University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy (Faculty of Medicine)
Master's Programme in Global Health
Gothenburg, Sweden
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master's Programme in Global Health at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg trains students to address health inequities. The two-year programme is taught in English and offers an international environment. You'll study theories and methods: epidemiology, social epidemiology, quantitative and qualitative methods, and health economics (introductory and advanced). The programme gives you tools to plan, conduct and evaluate public health initiatives and reduce differences linked to social determinants of health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as public health scientists, epidemiologists, health economists, policy analysts or programme planners in academia, government, NGOs and international organisations; they can pursue doctoral research.
Are you interested in health and improving public health? Do you want to make a difference and are driven by the idea of ensuring health equality? Then you should apply to the Master’s Programme in Public Health Science. Our students are trained to be able to work with public health, both nationally and internationally. We offer an international study environment where you will meet other students from around the world.
Why are there such large differences in health among different groups of people? What are the relevant factors that influence health and how can we improve the lives of people? These are some of the public health challenges we are facing. A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary perspective is needed to reduce difference between groups and achieve long-term and equitable improvements to public health. There is a need for trained public health scientists to study these issues and to formulate and evaluate public health efforts.
The Master’s Programme in Public Health Science teaches students the central theories and methods of the field. This two-year programme is taught in English. The goal of the programme is to give you the tools needed to be able to plan, conduct and evaluate public health work and to work to reduce systematic differences in health in the population.
You will also learn about epidemiology, social epidemiology, quantitative and qualitative research methods and health economics theories and methods. We offer both an introductory and advanced course in health economics.