MPH Public Health at University of Illinois Chicago

Programme overview

The MPH is a CEPH-accredited professional degree in which students enter one of four divisions: Community Health Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, or Health Policy and Administration. Distance-based and residential formats exist, and joint degrees such as MD/MPH, MBA/MPH and JD/MPH are offered.

Faculty: School of Public Health | Duration: 42 semester hours (generalist concentration); comprehensive programme may be completed in two years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

22 hours of school-wide core (including Foundations and Determinants of Public Health, Public Health Policy, Systems and Advocacy, Quantitative Methods I and II, Applied Practice Experience and Integrative Learning Experience) plus concentration courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Generalist concentration: bachelor's degree in any field; typically at least 3.00/4.00 combined GPA with holistic review; GRE not required; at least three recommendations via SOPHAS; resume or CV; 500-800 word statement. International applicants: minimum English scores TOEFL iBT 80 (reading 19, listening 17, speaking 20, writing 21) for exams before 21 Jan 2026 or 4.5 overall on the new scale, IELTS Academic 6.5 (6.0 each section), PTE Academic 54, Duolingo 130.

Requirements published at program group level.

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 and professional programmes admit for Fall, Spring and Summer terms depending on the programme; applications for Fall 2027, Spring 2028 and Summer 2028 are expected to open on August 1, 2026.

Graduate and professional application deadlines are set per programme, with separate deadlines for domestic and international applicants for most non-online programmes; optional earlier priority, recommended or fellowship dates apply to both. Applications are made through the UIC graduate application or a centralized application service for some professional programmes.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.uic.edu/admissions/

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