Public Health

The degree provides extensive knowledge and practical tools for leading processes in health services and promoting health among diverse populations and age groups. It includes learning about the development of community health promotion programs, ways to evaluate their effectiveness, and management and human resources skills. The curriculum includes research methods and courses in health sciences, medicine, and the life sciences, and introduces students to the structure of the healthcare system and the services and institutions within it: care settings, organizations involved in preventing and containing diseases, and organizations involved in health education and promoting awareness of healthy living. The studies also include practical experience in public health, gained at a wide range of institutions and organizations in the healthcare system and the community.