Master of Public Health (MPH)
Introduction
The School of Public Health and Family Medicine is pleased to offer a coursework plus dissertation Master of Public Health degree programme open to South African and international candidates with at least a four year Bachelors degree. It is offered as a multidisciplinary programme and is based on existing strengths at UCT, resulting in an emphasis on epidemiology, health economics and systems, clinical research and quantitative research. There is a growing component in social science and qualitative research applied to areas such as health services, human rights and gender.
The programme is open to candidates from a variety of backgrounds and countries who will participate in intensive classroom and project based learning to acquire knowledge and skills to assist them in contributing towards effective and equitable public health and health care systems. There are five tracks: General, Epidemiology, Clinical Research, Health Systems, and Health Economics, each with its own course requirements.
The programme is taught as a series of semester length courses, some of which are compulsory for the degree and others elective. General, Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Health Systems track candidates will need to complete 10 courses plus a mini-dissertation, achievable in 18-24 months of full-time study or longer with part-time study. Residence in Cape Town for the course component is essential. Health Economics track candidates will need to complete 8 courses plus a mini-dissertation, achievable in 18 months of full-time study or longer with part-time study.
Detailed application and programme information is provided below.
Convenor
Prof. Rodney Ehrlich, BBusSc, MBChB, DOH, FFCH(SA), FCPHM(SA), PhD
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, UCT
Application procedures and forms
Directions for students applying at UCT
1. University application forms
UCT Application form
Application for a new programme of study
Application for financial assistance
2. Departmental application forms
Departmental application form for degree
Individual module application form for non degree or other degree purposes
3. Additional documentation required
Certified certificates and academic transcripts
Curriculum Vitae
Application fee: R100 for local students and R300 for international students
For application details and enquiries please contact:
Mrs Zerina Davis
Email: Zerina.Davis@uct.ac.za
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Anzio Road, Observatory ,7925
South Africa
Tel: +27 - 21 - 406 6578
Fax: +27 - 21 - 406 6163
Further links
MPH Brochure 2012
MPH Health Economics brochure 2011
Semester 1 - 2012 time-table
Semester 2 - 2012 time-table
MPH Dissertation Guidelines
MPH dissertation topics - past and current students
Submitting your research proposal - Process and Forms
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