Bielefeld School of Public Health

The Public Health degree program is science-oriented, multidisciplinary and professionally qualifying. In the courses, we provide you with scientific knowledge and analytical-methodological skills in the broad spectrum of public health, e.g. on health policy reform processes, health and care system development, health psychology and sociology, etc. You will apply methods of epidemiology and empirical health research. During the history of your studies, you will apply methods of epidemiology and empirical health research, gain knowledge about the structure and control of the health care system and analyse concepts and strategies in health care areas such as prevention, care and rehabilitation.

After the basic courses in the first subject-related semester, the Master of Public Health degree program offers two comprehensive compulsory elective areas in the second and third semesters, which provide you with a broad spectrum of public health-relevant content. Optionally, you can gain work-related experience as part of an internship. Your degree program concludes in the fourth semester with the mostly empirical Master's thesis.

Most courses on the Master's degree program in Public Health are taught in German. In the "In-depth interdisciplinary content and approaches to public health" profile, it is possible to complete the degree program exclusively in German. Some of the courses in the "International Perspectives of Public Health" profile in the compulsory elective area of the Master's degree program are held in English.

Head of degree program: Prof.'in Dr. Celine Miani Vial

Academic advisor: Ms Lena Schumann

You can set your own specialisations according to your personal interests. You can choose between two profiles as part of your degree program:

• In the "In-depth interdisciplinary content and approaches to public health" profile, you can choose from a wide range of combinations from the entire breadth of our compulsory electives program.
• In the "International Perspectives of Public Health (IPPH)" profile, you will set an international focus in the course of your studies. To this end, you will complete part of the compulsory elective program in English and in courses with international content. You will also complete your Master's thesis in English.

Our graduates' fields of activity include, for example: research and teaching at universities, project work and management as well as scientific support in public (health) administration (e.g. RKI), consultant work at social insurance companies (health, long-term care and pension funds), project work and management as well as scientific support in occupational health management in commercial enterprises, institutions and departments of social services, consultant work at international organisations (e.g. NGOs, WHO).

Here you can find out from Frederike Prisett, one of our graduates, how she arrived at her appointment after completing her Master's degree in Public Health.

Here you will find examples of further interviews with former students of our Faculty.

You can find all the important information about the application process and in particular the study aptitude test here.

Individual counselling
You are welcome to contact our academic advisor and find out more about our Master's degree program in Public Health. You can find the contact details and book an appointment here.

Master's information event
Every year in May, our information event for the Master's degree program in Public Health takes place. We publish the specific date on our home page under "Dates".

You would like to study the doctoral program in Public Health (DrPH) with us. You can find all the information here.