Master of Public Health at Florida International University

Programme overview

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree prepares students to become effective public health practitioners, researchers and educators. Students select one of nine majors (concentration areas): Biostatistics; Brain, Behavior and Environment; Environmental Health Sciences; Epidemiology; Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Global Health; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Maternal and Child Health or Generalist On-Line. In addition to mastering foundational public health knowledge and competencies in evidence-based approaches to public health, public health and health care systems, planning and management to promote health, policy in public health, leadership, communication, interprofessiona

Faculty: Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work | Duration: 2 years (42 credits) | Location: Miami, FL, United States

What you will study

The programme requires 42 credit hours. Requirement areas in the catalogue: Other Curricular Offering: MPH (major: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) and MSW Joint Degree Pathway; Major in Biostatistics: 24 credits; Other Curricular Offering: MPH (major: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) and MSW (Advanced Standing Status) Joint Degree Pathway; Other Curricular Offering: MPH (Generalist) and MSW (Advanced Standing Status) (Clinical) Joint Degree Pathway; Major in Brain, Behavior and the Environment: 24 credits; Other Curricular Offering: MPH (Generalist) and MSW (Clinical) Joint Degree Pathway.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admissions Requirements for the Master of Public Health (MPH) Applicants for the MPH program must submit an application and supporting documents through SOPHAS: https://sophas.org/ . Applicants must meet the University’s general graduate admission requirements: (1) A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university or, in the case of foreign students, an institution recognized in its own country as preparing students for further study at the graduate level. Additional educational requirements per MPH major : Environmental Health Sciences: A Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in biology, chemistry, physics, nursing, medicine, engineering, or other appropriate field with at least one (1) undergraduate biology, and one (1) undergraduate chemistry course. Brain, Behavior and the Environment: A Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in biology, chemistry, physics, nursing, medic

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall (starts in August), Spring (starts in January) and Summer (starts in May); some programmes limit admission to one or two terms a year.

Domestic master's and graduate certificate deadlines: Fall June 1; Spring October 1; Summer March 1. Programme deadlines may be earlier. The graduate application fee is $30, submitted through the online application.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.fiu.edu/

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