MPH Global Environmental Health at George Washington University

Programme overview

The mission of GW’s master of public health (MPH) in global environmental health program, offered jointly by the Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health and Global Health, is to prepare students to work in resource-poor settings and apply analytic skills to prevent or lessen problems associated with environmental hazards for human health. The program focuses on traditional environmental health hazards, such as lack of access to clean water, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene, household air pollution, solid waste disposal, and vector-borne diseases such as malaria.

Faculty: Milken Institute School of Public Health | Department: Environmental and Occupational Health | Location: Washington, DC, United States

What you will study

Program-specific environmental and occupational health courses 9 credits in EXNS, HSML, and PUBH courses taken at the 6000 level and above. Example courses can be found in the program guide available from the School of Public Health. Course requirements: Successful completion of core and program-specific courses.

Career pathways

Graduates of the program can expect to be prepared to: Assess environmental exposures and understand the effects of these exposures on human health.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are made through the Milken Institute School of Public Health graduate admissions office; programme-specific requirements are published on the college application requirements page.

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.

Offers of admission are valid for the semester stated in the admission letter; most graduate programmes use rolling admissions, and some review applications collectively after the deadline.

Graduate applications are submitted through the Graduate Application Center with a non-refundable $80 application fee; deadlines vary by programme and school. Processing usually takes four to six weeks.

Apply through the official page: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions

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