Master of Public Health (MPH)
Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
Course Overview
Multi Disciplinary Program
Engaging Field Experiences
Interactions With Stakeholders
95% Placements
Comprehensive Curriculum
Fulfilling Career Opportunities
Why choose IIPHG for MPH?
Course Structure
The course is two years long, divided into four semesters as illustrated below.
Semester |
Aug - Dec
Course Work
21 Credits
Semester ||
Jan - May - July
Course Work
16 Credits
Internship 6 Credits
Semester |||
Aug - Dec
Course Work
21 Credits
Semester IV
Jan - Jul
Dissertation
21 Credits
Our Curriculum
The curriculum offers students the possibility to develop a scientific approach and a good theoretical understanding of the various topics that comprise the discipline of Public Health Science. Students must complete 80 credits to acquire the MPH degree. Most of these, 62 credits are for compulsory courses, 6 for elective courses and 22 for field work during Internship and Dissertation.
Elective Courses
The elective courses comprise of 6 credits. Students are required to select three courses out of those offered in Semester III. The following elective courses have been offered in the past years.
Dissertation
Dissertation This is a compulsory course of 16 credits. It provides fundamental knowledge and skills for conceptualizing, designing and executing various types of research studies with focus on public health. The course compels the students to integrate their skills learnt from courses such as research methodology, epidemiology, biostatistics, demography, health financing, health management, health communication, and knowledge learnt from courses such as social determinants of health, gender and health, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, surveillance, health policy and health systems, public health laws, nutrition, etc. and so on, and gain a holistic view of research methods.
The course methodology includes lectures, group exercises in the class, home assignments and presentations in class. The students will be encouraged to utilize the course assignments to work towards their dissertation so that they have a practical experience of the entire research process.
NOTE- Modules shown are for the current academic year and are subject to change.