PhD Health Policy and Management at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Programme overview

The PhD in Health Policy and Management prepares students for teaching and research positions and leadership roles in health-related agencies, with major and minor areas of concentration. Minors may be in biostatistics, computational methods, epidemiology, maternal and child health, health economics or community health education.

Faculty: School of Public Health and Health Sciences | Department: Health Promotion and Policy | Intake: Fall; priority December 1, final February 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Amherst, MA, United States

What you will study

Seven major concentration courses (21 credits), four minor concentration courses (12 credits), two doctoral seminars (6 credits) and 18 credits of dissertation research.

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Entry requirements

Health Policy and Management graduate programmes (MPH, MS, PhD): bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) by the start of the programme; successful applicants typically hold at least a 3.0/4.0 GPA; no specific undergraduate courses required; personal statement (MPH/MS) or short essay responses (PhD); minimum of three letters of recommendation; resume/CV; GRE not required. For the PhD, applicants with an advanced professional degree (MD, DDS, DVM) or other graduate degree and/or at least two years of public health work experience are preferred. Applications go through SOPHAS and the UMass Supplemental Application; PhD priority deadline December 1, SOPHAS deadline February 1. Doctoral students have priority for teaching assistant positions.

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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.

Intake: Fall; priority December 1, final February 1

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