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Master of Public Health

This is a competency-based training programme that uses high quality and sustainable training strategies meant to produce public health leaders and workers who are able to address public health challenges at the national, programme, district and community levels in Uganda and beyond.

Code:	MPH
Duration:	2 YRS
Study Time:	Day
Faculty:	Faculty of Health Sciences (Mbale )
Department:	Department of Public Health

A degree in health sciences e.g MBChB, BSc Nursing, B. Pharmacy, BDS, BSc Physiotherapy and BVM
A degree in biological sciences e.g Biology, Laboratory sciences, Nutrition
A degree in social science e.g Social work, Sociology, Economics, Demography and Statistics

Tuition Fees per Semester (East African)	Tuition Fees per Semester (International Students)
Ugx 3,000,000	Ugx 5,400,000

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Application fee	50,000
Registration fees (per Academic Year)	60,000
Late Registration (per semester; after the deadline for official registration)	30,000
Examination fee (per semester)	100,000
Research fee (per Academic Year)	300,000
Student Manual (Payable once in the 1st Semester)	20,000
Computer Laboratory fee (per Academic Year)	60,000
Identity Card (Payable once in the 1st Semester)	20,000
Library fee (per Academic Year)	50,000
Medical (per semester)	15,000
Development Fund (per Academic Year)	100,000
Late Payment of Fees (after the deadline for official fees payment)	50,000
Replacement of Admission Letter (per Issue)	5,000
Retake/Supplementary/Missed Exam fee (per course)	50,000
Special Exam (per course)	30,000
Student Games Union fee (Academic Year)	20,000
Student Guild fee (per Academic Year )	20,000
Contribution to the Uganda National Students’ Association (UNSA) (per Academic Year)	2,000
Graduation fee (Payable on Completion of Studies) (Including: Transcript, Certificate, Convocation)	150,000
Certification (per copy)	3,000
Contribution to National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) Collections (per Academic Year)	20,000

Language Enhancement (for Students of French): 200,000= (per year)
Study trips (for Students of Geography): 100,000= (per year)
Study trips/Transport fee (for DEHS, BNS, BEHS, MBChB, BACM): 170,000= (per Sem)

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Accredited

Date of Accreditation	Date Due for review	Comment
13^th/June/2022	June 2027	Up to date

This programme is aimed at training public health specialists who can provide leadership in addressing national and regional health care challenges form the integrated community, clinical, preventive and health promotion health perspective.

Dr. David Mukunya @ +256-775-152316
Prof. Julius Wandabwa @ +256-785-723462

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LH Lecture Hours CH Contact Hours TH Tutorial Hours CU Credit Units

Year 1, Semester I Courses
S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	GH	CU
1	MPH 7105	Principles, Determinants and Promotion of Public Health	30	15	30	75	5
2	MPH 7106	Principles of Epidemiology	30	15	15	60	4
3	MPH 7107	Applied Biostatistics	20	10	30	60	4
4	MPH 7108	Occupational, Environmental and One Health	30	15	15	60	4
	Total		110	55	90	225	17

Year 1, Semester II Courses
S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	GH	CU
1	MPH 7205	Communicable and Non-communicable Disease Control	30	15	30	75	5
2	MPH 7206	Disease Surveillance and Response	30	15	39	75	5
3	MPH 7207	Research Methods	10	5	30	45	3
4	MPH 7208	Research Proposal Writing	25	5	30	60	4
	Total		95	40	120	225	17

Year 1, Semester II Courses
S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
1	MPH 7209	Health Economics, Leadership and Policyl	30	15	15	60	4
2	MPH 7210	Health and Health Systems	30	15	15	60	4
	Total		60	30	30	120	8

Year 2, Semester I Courses
S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
1	MPH 8105	Qualitative Research Methods	10	5	30	45	3
2	MPH 8106	Advanced Epidemiology	30	15	15	60	4
3	MPH 8107	Advanced Applied Biostatistics	10	5	30	45	3
4	MPH 8108	Ethics in Public Health and Research	30	15	15	60	4
	Total		80	40	90	210	14

Year 2, Semester II Courses
S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
1	MPH 8209	Scientific Writing and Effective Communication Skills	15	15	15	45	5
2	MPH 8210	Dissertation					10
	Total		15	15	15	45	15

Elective practicum courses(students will offer any two of these courses-10 CUs)

S/N	CODE	COURSE TITLE	LH	TH	PH	CH	CU
1	MPH 8211	Maternal, New born, Child and Adolescent Health	30	15	30	75	5
2	MPH 8212	Innovation in Health Services	30	15	30	75	5
3	MPH 8213	Fundamentals of Nutrition	30	15	30	75	5
4	MPH 8214	Public health in emergency situations	30	15	30	75	5
5	MPH 8215	Monitoring and Evaluation	30	15	30	75	5
6	MPH 8216	Health Care Human resource management	30	15	30	75	5
7	MPH 8217	Health management information systems	30	15	30	75	5

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