M.Sc.Applied Public Health
| Study location | Lithuania, Kaunas |
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| Academic field | Public Health 12.7 (ISCED 7212) |
| Type | Master, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 2 years (120 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | M.Sc. (Master's Degree in Health Sciences) |
| Course code | 6211GX005 |
| Tuition fee | €5,266 per year |
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| Application fee | €150 one-time |
| Deposit | €250 one-time Non-refundable. |
| Registration fee | To be confirmed You need to choose an individual service package. Please contact the center curator or your agent and consult. You become a part of student union and ambassador program automatically after you will get Base or Standard or VIP status. *Do not forget to ask discount |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) Transcript of Grades shall be attached to the Bachelor’s Degree Diploma. High School Certificate shall be provided, too. Applicants must upload education documents in original language, as well as translations into English. Diplomas and transcripts issued outside EU must be legalized with a legalization stamp or Apostille. You must take the original entry qualification documents along with you when you finally go to the university. Please, upload in the system scan copies in good quality of your education certificates and diplomas. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are NOT accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English One of next variants, if you have no any of this certificates you can pass University or Baltic Center Exams: |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) should be provided. |
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Overview
Master Program in Management of Public Health was established in 1997 in the framework of International project TEMPUS. This is up to now the only program in
Lithuania, integrating public health and management fields. Two forms of the study program enable students to combine their professional careers and studies. The
purpose of the program is capacity building for health system, through training specialists in public health management practice, research, and teaching. Graduates can continue studies for doctoral degree. During the program, competences are developed in the assessment of health determinants and health status of population, planning and implementing of health promotion measures, evaluation of health systems and health reforms, assessment of the activities of health services. Graduates are empowered to integrate public health and management competences in the process of leading and managing health care and related institutions, aiming at health improvement of the population.
Access to professional career Graduates of the program may pursue careers in different levels of health management structures (ministries, health departments of municipalities), public health centres, public health bureaus, health insurance funds, public and private health care institutions, international organizations and allied fields as professionals with management responsibility or interest.
Programme structure
Year 1
Introduction to Public Health and Health Care System, Environmental Health, Health Ethics and Law, Health Informatics and Research, Applied Epidemiology.
Year 2
Health Policy and Strategy, Health Economics, Management of Changes, Health Psychology and Human Relations, Methods of Data Analysis, Preparation and Defence of Master’s Thesis.
Career opportunities
After graduation you can:
Work in public health care services in local, national and international public health centers and other institutions;
Work in the inter-sectorial field within NGOs and public health projects, actions and initiatives;
Play leadership and managerial roles in the health care system;
Continue your education by entering PhD programmes;
Pursue a professional career in research and teaching in the fields of communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology, health care service research, preventive medicine and other areas.