40 Online Global Health Degree Programs

Brunel’s MSc Global Public Health and Social Justice (online) has been designed to help ambitious professionals gain advanced skills and competencies in global public health and social justice. The course will help you acquire a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and solving contemporary public health and social justice challenges from a global perspective. You will obtain advanced knowledge of related areas including global public health policy, politics, sociology, epidemiology, health economics and research skills.

The only Master's degree program in this field offered by an international intergovernmental organization.

The MPH program at PHSU is designed to meet society’s needs by offering a multidisciplinary education that integrates research and community service. It prepares students to address challenges such as improving healthcare access, combating contagious diseases, and reducing environmental hazards like violence and drug abuse.

Are you passionate about health, equity and sustainability on a global scale? The Global Health Studies programme at the University of Edinburgh offers a flexible and fully online route for you to explore the most pressing issues affecting human, animal, and environmental health worldwide.

This MSc in Global Health offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise from the School of Politics and International Studies and the School of Medicine - Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development.

If you are looking to advance your career in global health or change direction while deepening your understanding of infectious disease threats, the Global Health and Infectious Diseases (Online Learning) programme from the University of Edinburgh offers a flexible, world-class opportunity to do so.

A Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health is a graduate-level program designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to address health issues on a global scale. This interdisciplinary program focuses on the study and practice of public health principles in an international context.

Develop your skills and knowledge in global health issues, whether you already work in the humanitarian sector or are looking to enter it.

The Health Equity and Sustainability program (HES) is a one-year, fully online master’s program grounded in principles of equity and justice. The program addresses environmental, socio-economic, and political factors that shape health across the life course and develops current and future health leaders and global citizens.

The Health Professions Education online stand-alone modules are for those interested in developing themselves in a healthcare education role, and offers the flexibility of learning to suit those currently employed. This 15-credit online stand-alone module will highlight global issues and trends in health professions that impact on students’ academic, heath, and social care work.

The only Doctoral degree program in International Public Health offered by an intergovernmental organization focused on Global South issues.

If you are looking to build your expertise in animal disease control, zoonoses, and global health, the University of Edinburgh’s International Animal Health (Online Learning) programme offers a flexible, career-enhancing route to a globally recognised qualification. The programme is delivered fully online, allowing you to study part-time or intermittently around your professional and personal commitments.

George Mason University's global health graduate certificate prepares professionals to tackle health challenges across borders. This 18-credit program, completed in as little as one year, emphas theory and practice in global health metrics, risk factors, and strategies for disease prevention and control. Taught by expert faculty in a flexible format, this program supports working professionals seeking career advancement in international health practice.

Our Global Public Health Nutrition MSc will give you the specialist scientific knowledge and practical skills to take an active role in global public health nutrition in a range of different settings. Nutrition has long been recognised as a vitally important determinant of health status within both industrialised and industrialising countries. Significant changes are occurring in the profile of nutritional problems. Many countries continue to face problems of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, but countries in economic transition also face the public health challenge of rising rates of diet-related chronic diseases, such as obesity and coronary heart disease. Also, many industrialised countries now face problems of food insecurity among low-income groups. These challenges have led to growing political resources to address nutrition.

In cooperation with EUCLID, an intergovernmental treaty-based institution with a university mandate, EULER offers to select students from the general public an online PhD in bioethics which covers both clinical and global health bioethical issues.

Brunel’s Master of Public Health (online) has been designed to help ambitious professionals gain advanced skills and competencies in public health and health promotion. The course will help you acquire a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and solving contemporary public health and health promotion challenges. You will obtain advanced knowledge of related areas including global public health policy, behaviour change, epidemiology, health economics and research skills.

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