PHA-Exchange> Master of Science Programme in International Health

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From: "Carsten Mantel" <carsten.mantel at charite.de>
Master of Science (MSc) Programme in International Health
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The Charité Medical School Berlin (Humboldt University and Free
University) Berlin invites applications to the Master of Science
(MSc) Programme in International Health.

The postgraduate Masters Programme is a flexible modular degree
programme for full-time or part-time study, consisting of an in-
troductory core course, specialised optional modules and a re-
search project submitted as a thesis. The programme is organised
within the tropEd European Network for Education in Interna-
tional Health, an association of 30 universities in 13 European
countries and collaborating institutions in Africa, Asia and
Latin America. The core course and five optional modules are
presently offered at Charité Medical School. Further optional
modules can be selected from a list of more than 180 courses of-
fered by the tropEd partner institutions.

STUDY FOCUS

International Health is a new discipline that systematically
compares factors that affect the health of all human popula-
tions, specifically focussing on poverty-related health problems
in low and middle income countries. The Masters programme com-
prises studies in a number of public-health-related disciplines
including anthropology, biology, economics, environmental
health, epidemiology and statistics, health promotion, manage-
ment sciences, nutrition, population sciences and reproductive
health, psychology, social sciences, travel and migrant health
and tropical medicine with a focus on infectious diseases, bac-
teriology, parasitology, virology and laboratory practice.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE AND DURATION

The programme can be completed within two semesters (full-time)
or up to ten semesters (part-time). A total of 60 European
Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credit points must be accumulated
for successful completion of the programme; one ECTS credit
point is equivalent to 30 hours student investment time. A mini-
mum of 15 ECTS credit points (equivalent to about 3 months of
full-time study) needs to be earned in tropEd partner institu-
tions outside of Germany. The research project may be undertaken
either in Berlin or abroad.

DEGREE

Master of Science in International Health - awarded by the
Charité Medical School Berlin.

LANGUAGE

English. Proficiency in English is to be demonstrated by a TOEFL
score of at least 550 points paper-based, 213 points computer-
based, or equivalent approved test.

BEGINNING OF PROGRAMME

Summer Semester: 6th March 2006;
Winter Semester: 11th September 2006

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's or equivalent degree in an International Health-
related field, e.g. medicine, public health, biology, educa-
tional sciences, psychology, sociology, anthropology, epidemiol-
ogy, nutrition, health economics.

APPLICATION DEADLINES

1st November 2005 (for summer semester); 1st June 2006 (for win-
ter semester)

SPECIAL SERVICES

An introductory orientation and language programme, academic
support services, guidance and counselling through a personal
advisor system, cultural events and excursions are offered to
all foreign students. Each student has a Charité-designated su-
pervisor, who has relevant experience in the chosen study track
and research or thesis topic.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS

Module and course fees follow regulations current in the TropEd
partner institutions. In general there is a tuition fee of Euro
150 per credit point for core training, Euro 200 per credit
point for optional modules and Euro 50 per credit point for re-
search project and thesis work; overall tuition thus amounts to
between of 7,500 and 9,800 Euro depending on the courses and in-
stitutions selected.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The tropEd Masters programme is receiving financial support un-
der the new European Erasmus Mundus programme. Scholarships of
24,200 Euro/year are available to highly qualified full-time
non-European students. Scholarship applications are to be di-
rected to the tropEd Secretariat in Berlin.
(for application forms and further information please see
http://erasmusmundus.troped.org ).

Scholarships of 3,100 Euro for three months are available to
highly qualified European Masters students, who want to under-
take part of their course work or their research project (the-
sis) in one of the tropEd partner institutions in China (Tongji
Medical College, Wuhan), South Africa (University of Cape Town)
or Thailand (Khon Kaen University).

CHARITÉ MEDICAL SCHOOL BERLIN

The Charité became Humboldt University's Faculty of Medicine in
1829 and is one of the most renowned Medical Schools in Europe.
Humboldt University was founded in 1810 under the name of Frie-
drich-Wilhelms-Universität as a "universitas litterarum" which
would unite teaching and research and strive towards a compre-
hensive humanistic education for its students. Twenty-nine Nobel
laureates have been associated with the university in the course
of their teaching and research careers, contributing to the ex-
cellent academic reputation, which the university continues to
enjoy today. Today some 33,000 students are enrolled at Humboldt
University in more than 220 courses of study in eleven facul-
ties. Almost ten percent of the students come to Berlin from
abroad. The Charité Medical School has recently merged with the
Medical School of the Free University Berlin to form Germany's
largest medical faculty.

CONTACT

Charité University Medical School Berlin
Masters Programme in International Health
Educational Programme Office, Institute of Tropical Medicine
Spandauer Damm 130
14050 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49-30-3011-6865
Fax: +49-30-3011-6888
mailto:itm.studies at charite.de
http://www.internationalhealth.de
http://www.troped.org

Dr. Carsten Mantel, MD MPH
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Charité Medical School, Humboldt and Free University Berlin
Spandauer Damm 130
14050 Berlin, Germany
Tel +49-30-3011-6767
Fax +49-30-3011-6888
mailto:carsten.mantel at charite.de
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