Master Global Health

The Vocational Master in Global Health, sponsored by Intesa Sanpaolo, focuses on the study of major global health issues, from a multidisciplinary and international perspective. Graduates from the programme will be able to understand and analyze health problems with a focus on the economic and social determinants of disease or health, and to identify innovative solutions for multidisciplinary actions, thus moving beyond a sectoral approach. The programme is delivered entirely in English in e-learning mode.

The Vocational Master will consist of 249 hours (25 CFUs) of face-to-face teaching and 277 hours (20 CFUs) of other forms of training. To complete the programme, students must take a 250 hours (10 CFUs) of internship and a final exam (5 CFUs) consisting of the preparation and discussion of a thesis. A total of 60 CFUs are awarded for the vocational master.

Teaching is structured as follows:

-Introduction to Global Health
-Quantitative methods in global health: epidemiology & biostatistics
-Research, evidence and policy making
-Health data generation, analysis and use
-Global burden of disease
-Social and economic determinants of health
-The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a multidisciplinary perspective
-Global infectious challenges
-Global health challenges
-Advocacy and communication for global health promotion
-International cooperation and humanitarian action as tools in global health
-Health system, universal coverage, social protection, non-state sector
-Essentials of health economics
-Principles of health management
-Innovations in Global Health: the omics and digital health
-Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
-Global health and the law: international and national regulations
-Global health diplomacy, governance and policies

Admitted applicants must pay an enrolment fee amounting to 6,516.00 euros.