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The Master of International Health Programme
International Health focuses on poverty-related health problems and health systems in low and middle income societies. A broad range of issues are included in research and training, with specific emphasis on analysis of the most widespread and serious diseases, as well as regional and local differences in health conditions; on the relationship between health systems and society, international health programmes and their effects, as well as disaster management and prevention. In recent years it has become clear that studies on health policy, health management, health economics, the blend of public and private health services, as well as user perspectives, must be given priority as important prerequisites for health development.
A number of disciplines relate to International Health: medical
anthropology, biomedicine, epidemiology, tropical medicine,
parasitology, public health, clinical and nursing sciences, biology,
entomology, nutrition, demography, health economics, political science,
sociology, etc. Resource persons from other departments and from
various Danish and international institutions, are involved in the
teaching. Teaching and research related to International Health are
based on longitudinal studies, intervention studies, international
comparative studies, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
The Master of International Health is offered by the University of Copenhagen's Copenhagen School of Global Health.
The programme consists of 60 ECTS, earned through a Core Module, an Advanced Module, and a Thesis Module. The programme can be taken as a full-time one year degree programmer spread out in chunks over a maximum of 3 years.
Read more about the programme layout.
You can also enrol in one or more modules as part of the Troped Masters Programme or the European Master of Science in International Health (Erasmus Mundus). For people who do not wish to do the whole degree, we also offer a selection of intensive short courses.
