How to apply for graduate students majoring in public health in the United States

In the United States, not all universities have public health colleges or related American public health majors, especially independent public health colleges. Often only 1 2 universities in a state have large and comprehensive departments. It is 1 2 that the School of Public Health in colleges and universities undertakes the planning and implementation of a series of major activities such as disease prevention, health education and environmental sanitation together with the health department in this state. Generally speaking, independent public health colleges have the following departments: biostatistics, epidemiology, community and health education, health policy and management, environment and occupational health.

Degree setting and differences

The degree settings of public health schools in various universities are basically the same, including MPH (Master of Public Health), MSPH (Master of Science in Public Health), PhD and MHA (Master of Health Care Management).

The difference between MPH and MSPH is that the former cultivates students' practical working ability, while the latter cultivates students' scientific research ability, and they can further study for doctoral degrees. The MHA degree emphasizes students' abilities as managers, such as human resource management and market planning, and is the closest to MBA among all majors. Doctoral major is a scientific research talent trained for universities, scientific research institutions and government departments. Generally, scholarships are very generous, and you have a greater chance to study in the United States after graduation.

MPH subdivision direction of American public health specialty:

1. Biometrics: This is a hot topic. In addition to medical students, many students in mathematics, statistics and other sciences also applied. This major has a very good prospect in the United States, with a wide range of employment, including pharmaceutical companies, government health departments, universities and colleges. It is highly technical and can rarely be replaced by other professionals. The average annual income after graduation is higher than other health majors. Applicants for health statistics do not necessarily need a medical background, but usually the school will require them to take some advanced mathematics and statistics courses at the undergraduate or postgraduate level.

2. Epidemiology: There is a great overlap with the discipline of health statistics, both of which need to be able to skillfully use statistical software and principles, but pay more attention to the disease itself. After graduation, most of them are engaged in related work in health departments at all levels, such as AIDS prevention and control, heart disease prevention and control projects, etc. When applying, more attention is paid to the applicant's medical background. Most of the students admitted are from public health, clinical, pharmacy, nursing, basic medicine and other majors. For international students, the relevant background of Chinese medicine is more important.

3. Community and health education: English ability is the most important of all public health majors, so its GRE and IBT requirements are also the highest, because most of the work after graduation is based on the community, emphasizing the ability to communicate with people. Its work scope is relatively wide, and it almost permeates all kinds of medical and health work at all levels. If the applicant wants to apply for this direction, his oral English ability and past practical work experience in public health are particularly important.

4. Health policy and administration: It is the most biased discipline of management and political science among all majors of public health, and even some courses come from MBA and law majors. Most graduates work as health policy makers or legal aid groups in different departments, and many of them work in medical insurance and other health-related products industries. This major attaches great importance to the applicant's writing ability and work or internship experience. It is more difficult for international students to apply for this major than statistics and epidemiology, because applicants need to understand the American government framework and legal norms.

5. Environment and occupational health: This is a hot topic all over the world, as well as in the United States. In the United States, environmental and occupational health runs through the sanitary norms and management of water quality, air, soil, infrastructure construction and manufacturing industry, and the government invests a lot of manpower and material resources every year. It can be said that this major is the direction that many American students are also committed to applying for, and applicants do not need to emphasize medical background. It has fierce competition, bright prospects and no high language threshold for international students.

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