MPH - Master of Public Health | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi

Master of Public Health (MPH) is an interdisciplinary programme, drawing from social sciences, medicine, management, technology, public policy and law among others.

The Programme aims to:

Equip students with the necessary perspective, knowledge, skill-sets and societal commitment to be able to understand a public health approach to wellbeing;
Promote cohorts of young committed public health professionals that, as a body, will have the capacity and aspiration to intervene and change the public health situation of the region
Transform public health education and practice into one that is relevant to the vast majority and to the neediest.
Develop a capacity within the School to contribute in interventions on local and regional public health challenges, and bring public health back into policy discourse

The programme is designed to leverage the strengths of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) in alignment with its vision, i.e. perceiving public health as an instrument of social justice and transformation. The programme is designed keeping Indian public health concerns and human resource requirements in mind. While it aims to learn from existing public health schools in the country and outside, it also aims to carve its own sphere of influence.

The Programme expects to have students from a mix of disciplines that includes social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, medicine, paramedical fields, engineering and technology, and other fields

Academic Community: Faculty

The MPH Programme, with a total of 72 credits will be offered over 2 years, split into 4 semesters. Inter-semester breaks will involve students taking up internships or short workshops. The first semester core courses are foundational in nature imparting basic knowledge and skills on public health, health system, epidemiology, applied statistics and social sciences. Apart from the core courses distributed across the 2nd and 3rd semesters, students are also offered electives equivalent to 8 credits in the third semester. Aspects that require imparting skills, such as use of data analysis softwares, awareness about key health databases, Geographic Information System (GIS) and academic / research writing will be transacted in the form of short credited workshops. About 20 credits are devoted to research skills and field practicum, which include concurrent field placements, internship, and dissertation.

Semester-I	Semester-II	Summer Break	Semester-III	Semester-IV
Introduction to Public Health (4)	Public Health Nutrition & Food Security (4)	Internship -I (4)	Public Policies in Health (4)	WS3@ Quantitative Analysis software (1) WS4@ Qualitative Analysis software (1) WS5@ Public Health Ethics (1) WS6@ Basic GIS and mapping in Public Health (1)
Health system (4)	Environment, Sanitation and Water (4)		Introduction to Public Health Management (4)
Essentials of Epidemiology (4)	Health Economics and Financing (4)		Electives (4) *
Social Science Perspectives in Public Health (4)	Introduction to Public Health Research (4)		Electives (4)*	Dissertation or Internship - II (8)
Biostatistics - I (2)	Health behaviour, promotion & communication (2)		Law and public health (2)
	Field practice-I (1)	WS1@ Writing & critical reading (1) WS2@ Health Data Bases (1)	Field practice -II (1)
18	19	6	19	10
			Total :	72

*Electives may be of 2 or 4 credits with a total of 8 credits for electives. @WS3-6 – Any 2 out of 4 workshops have to be completed.

On successful completion of the programme the graduates are expected to have:

Knowledge and skills in key public health domains viz., epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences in public health, health economics, environmental health, health policy and administration, health behaviour and communication, research methods and law and ethics of public health.
A strong grounding on community orientation of public health practice
Cultural competence to empathise, communicate, learn and practice among diverse populations
An ability to abstract from the particular and to ask the right questions to explore, understand and intervene in public health situations, reflecting their ability for critical thinking and analyses.

The programme emphasizes on the following competencies:

Community/population orientation of Public health practice
Analytical ability, Critical thinking, Assessment skills
Cultural competence
Communication
Public Health Sciences Skills
Leadership
Policy Development/Program Planning/ Finance and Management Skills
Gaining a perspective that promotes health equity

Careers: Graduates after completing MPH programme in similar universities and institutions contribute to research institutions and the development sector, particularly in the fields of public health, family welfare, nutrition, sanitation, environment, urban development, rural development, women and children etc. The graduates are also absorbed as consultants in government agencies working in similar domains. Students with a certain skill set may also enter into consultancy

Course Code	Course Name	Credit
SPG2PH507	Quantitative Analysis Software (Workshop)	1
SPG2PH506	Qualitative Analysis Software (Workshop)	1
SPG2PH508	MPH Dissertation	8
SPG2PH502	Writing and critical reading (Workshop)	1
SPG2PH412	Public Policies in health	4
SPG2PH414	Law and Public Health	2
SPG2PH413	Introduction to Public Health Management	4
SPG2PH504	Internship - I	4
SPG2PH503	Health Databases Workshop	1
SPG2PH407	Public Health Nutrition and Food Security	4
SPG2PH410	Introduction to Public Health Research	4
SPG2PH409	Health Economics and Financing	4
SPG2PH411	Health Behaviour, Promotion & Communication	2
SPG2PH501	Field Practice - I	4
SPG2PH408	Environment, Sanitation and Water	4
SPG2PH405	Biostatistics - I	2
SPG2PH404	Social Science Perspectives in Public Health	4
SPG2PH403	Essentials of Epidemiology	4
SPG2PH402	Health System	4
SPG2PH401	Introduction to Public Health	4