Overview
About
The intersection between global and local health is influenced by a myriad of social and biomedical dynamics that must be considered simultaneously for policy- and decision-makers, students, and scholars to fully understand their complexity. Sustainable development, human rights, and power structures related to age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic groups must be taken into consideration. Departing from frontline research, our programme encourages you to think critically and work independently as we incorporate these considerations into our teaching.
Emphasizing sustainability
You will learn about the global burden of disease, globalization of health care, and global efforts to reduce health disparities, and will be equipped with practical skills and tools needed for mapping, analysing, and creating actionable steps to solve complex global health problems.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and human rights doctrines—including their meaning in diverse settings—plays a prominent role in the courses, and different themes such as global health governance and global health economics are discussed in relation to these goals.
Balancing theory with practice
You will have the opportunity to participate in workshops where you put your theoretical knowledge into practice to be prepared for the independent collection and analysis of data required for your master’s thesis.
The Global Health programme of the University of Gothenburg is founded on problematization as an approach towards the subject, and provides theoretical and practical skills in order to be able to work in a politico-economic reality in which the aim is to eradicate absolute poverty and to achieve a higher degree of equal health.
The first year of the programme provides a theoretical foundation, and in the second year, there are opportunities to combine theory and practice through a field course in health promotion, an elective internship, and with your master’s thesis.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Global Health Challenges in an Interdisciplinary Context
- Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
- Governing Health and Illness in a Global Perspective
- Global Health Economics
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Special Reference to Social Epidemiology
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in At-Risk Groups: Strategies and Methods
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
International Relations Public Health Health Sciences View 30 other Masters in Health Sciences in SwedenAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A Bachelor's degree worth 180 credits in a social sciences/health sciences/economics/arts main area or equivalent
- English B/English 6 at upper secondary level or the equivalent level of an internationally recognized test, for example TOEFL, IELTS
- A complete CV-template (use our CV-template)
- A verification of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Tuition Fee
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International
13772 EUR/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 27545 EUR for the full programme during 24 months. -
EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR for the full programme during 24 months.
- Full education cost: 300,000 SEK
- No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students.
Living costs for Göteborg
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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