The Harvard Chan School offer two variants of the MPH degree designed to fit the needs of students with different educational goals and varying levels of professional experience and prior education:
The 45-credit MPH (MPH-45)
The 45-credit MPH (MPH-45) is for individuals who already hold a graduate degree, are current medical or dental students who have completed their primary clinical year, or have at least five years of relevant work experience in public health or a related field.
MPH-45 Fields of Study:
1. Clinical Effectiveness (CLE 45-credit academic year and summer-only options)
2. Epidemiology – Online / On-Campus (EPI 45-credit)
3. Global Health (GH 45-credit)
4. Health and Social Behavior (HSB 45-credit)
5. Health Management (HM 45-credit)
6. Health Policy (HP 45-credit)
7. Occupational and Environmental Health (OEH 45-credit)
7. Quantitative Methods (QM 45-credit)
The 65-credit MPH (MPH-65)
The 65-credit MPH (MPH-65) is for individuals with a minimum of two years of post-baccalaureate work experience in a relevant public health field. You can complete this full-time program in three semesters with a summer practicum experience between the second and third semesters.
MPH-65 Fields of Study:
Health and Social Behavior (HSB 65-credit)
Health Management (HM 65-credit)
Health Policy (HP 65-credit)
Nutrition (NUT 65-credit)
Master of Public Health (45-Credit)
In general, applicants for the MPH-45 degree must have one of the following:
1. a prior doctoral degree—for example, MD, DO, DMD, DDS, PhD, SD, JD (or equivalent)
2. a master’s degree in a health-related field—for example, MSN, MSW, MBA—plus at least two years of relevant health experience
3. completed the primary clinical year of medical or dental school or be a 1L student at Harvard Law School or a concurrent applicant to the master of science in nursing at Simmons University. For more information, visit Dual/Joint Degrees.
4. a bachelor’s degree, plus five or more years of relevant health experience (for the epidemiology, global health, health and social behavior, health management, and health policy fields of study only)
Specific admissions requirements vary for certain fields of study within the MPH 45-credit program. Please review the eligibility requirements within your desired field of study carefully.
Master of Public Health (65-Credit)
Applicants for the MPH-65 degree must have the following:
a bachelor’s degree, plus two or more years of post-baccalaureate work experience in a relevant public health field.
Specific admissions requirements vary for certain fields of study within the MPH 65-credit program. Please review the eligibility requirements within your desired field of study carefully.