Industrial University of Santander
Master of Epidemiology
Bucaramanga, Colombia
MSc
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master of Epidemiology at The Industrial University of Santander trains professionals through a public institution committed to social responsibility. Over 10 years the programme has strengthened epidemiological research in Santander and Colombia, building capacity to prevent, control, diagnose and treat prevalent diseases. It advances knowledge via research, scientific innovation addressing public-health challenges in developing countries. Keywords: epidemiology, public health, surveillance, biostatistics.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as epidemiologists, public health researchers, disease surveillance officers, health policy analysts, or program managers in government agencies, hospitals, NGOs and institutes. Skills apply to health data analysis, monitoring and evaluation and surveillance.
The Master's Degree in Epidemiology has contributed to the training of human talent in Santander, favoring the consolidation of epidemiological research in the region and in the country through the Industrial University of Santander as a strategy to comply with one of its institutional policies, including, that of social responsibility contemplated in the Institutional Project. “It is a matter of fully assuming the public condition of the University to respond to the national need for high-quality and relevant training, generating within it the knowledge, attitudes and innovative practices that allow thinking and transforming the country and the region with ethical sense and political responsibility ”.
The Master in Epidemiology in its 10 years of operation has been strengthening mechanisms for the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of the prevalent diseases in our environment, providing solutions to problems related to public health in developing countries.
