MS Public Health at Yale University

Programme overview

Yale's public health graduate offering includes MS subfields in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Health Informatics. MS Epidemiology has Chronic Diseases, Environmental and Infectious Diseases tracks.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | Department: Yale School of Public Health | Duration: MS Biostatistics 2 years; MS Health Informatics 2 years; MS Epidemiology 10 months starting in July | Intake: July (MS Epidemiology) | Study mode: full-time | Location: New Haven, CT, United States

What you will study

MS subfields are Biostatistics, Epidemiology (tracks in Chronic Diseases, Environmental, Infectious Diseases) and Health Informatics.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Standardized tests: GRE is required for: Biostatistics (PhD and MS) Health Policy Management (PhD) GRE is not accepted for: Chronic Disease Epidemiology (PhD) Environmental Health Sciences (PhD) Epidemiology (MS) Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (PhD) Social and Behavioral Sciences (PhD) Health Informatics (MS) English language: TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic is required of most applicants whose native language is not English. You may be exempt from this requirement if you have received (or will receive) an undergraduate degree from a college or university where English is the primary language of instruction, and if you have s Application deadline: December 1 (11:59pm ET).

PhD and Master's applicants at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences apply for fall 2027 entry; most offers of admission for fall 2027 have a reply deadline of April 15, 2027.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences deadlines (all 11:59 pm Eastern) for fall 2027: December 1, 2026 (e.g. BBS, Chemistry, Economics, History, Linguistics, Psychology, Public Health, Statistics); December 15, 2026 (e.g. American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Science, Sociology); January 2, 2027 (e.g. African Studies, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Architecture, Computer Science MS, Earth and Planetary Sciences, East Asian Studies, Nursing, Philosophy). Combined programs follow the earlier deadline or December 15.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences application fee for all degree-seeking applicants is US $105, non-refundable, payable by Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express; fee waivers can be requested until January 2.

GRE General Test requirements vary by GSAS program (required, optional or not accepted) for the 2026-2027 cycle.

Apply through the official page: https://gsas.yale.edu/admissions/phdmasters-application-process

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