For students attending the Master´s programme in Global Health (120 ECTS) Programme outline - 120 credits

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The Master's Programme in Global Health focuses on the multifaceted health challenges that transcend national borders and impact both current and future generations. Our core principles are ethics, systems-thinking, sustainable development and interdisciplinarity. We are committed to providing a robust foundation of transferable skills and methods in global health research, implementation and policy for future professionals across academia, government, civil society organisations and the private sector.

During the first semester, students will gain insight into the history and development of the discipline as well as an understanding of concepts and theories underpinning global health research and practice. These concepts include sustainable development and the global burden of disease through the lenses of promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. Furthermore, students will be introduced to health systems, policy and systems thinking. Towards the end of the semester students gain a foundation in global health qualitative research and methods.

During the second semester, students will first gain a foundation in global health quantitative research and methods, and then expand their knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative research and methods. Students will then progress in their understanding of how sustainable development relates to health. Towards the end of the semester, students will learn how to work with global health in practice, including project management skills.

During the third semester, students will build on their knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and methods, as well as their knowledge of project management, when they learn about intervention development, implementation and evaluation, including clinical trials. They will then have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a project-oriented course in the form of an internship, or through two applied courses: the first on synthesising and applying evidence and the second on emergency preparedness and response.

Finally, in the fourth semester, students will work on their degree project, which they will submit as a master's thesis. This exercise will allow students to explore a specific area of global health in more depth and apply the theories, concepts and methodology that they have learned throughout the programme. Students can choose between qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods, applied to primary, secondary or data collected through an extensive literature review.