The online master of public health program will train you to examine health-related issues through case-based learning. Using methodological data tools, including biostatistics, survey methods and qualitative methods, you’ll critically assess a population’s health and develop action-based interventions that promote physical and mental health, and the prevention of disease and disability.

Through leadership training, you’ll acquire strategies to motivate, influence and enable others to contribute to the communities and organizations in which they work. The program will also provide students with the communication skills to better articulate, translate, and convey evidence-based science and information to affect change and advance public health. 

This two-year program, which can be completed in as short as 16-months, combines coursework and a practicum to provide you with an integrative learning experience and opportunity for real-world application.

You’re an ideal candidate for the online MPH if you have at least two years of prior work experience and are looking to either advance your existing skill sets in public health or change careers and enter the public health profession.

Additional Information

Courses are delivered fully online and combine asynchronous and synchronous components to support your learning. Synchronous sessions are optional, and allow the opportunity to meet face-to-face with instructors on a weekly basis for more in-depth discussion of course content.

The MPH program provides student support in the form of career services, as well as general support for timely progress through requirements (including specific requirements for the MPH Practicum).

As an online student, you will have access to the same learning resources as on-campus students. This includes Brown University’s extensive collection of library/information resources such as the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning’s English language support and Writing Center, Student Accessibility Services and telehealth services.

*Brown also offers an on-campus MPH and an accelerated MPH for clinicians.