Master of Public Health

Malaysia

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What will I learn?

Introduction

The world today is faced with challenging health threats from various diseases detected new or re-emergence of existing diseases. Medicine is a discipline of public health disease prevention and promoting health through community participation, organization, public and private sectors and individuals.

This program prepares students to address these challenges through discipline methods that incorporate the latest knowledge of public health, rational thinking and decision-making, professionalism, ethics and cooperation. Master of Public Health at University Putra Malaysia will definitely help the students in order to improve the health of the population. The program covers all the key areas in the field of public health, such as epidemiology, medical statistics, health services management, health promotion, family health, environmental medicine and occupational medicine.

This programme seeks to produce medical and health professionals who have strong foundation in the broad field of public health medicine, as well as adequate training and preparation to take up speciality and/or sub speciality discipline of their own choice.

Curriculum structure

First semester:

Coursework and assessment of courses in Public Health Medicine

Practical Training of Public Health

Second semester:

Elective and elective assessment of Public Health Medicine

Dissertation and dissertation assessment

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Study options

Full Time (12 Months)

Tuition fees
For first semester: Basic - RM 3,000; Clinical – RM 14,500, for second semester: Basic - RM 2,750; Clinical – RM 8,950, study cost for max 1 years - 29,200
Start date

Expected February 2025

Venue

Universiti Putra Malaysia

SERDANG,

Selangor,

43400, Malaysia

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicant should possess a Medical Degree (MD) or Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgeri (MBBS or MBBCh) or other equivalent medical degree from UPM or other local or international universities approved by the Senate, and

Applicant must be registered with the Malaysian Medical Council and has a valid Annual Practising Certificate.

For direct admission, all international candidates from countries where English is not a medium of instruction must have obtained one of the following:

i. 550 for the TOEFL Paper-based Test (Academic Version)

ii. Band 6.0 for IELTS (Academic Training)

iii. 70-80 for TOEFL Internet-based Test (Academic Version)

iv. 213 for TOEFL Computer-based Test (Academic Version)

The validity period for requirement should not be more than 5 years.

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