Master in Public Health M.P.H.

The MPH degree is well suited for individuals from a variety of academic and experience backgrounds seeking a career in public health. The two-year program consists of twenty-course units over four semesters and a summer internship. Students study within one of our six academic departments or the Health Care Management program and have the option to add one of our six concentrations or tracks. The program ensures a solid grounding in the basic and applied sciences, and provides specificity in a functional area of public health work while allowing the flexibility to tailor courses to your interests.

Yale School of Medicine is one of the world’s leading centers for biomedical research, advanced clinical care, and medical education. It ranks fourth among medical schools receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and eleventh in NIH dollars per faculty member. More than 1,500 Yale physicians provide care to patients from across the region and around the world. The Yale system of medical education, with its emphasis on critical thinking and independent student research, has produced leaders in every field of academic medicine.

The sixth-oldest medical school in the United States, it was chartered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College, located first on Grove Street, then at 150 York Street. Since 1924, it has occupied the Sterling Hall of Medicine at 333 Cedar Street and surrounding buildings. It has been awarded 9,302 medical degrees since 1814. There are 5,629 living alumni with MD degrees, 5,274 with MPH degrees, 1,319 alumni of the Physician Associate Program with the PA-C certificate or MMSc degree, and 32 alumni of the Physician Assistant Online Program division.