- Degree
- Master of Science in International Health (MScIH)
- Course location
- Berlin
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English. The thesis needs to be written in English.
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Application deadline
- 31 March for the following winter semester
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- Yes
- Additional information on tuition fees
- • Core course: 6,000 EUR, additional costs (e.g. software, conference) may apply (approx. 150 EUR)
• Advanced modules: approx. 7,000 EUR if all taken at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Please note that tropEd institutes have different fee scales.)
• Relevant professional experience (essay): 400 EUR
• Master's thesis: 3,000 EUR
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Taking on a multidisciplinary approach, the Master of Science in International Health (MScIH) programme combines Tropical Medicine, Public Health, Social Medicine, Epidemiology, Health Economics, and Health Management Sciences, among other topics. The programme raises awareness of global health concerns, allows students to identify and analyse key factors shaping the health and well-being of populations, and provides participants with the principles, concepts, skills, and tools related to promotion of health, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of diseases as well as health system strengthening and informing policy. The programme offers a wide variety of subjects: Medical Anthropology, Social Sciences Research, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Major Endemic Diseases in LMIC (Low and Low Middle Income Countries) with a focus on infectious diseases such as HIV, TB, Malaria, and so-called Neglected Tropical Diseases as well as Chronic/Non-Communicable Diseases, Parasitology, Vaccinology, Reproductive and Child Health, Gender and Health, Mental Health, Primary Health Care, Social Determinants of Health, Urban Health, Environmental Health, Nutrition, Health Project Management, Health Economics, Health Policies, Health Systems Strengthening, Universal Health Coverage, etc.