The Master of Public Health is a broad-based postgraduate programme designed to train public health practitioners in the field of Public Health and prepare them to become leading public health professionals well equipped to contribute to the promotion of public health.
The program is designed primarily to produce professionals who are highly skilled in the field of Public Health, and able to contribute to academic institutions as well as health services in the government or private sectors and capable of undertaking continuous learning with a quest to enhance their career path in public health.
CAREER PROSPECTS
Graduates will have excellent career opportunities as specialists in public health, research, academia, or as consultants in health organizations in the public and private health sectors and other health related services.
COURSES
Areas of Research
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Parasitology
Physiology
Pharmacology
Public Health
Compulsory Module
Research Methodology
Innovation Technology and Entrepreneurship
Semester 1
Principles of Biostatistics
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Principles of Family Health
Health Policy and Health Care Management
Ethics in Public Health
Research Methodology
Research Project
Semester 2
Occupational Safety and Health
Principles of Environmental Health
Principles of Human Nutrition
Behavioural Sciences and Health Promotion
Field Attachment
Research Dissertation
Epidemiology of Non-Communicable
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in a related field with minimum CGPA of 2.75 from local or any other institutions of higher learning as approved by the Senate of UniKL; or
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in related field with a CGPA between 2.50 to 2.75 is acceptable for admission depends on rigorous internal assessment (for UniKL, the internal assessment is at least 2 years working experience in a related field). or
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with CGPA less than 2.50, with at least 5 years relevant working experience is acceptable for admission.
English language proficiency level of either a minimum of IELTS Band 5.0 or TOEFL 500 (for international students).
