Master's Programme in Global Health

Education facts

Code: MGH2M

The Master's Programme in Global Health prepares you to work with global health challenges, including sustainable health. Students in the programme, who come from all over the world, will receive knowledge and skills to analyse and develop solutions to global health problems through developing and evaluating interventions to improve public health. Our focus lies on global child health, sexual and reproductive health and rights, migration, global nutrition and nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, from a prevention and implementation perspective. As shown by our alumni, there are job opportunities within governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations, nationally and internationally after completing the Master's programme. You will also have gained a good foundation to pursue a career in research. The language of instruction is English.

Entry requirements

*Academic requirements* A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be in medicine, health, caring sciences, or a relevant field in social or behavioural sciences. *Language requirements* Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6. This requirement can be met either by achieving the required score on an internationally recognised test, or by previous upper secondary or university studies in some countries.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Master's Programme in Global Health

  Uppsala University

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 June 2028

  Pace of study: 100 %