Master Global Health

Master
2nd level vocational master
A.Y. 2025/2026
Study area
Medicine and Healthcare
2nd level vocational master
60
ECTS
1
Year
from 03-11-2025 to 03-11-2026
Language
English
The Vocational Master in Global Health, sponsored by Intesa Sanpaolo, focuses on the study of major global health issues, from a multidisciplinary and international perspective. Graduates from the programme will be able to understand and analyze health problems with a focus on the economic and social determinants of disease or health, and to identify innovative solutions for multidisciplinary actions, thus moving beyond a sectoral approach. The programme is delivered entirely in English in e-learning mode.

The Vocational Master will consist of 249 hours (25 CFUs) of face-to-face teaching and 277 hours (20 CFUs) of other forms of training. To complete the programme, students must take a 250 hours (10 CFUs) of internship and a final exam (5 CFUs) consisting of the preparation and discussion of a thesis. A total of 60 CFUs are awarded for the vocational master.

Teaching is structured as follows:

-Introduction to Global Health
-Quantitative methods in global health: epidemiology & biostatistics
-Research, evidence and policy making
-Health data generation, analysis and use
-Global burden of disease
-Social and economic determinants of health
-The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a multidisciplinary perspective
-Global infectious challenges
-Global health challenges
-Advocacy and communication for global health promotion
-International cooperation and humanitarian action as tools in global health
-Health system, universal coverage, social protection, non-state sector
-Essentials of health economics
-Principles of health management
-Innovations in Global Health: the omics and digital health
-Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
-Global health and the law: international and national regulations
-Global health diplomacy, governance and policies

Admitted applicants must pay an enrolment fee amounting to 6,516.00 euros.
Applicants may apply for admission if they have a Master's or single-cycle degree pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/2004 or an equivalent qualification obtained from a foreign university.
Job opportunities range from the local and national public sectors (ministries of health, foreign affairs, cooperation, etc.) to international agencies (UN), from non-government organizations to public-private partnerships funding international projects and to private health companies.

Courses list

Open sessions
Courses or activities Professor(s) ECTS Total hours Language
Compulsory
Advocacy and Communication for Global Health Promotion
1 14 English
Advocacy and Communication for Global Health Promotion
1 10 English
Essentials of Health Economics 1 11 English
Essentials of Health Economics 2 13 English
Final Examination
5 Italian
Global Burden of Disease
1 10 English
Global Burden of Disease: Case Studies
1 14 English
Global Health and the Law: International and National Regulations
1 10 English
Global Health and the Law: International and National Regulations
1 14 English
Global Health At the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
1 9 English
Global Health At the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
2 20 English
Global Health Challenges
1 14 English
Global Health Challenges 1 12 English
Global Health Diplomacy, Governance and Policies
1 14 English
Global Health Diplomacy, Governance and Policies
1 10 English
Global Infectious Challenges
1 11 English
Global Infectious Challenges 1 16 English
Health Data Generation, Analysis and Use
1 18 Italian
Health Data Generation, Analysis and Use
2 20 Italian
Health System, Universal Coverage, Social Protection, Non 1 14 English
Health System, Universal Coverage, Social Protection, Non-State 1 10 English
Innovations in Global Health: the "omics" and Digital
1 10 English
Innovations in Global Health: the "omics" and Digital Health
1 14 English
International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action as Tools 1 10 English
International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action as Tools in Global Health
1 14 English
Introduction to Global Health
1 11 English
Introduction to Global Health
1 15 English
Principles of Health Management 1 13 English
Principles of Health Management 2 17 English
Quantitative Methods in Global Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2 28 English
Quantitative Methods in Global Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics
2 20 English
Research, Evidence and Policy Making 2 20 English
Research, Evidence and Policy Making: Esercitazioni
2 28 English
Social and Economic Determinants of Health
1 14 English
Social and Economic Determinants of Health
1 10 English
The Un Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 18 English
The Un Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2 20 English
Training Internship
3 75 Italian
Training Internship
7 175 Italian

Enrolment

Call for applications

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