Overview

At Social Sciences in Health at Jawaharlal Nehru University the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH) was established in 1971 in order to shape, and to provide academic content, to the discipline of public health, making it relevant to the situation in India.

Key Features

All courses in the Social Sciences in Health programme from Jawaharlal Nehru University have an interdisciplinary content covering areas such as organization of health services, national health programmes, epidemiology, nutrition, maternal and child health, communicable diseases, research methodology, health systems research, community health nursing and various concepts and methods in social sciences relevant for public health.

The course work includes exposure to field work in both urban and rural areas and attempts to develop capacities for critical analysis using qualitative and quantitative data.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Community Health and Its Organization in India

Research Methodology

Social Science Issues in Community Health

Epidemiology

Nutrition and Maternal and Child Health

Social Sciences: Towards an Integrated Approach

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-16 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

24 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Delhi, India

Disciplines

Public Health Liberal Arts View 9 other Masters in Liberal Arts in India

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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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Students with a Master’s degree in social sciences and other allied subjects such as sociology, economics, history, social work, anthropology, psychology, nutrition, public administration etc. (with a minimum of 55 per cent or equivalent grades) are eligible for admission to M.Phil. programme.

Admission is based on a national level entrance examination followed by an interview.

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