Overview
The courses in this Health Sciences programme at Savitribai Phule Pune University are highly interdisciplinary and involve a population based approach to studying health and disease. Epidemiology and biostatistics courses are intensive and involve computer based training with primary data collected from urban and rural community settings, public sector health facilities, and hospitals.
Students of Health Sciences have compulsory training in laboratory methods in health sciences which include basic to advanced techniques from the fields of biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, genetics and molecular biology .
Careers
Students in this programme have the training to work as infectious disease epidemiologists, molecular epidemiologists as well as in pharmaceutical research institutions conducting clinical trials. The MSc Health Sciences programme has a strong bio-medical focus.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Human Physiology
- Infectious Disease Control
- Immunology in Health and Disease
- Nutrition and Public Health
- Human Genetics
- Pharmacology
- Bioethics, Biosafety and Regulations
- Disability and Public Health
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before , International
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Language
Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences Genetics View 10 other Masters in Public Health in IndiaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- B.Sc. any subject including life sciences, nursing, Degree in any branch of Medicine or Pharmacy from any statutory University or recognized as equivalent there to by the Savitribai Phule Pune University.
- English proficiency: all foreign students from non-English speaking countries have to take the English Proficiency Test (EPT)
Tuition Fee
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International
80 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 80 USD per year during 24 months. -
National
80 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 80 USD per year during 24 months.
- ₹6500
- University entrance fee (International): $1097
Funding
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