degree Program in Health Sciences. The teaching language is English and the programme takes an interdisciplinary approach to health issues from a public health and a global health perspective. We educate health care experts who are familiar with health, health care resources and the general themes andspecial features of national and international health care systems.
There are two options for major subject areas: public health and international health. Public health equips students with competencies to work in national health care at population level research and planning, wheareas international health prepares sudents to work in multicultural organisations and focuses on the health effects of globalisation and its challenges to health care.
Who is eligible to apply?
Altogether 24 students will be selected, 12 for each major subjectarea. We invite applications from students with at least a university bachelor's degree from health or health related sciences or a bachelor's degree in health from a university of applied science and
with at least 30 ECTS university studies in health sciences. Graduated physicians, dentists and veterinarians are also eligible. The application period ends on February 10, 2009.
Contents of the program
The program (120 ECTS in total) consists of approximately one academic year of theoretical studies, organized in a modular fashion; and production of a master's thesis, the completion of which will cover most of the second year's training. Topics include among other things trends and statistics in national and global health, perspectives to public health and international health, health systems and health economics, basics of epidemiology and health research, reproductive and child health, health care in exceptional situations, health promotion, sociology of health and occupational health. Both traditional and problem based approaches to learning are used in the programme.
For application details and further information, please see: http://www.uta.fimastershealthsciences/
The education is free of charge, but the students will pay their housing, study books, travel costs, the required insurances and the Student Union membership fee (EUR 85 in the academic year 2008-09). Average student living cost in Tampere is 700 euro per month. The Student Union membership fee includes the Student Health Service Fee which entitles the student to use student health care services. Inaddition non-EU students must have a valid health expense insurance covering the duration of the stay in Finland in order to obtain a
student residence permit for Finland (a Schengen area visa). The insurance indemnity should be at least EUR 30 000.
Inquiries for Public Health: catarina.stahle-nieminen@uta.fi
Inquiries for International Health: hanna.peevo@uta.fi
More practical information about studying in Tampere, Finland:
http://www.uta.fi/studies/studying/
http://www.migri.fi/
http://www.tampere.fi/
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