Global Health

专业介绍

About the programme

The demand for Global Health experts have never been more urgent. Persistent health inequities impede sustainable development, leading to widening gaps in disease burden, access to care, and life expectancy within and between countries. The climate crisis, pandemics, chronic diseases, fragile systems, conflict, migration, and rapid technological change show that health challenges are borderless and interconnected. As a Global Health student you will obtain the skills to analyse these complexities and the competencies to act across disciplines and levels to achieve change.

What makes the programme at UCPH unique?

The programme brings together students from around the world with a range of academic backgrounds and lived experiences, creating a truly international and transdisciplinary learning environment. Through hands-on, case-based teaching – including a country exposure course and the possibility of doing an internship – you gain practical experience in real-world settings. Providing you with advanced analytical and problem-solving competences.

What specialisations does the field of study offer?

After completing mandatory courses of the first year of study, you will tailor your second year by choosing electives and summer school courses as well as internship and thesis projects in the direction of your interest, for example within policy, financing and health care systems; disease burden, challenges and changes; e-health and disaster risk management.