Overview

About Public Health Science, Health Equality at University of Gothenburg

The distribution of health and disease in the population is partly shaped by the distribution of power, opportunities, and socioeconomic resources, including access to adequate education, health care, safe housing and workplaces, clean water and food. The availability of social support, resources to meet daily needs, and the possibility to live a life free of discrimination are unequally distributed between and within countries, which in turn affects the prevalence of health and disease.

Studying public health science in Sweden means that you will live and observe a country with extended structures for improved population health, such as universal welfare and health care systems.

Through the focus on human rights, gender, and inequalities in health, our programme is closely focused on social, economic, and environmental sustainability, and is clearly connected with several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Public health science examines population health and disease in a social context, focusing on the social determinants of health and the overarching systems that form these conditions, such as economic structures, policies, legislations, political systems, and social norms. Furthermore, health risks that transcend national boundaries, such as epidemics, economic crises, and violence in conflicts, are increasingly common.

The Public Health Science, Health Equality programme of the University of Gothenburg responds to these complex challenges by involving teachers from a variety of professional backgrounds such as medicine, epidemiology and law. If you choose to specialize in health equality, you will gain advanced knowledge of causes and dynamics of health inequalities and their relation to human rights, theories, and models for equalizing potential inequities. Courses focus on the importance of society’s organization and other structural factors for the health status of populations, including studies of the social determinants of health, such as income, educational level, discrimination, and access to health care.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Public Health Foundations and Areas of Application

Health Equality and the Right to Health

Qualitative Methods in Public Health

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Social Epidemiology: Theories, Methods, and Practical Implications

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-04-15 00:00:00 , EEA/EU
- Apply before 2026-01-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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TOEFL^® IBT

90

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Credits

120 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Göteborg, Sweden

Disciplines

Public Health Health Sciences Bioinformatics & Biostatistics View 13 other Masters in Health Sciences in Sweden

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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90

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Other requirements

General requirements

A professional degree/Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits in a health science, social science, science, economics, arts or engineering field of education

Grade Passed/E in English B/English 6

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A verification of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Documentation of your English proficiency, such as Engelska B/Engelska 6, TOEFL-, IELTS- or TWE-test

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Accidents
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Tuition Fee

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International

159000 SEK/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 318000 SEK for the full programme during 24 months.
EU/EEA

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 SEK for the full programme during 24 months.

No fees are charged for EU and EEA citizens, Swedish residence permit holders and exchange students.

Living costs for Göteborg

7552 - 13932 SEK /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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