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Master of Public Health (MPH)

Overview

The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree is a two-year full-time equivalent qualification that can be completed either as postgraduate public health papers to the value of 120 points plus a 120 point thesis or postgraduate public health papers to the value of 180 points plus a 60 point dissertation. The MPH is an internationally recognised qualification in its field. It is taught in small classes, with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary approaches. Students are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds in the health, social and allied sciences, and many enrol on a part-time basis.

Graduates from the programme are equipped to work in a range of non-clinical fields in the health sector, principally in planning and management and in the delivery of public health programmes.

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Programme details

More information

Postgraduate Administrator
Department of Population Health
University of Otago, Christchurch
Tel +64 3 364 3602
Email publichealth.christchurch@otago.ac.nz

Research Administrator
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Otago Medical School – Dunedin Campus
Email researchstudentadmin-psm@otago.ac.nz

Postgraduate Administrator
Department of Public Health
University of Otago, Wellington
Email publichealth.wellington@otago.ac.nz

Website otago.ac.nz/study-public-health/qualifications/mph/


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