Innovative and Modern Curriculum

The programme is conducted completely online, with three courses delivered over 14 weeks each semester on an e-Learning Environment (Moodle), which includes multiple embedded synchronous and asynchronous learning activities, such as webinars, online chats, discussion fora and wikis. In addition, recorded lectures are designed to enhance student interactivity and active learning by including engaging slides with clickable tabs, interactive quizzes, drag-and-drop activities, matching activities and opinion polls.

The programme follows standardised and validated pedagogical approaches, ensuring constant tutor-student interaction (webinars, online chats, discussion fora), student to student interaction (online chats, discussion fora, wikis), and student-material interaction (recorded lectures, additional resources).

Programme Structure

The programme is divided into three semesters, comprising three courses each (10 ECTS per course). Core courses are taught in semesters 1 and 2 and are compulsory. After completing the core program, students may choose three (out of seven) elective courses in semester 3, or they may follow a more research-oriented path by undertaking a Master’s Thesis (20 ECTS).

Semester Breakdown

Semester 1    
(30 ECTS, all courses required)

• Principles of Epidemiology and Public Health
• Applied Statistics for Epidemiology and Public Health
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Chronic and Infectious Diseases in a Global Context

Semester 2    
(30 ECTS, all courses required)

• Health Protection and Promotion: Safeguarding and Maintaining Wellbeing in Populations
• Health Economics in the Context of Health Services and Systems: Global Perspectives
• Environmental and Occupational Health

Semester 3    
(30 ECTS, students are required to choose from the two options offered)

Option 1    

• Research Methodology in Public Health
• Research Project (Master’s Thesis)

or    

Option 2    
(3 elective courses are chosen from the following)

• Health Policy Management and Leadership
• Health Inequality within and between Countries
• Population Ageing and Health
• Public Health Nutrition
• Social and Behavioural Dimensions of Health
• Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Public Health
• Research Methodology in Public Health