Master’s Program in Public Health and Healthcare Policy

Official qualification: Master of Public Health and Health Policy

Duration and Workload: 120 ECTS credits · 3600 academic hours · 2 academic years · 4 academic semesters

Program Structure: 104 ECTS – Compulsory Component

Health Systems and Governance (26 ECTS)

Evidence-Based Decision-Making and Data Analysis (17 ECTS)

Population Behaviour Analysis, Communication, and Advocacy (8 ECTS)

Epidemiology and Public Health Threat Response (23 ECTS)

year I curriculum

Code: PH001 · Course name: Fundamentals of Public Health · ECTS: 3 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH002 · Course name: Biostatistics · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH003 · Course name: Epidemiology · ECTS: 5 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH004 · Course name: Fundamentals of scientific writing and analysis · ECTS: 5 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH005 · Course name: Health Economics and Financing · ECTS: 5 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH006 · Course name: Regulation of medical practice: laws in a national and global context · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: None · I Sem: X

Code: PH007 · Course name: Applied Biostatistics and Data Analysis · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PH008 · Course name: Health Policy National and Global Perspectives · ECTS: 5 · Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Public Health · II Sem: X

Code: PH009 · Course name: Financial Management in Healthcare · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PH010 · Course name: Public health threats · ECTS: 5 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PHE011 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PHE012 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PH013 · Course name: Digital healthcare and healthcare information systems · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PH014 · Course name: Communication and Behavioral Science · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Health Policy National and Global Perspectives · II Sem: X

Code: PH015 · Course name: Unified Health · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Epidemiology, public health threats · II Sem: X

Code: PH016 · Course name: Global healthcare · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: Public health threats · II Sem: X

Code: PH017 · Course name: Evaluation, monitoring and advocacy of health programs · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Health Policy National and Global Perspectives · II Sem: X

Code: PHE018 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PHE019 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · II Sem: X

Code: PH020 · Course name: Master's project · ECTS: 10 · Prerequisite: Evaluation, monitoring and advocacy of health programs · II Sem: x

Code: PH021 · Course name: Master's thesis · ECTS: 20 · Prerequisite: >75 credits completed · II Sem: x

year II curriculum

Code: PH013 · Course name: Digital healthcare and healthcare information systems · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · III Sem: X

Code: PH014 · Course name: Communication and Behavioral Science · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Health Policy National and Global Perspectives · III Sem: X

Code: PH015 · Course name: Unified Health · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Epidemiology, public health threats · III Sem: X

Code: PH016 · Course name: Global healthcare · ECTS: 6 · Prerequisite: Public health threats · III Sem: X

Code: PH017 · Course name: Evaluation, monitoring and advocacy of health programs · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Health Policy National and Global Perspectives · III Sem: X

Code: PHE018 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · III Sem: X

Code: PHE019 · Course name: Elective subject · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None · III Sem: X

Code: PH020 · Course name: Master's project · ECTS: 10 · Prerequisite: Evaluation, monitoring and advocacy of health programs · IV Sem: X

Code: PH021 · Course name: Master's thesis · ECTS: 20 · Prerequisite: >75 credits completed · IV Sem: X

Elective subjects curriculum

Code: PHE011 · Course name: Data analysis in R · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: Biostatistics

Code: PHE012 · Course name: Management Fundamentals · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: PHE018 · Course name: Training design and management · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: PHE019 · Course name: Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: PH022 · Course name: Addiction and Public Health, Policy, Prevention, and Systemic Change · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: PH025 · Course name: Environment and health · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: ph020 · Course name: Nutrition Health and Society · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: phe027 · Course name: Primary healthcare · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None

Code: phe021 · Course name: Healthcare quality management and improvement · ECTS: 4 · Prerequisite: None