Program Overview

Global Health (Master's)

The Master's programme in global health is concerned with how we can improve public health and achieve health equity worldwide.

Duration and Study Places

• Duration: 2 years
• Study places: 25
• ECTS credits: 120
• Start of study: Autumn
• Teaching language: English

Programme Overview

You will learn to identify and critically analyse key factors shaping the health and well-being of populations in low and middle-income countries, and to conduct research and formulate effective and appropriate responses to complicated health-related issues.

Career Opportunities

With this education, you can contribute to finding innovative solutions in public health administration, NGOs, and higher education. This interdisciplinary master's degree in global health will qualify for positions in academia, in the health sector, in international organizations, and in public administration.

Student Life

You'll spend most of your time at the Centre for International Health (CIH), located at the Alrek Health Campus in Bergen. Here you'll meet an international community of staff and students in an informal atmosphere and take part in academic and social events.

Study Structure

The programme covers two academic years (four semesters) and starts in the autumn semester.

First Semester

• SDG303 - Global health - challenges and responses
• INTH315 - Methods in Global Health Research Core courses with learning activities four to five days a week.

Second Semester

• INTH326A - Research Seminars at CIH Including two Presentations
• INTH315 - Proposal development Elective courses. You are free to choose from all of CIH's elective courses, other open courses at the University of Bergen, courses offered by the Nordic Network in Global Health, or courses from the tropEd network.

Third and Fourth Semester

• Weekly research seminars. Either a 60-ECTS thesis (INTH395A - M.Phil. in Global Health - Thesis), or a 30-ECTS internship (INTH317 - Internship - master study in Global Health) plus a 30-ECTS thesis (INTH395B - Master Thesis in Global Health).
• Together with colleagues at other UiB units, we can offer Master's projects within these thematic areas of research:
  • Maternal and child health
  • Nutrition
  • Communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases
  • Oral sciences
  • Migration and health

Admission Requirements

• Grade requirements: C (2.5)
• Requires a minimum average grade of Norwegian grade C (2,5) or the equivalent, to be eligible for admission.
• Students with citizenship from countries outside the EU/EEA/Switzerland must pay tuition fees. Some applicants may be exempted from this rule.

Application Deadlines

• Citizens from outside the European Union/EEA/EFTA: 1 December
• Citizens from within the European Union/EEA/EFTA: 1 March
• Nordic citizens and applicants residing in Norway: 15 April

Study Abroad

You can spend 3—6 months abroad as part of your degree. You have different options:

• Elective courses at partner institutions (second semester)
• Fieldwork (third semester)
• Internship (third semester)

Further Studies

If you want to continue in academic research, the master's degree makes you qualified to apply for the PhD programme at the University of Bergen or elsewhere. However, please note that the competition is tough and only a few manage to obtain a PhD scholarship at UiB after the master's.