Courses currently offered
- Ph.D(Public Health) -3-year course
- MPH – 1 year full time course
- MHA – 1 year full time course
- Dip.Med.Ed -9-month course
- Development of e-learning program for Public Health Professional
Short courses offered at the UPH
- Qualitative Skills in Public Health
- Health Policy
- Health Policy and Systems Research
- Health Impact Assessment
- Scientific Writing
Number of Students
Course | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
MPH | 15 | 18 | 35 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 27 | 38 | 49 | 49 | 61 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 18 |
Dip.Hosp.Admin | 20 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 40 | 47 | 37 | 43 | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Dip.Med.Ed | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 39 | 40 | 45 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 36 | – | – | 36 |
Ph.D (Public Health) | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | – |
M.Med.Sc(HA&HM) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 26 | 27 | 23 | – | – | – | – | – |
MHA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
Total | 64 | 68 | 95 | 58 | 112 | 109 | 119 | 129 | 156 | 158 | 127 | 97 | 67 | 31 | 26 | 62 |
Paper | Subject | MPH Course(Credit Units) | MHA Course (Credit Units) |
1(a) | Health Policy and Management | 4 | 4 |
1(b) | Hospital Management | 6 | |
2. | Epidemiology | 5 | 4 |
3. | Biostatistics and Medical Demography | 4 | 4 |
4. | Occupational and Environmental Health | 3 | |
5. | Health Behaviour and Communication | 2 | |
6. | Population and Family Health Medical Education Science and ICT | 10.5 | |
7. | Public Health Laboratory Scienc Nutrition and Food Safely | 1.51 | |
8. | Research Methodology /Hospital Field Visit/Group Survey | 2 | 8 |
9. | Elective | 4 | 2 |
10. | Hospital Attachment/ Protocol & Thesis | 14 | 14 |
Total | 42 | 42 |
N.B. one credit unit is equivalent to 30 teaching/learning hr.