MPH Public Health Leadership at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Programme overview

Public Health, Master's Program (M.P.H.) — Leadership in Practice Concentration Leadership isn’t a position or a title – it’s a mindset, a skillset and a way of showing up in the world. The Leadership in Practice concentration trains public health leaders who are at the forefront of creating transformational change in all areas of public health practice. Our program, offered on-campus and online, provides the knowledge, skills and practical experience necessary to lead teams, projects, and organizations to address public health challenges in local, national and global settings.

Faculty: Gillings School of Global Public Health | Department: Public Health Leadership | Study mode: full-time | Location: Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What you will study

Electives (Graduate-level courses, 400+ level at Gillings, 500+ level at UNC); 12 credit hours minimum12 Core courses include SPHG 711 Data Analysis for Public Health; BIOS 600 Principles of Statistical Inference; SPHG 712 Methods and Measures for Public Health Practice; EPID 600 Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health; SPHG 713 Systems Approaches to Understanding Public Health Issues; SPHG 701 Leading from the Inside-Out.

Career pathways

Our graduates work in federal, state and local government, in non-profit organizations from local to global, in health care organizations, in academia, and in the private sector.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate School minimum (applies to all graduate programmes): a four-year bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) from an accredited institution completed before graduate study begins and a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B) or better; application via the Graduate School online application with transcripts, three recommendation letters, statement of purpose and CV, plus any programme-specific tests/materials; international applicants add a TOEFL, IELTS or Duolingo English Test score; admission decisions are made by each programme.

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 applicants apply for a start term; fall is the main start term. Very few programmes admit new students for spring or summer terms.

Graduate applications and payment must be received by the deadline of the academic programme applied to, which varies by programme; the application closes at 11:59pm Eastern Time on the deadline date. The Graduate School recommends complete applications by December 15, 2026 for full fellowship consideration. The GRE is not required for the Master of Applied Professional Studies.

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.unc.edu/admissions/instructions/

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