Master of Public Health (in collaboration with Imperial College, London)

Mauritian Applicants
International Applicants
This programme aims to enable students to understand health and the determinants of health and disease, from the perspective of the population. It provides learners with a strong foundation of knowledge and skills across a broad spectrum of public health practice to promote, protect, and restore health through collective action, preparing them to play leadership roles in promoting global public health through improved practice, policy-making, system response and research. The programme is set within the geopolitical context of the Southern African Development Community and addresses contemporary strategic, operational and academic issues in public health at national, regional and international levels.

Entry Requirements

 A Bachelor’s degree with at least second class honours in life sciences in the following topic areas or a Medical Degree or Degree in Dentistry recognised by the aforesaid institutions:

  • Medicine
  • Nursing and allied health professionals
  • Veterinary medicine
  • Environmental sciences
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Statistics
  • Economics
  • Social Sciences
  • Pharmacy
  • Nutrition

Candidates must have a good mastery of the Englishlanguage. OU may consider prior learning and priorexperiential learning for admission to this program.

Intake 2025
  • February
  • August

Scholarships
  • Scholarship for Open university of Mauritius Toppers after graduation

Duration

 Minimum: 21 months Maximum: 39 months
Year 1
  • Public Health and Global Health
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Research Methods
  • Communicable Disease Control and Health Protection
  • Biostatistics
  • Promotion, Prevention and Management of Long Term Conditions

Year 2

Group A

  • Mental Health and Public Health
  • Drug, Tobacco and Alcohol control: a Public Health Approach
  • Organisational Management in Health

Group B

  • Health Economics
  • Health Policy and Practice
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Dissertation
Payment Facilities
Instalments Facilities upon request
Number of Modules
15 Modules (90 Credits)
Dissertation (50 Credits)
Fee Structure

Mauritian
Total: Rs 300,000

SADC
NA

International (Non-SADC)
NA
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