19 Public Health Degree Programs in Sweden

Infection Biology is a growing field within biology that combines immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, and cell biology. Research and education within this field are important in order to better understand and control various types of infectious diseases in the future.

This Master’s degree provides a methodological toolbox for disease control; it includes epidemiology, statistics, GIS, and meta-analysis, as well as practical, hands-on experience. Disease prevention plays a vital role in improving international health and welfare, including areas such as human rights, justice, and gender equality.

The MSc Technology, Work and Health teaches how to plan, design and analyse work environments from a sustainability and performance perspective. With skills in applying occupational safety and health management, our graduates make vital contributions to a healthy and productive workforce.

The Master’s Programme in Public Health Science is for those who are interested in health and public health. Our programme provides students with the skills they need to work strategically and practically with public health, both nationally and internationally. You will learn the individual and structural factors that impact health and what conditions ensure individuals have good health and health equality. After completing the programme, you will have a range of career opportunities and can continue on to doctoral studies.

The programme is for those who are interested in health and public health. Our programme provides students with the skills you need to work strategically and practically with public health, both nationally and internationally. You will learn the individual and structural factors that impact health and what conditions ensure individuals have good health and health equality. After completing the programme, you will have a range of career opportunities and can continue on to doctoral studies. Welcome to apply!

This two-year Master’s programme provides an in-depth understanding of how public health can be promoted through socially sustainable development. You will gain knowledge of social, economic, political, and environmental factors affecting health, as well as of global change, health systems, and policy processes.

The MSc Data-driven Health trains future leaders at the intersection of health and data science. You will gain technical skills in data processing and machine learning, and expertise in health systems and systems biology. Graduates are equipped to transform vast health data into actionable insights.

The MSc Biostatistics and Data Science offers a unique combination of Biostatistics and Data Science. Students with backgrounds in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related disciplines are provided with the skills to solve problems in Biology, Medicine, and Public Health.

Infection Biology is a growing field within biology that combines immunology, microbiology, molecular biology and cell biology. Research and education within this field are important to understand and control various types of infectious diseases in the future.

The programme gives you the possibility to develop a scientific approach and a good theoretical understanding of Public Health Sciences as well as for the chosen specialisation in Public Health Epidemiology or Health Promotion and Prevention.

The Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Public Health in Disasters (EMMPHID) is a joint university educational programme organizsd by the Emergency and Disaster Research Unit of the Universidad de Oviedo (Spain), the Department for Global Public Health at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) and the and the Department of Primary Care and Population Health of the University of Nicosia (Cyprus).

The Covid-19 pandemic has put disaster medicine and global public health in the spotlight. Health systems are globally being overwhelmed, curative care for critically ill needs to be balanced with preventive measures including vaccinations. This course offers students tools to understand how contextual factors such as vulnerability interacts with direct and indirect effects of the disasters. It brings together expertise within global public health and disaster medicine.

Global health integrates expertise and perspectives from the fields of public health, medicine, epidemiology, health economics, behavioural science, environmental sciences and anthropology, among others. It provides a new platform for research, education and information on health challenges faced by the world population.

This is a cross-disciplinary programme with a global perspective. It provides students with evidence-based knowledge and a toolkit for conducting research, policy-making and fieldwork. The faculty has substantial experience from a range of disciplinary and geographical contexts and the diversity of the student body contributes to a stimulating learning environment. As one student expressed it: “The class and teaching are a microcosm of the global context we’ll face in work-life". Alumni are currently employed at a variety of institutions such as national health ministries, UNICEF, the WHO and various NGOs. In addition, many are researchers at top-ranked universities.

The Program is conducted as a hybrid education meaning that lectures and assignments take place both at the university and on distance. A specialist nurse has extensive nursing and medical knowledge in a specific health care area. A primary health care nurse assesses, plans, performs and evaluates the nursing process involving individuals and their experiences of health and ill health, which means identifying illness, symptoms, and functional reduction as well as self-care needs and resources for promoting health and adjustment to a changed life situation.