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Global Health Systems (MHSc)
Explore an advanced graduate curriculum focused on international health. In just one year, you'll gain the professional outlook needed to tackle today's pressing health challenges and shape approaches to the future of human health.
Global Health Systems (MHSc)
Explore an advanced graduate curriculum focused on international health. In just one year, you'll gain the professional outlook needed to tackle today's pressing health challenges and shape approaches to the future of human health.
Global Health Systems (MHSc)
Explore an advanced graduate curriculum focused on international health. In just one year, you'll gain the professional outlook needed to tackle today's pressing health challenges and shape approaches to the future of human health.
About the program
This one-year graduate program is offered jointly by Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Western's Faculty of Health Sciences.
The program teaches you to address global health challenges, focusing on health equity and marginalized populations.
You'll develop project management and grant writing skills, and experience an immersive summer field school and internship in Africa that prepares you to tackle real-world health systems issues.
- Program name: Master of Health Sciences (MHSc) in Global Health Systems
- Degree level: Master of Health Sciences (MHSc)
- Duration: 1 year
- Application deadline: March 31 (International), July 15 (Domestic)
- Contact: [email protected]
- Website: Global Health Systems
Reasons to study
Summer field school experience
Experience a three-week field school in Uganda, learning from diverse global health experts
Summer internship
Build on the field-school experience with a 7.5-week (300 hours) practicum placement with a partner organization in Africa (Kenya or Uganda)
Interdisciplinary instruction
Courses from a range of instructors, with specially designed courses from the Ivey School of Business, Arts & Humanities, Health Sciences, and Schlich Medicine & Dentistry
Featured courses
- Foundations of global health systems
- Global health assessments
- Management essentials for global health systems
- Global health power, practice & positionality
- Epidemiology of major diseases: global perspectives
- Incubators and accelerators of innovation in global health systems
- Global health equity
- International field school & internship
Program details
Requirements
- Educational background: a four-year degree from an accredited university
- Grade requirement: at least a 70% average across courses taken in the last two full-time years of the undergraduate degree
- Equivalent qualifications: Equivalent qualifications may be considered based on the standards of the discipline or profession
- Interest in global health: Applicants must demonstrate a strong interest in global health and in working with equity seeking groups (under-served populations).
English language proficiency
- TOEFL iBT: Minimum score of 86 (no section below 20). [Western’s TOEFL ID: 0984]
- IELTS Academic: Minimum score of 6.5 out of 9
- Duolingo English Test: Minimum score of 115
- CAEL Assessment: Minimum score of 60
- Western English Language Centre: Completion of the High-Advanced level
- Fanshawe College ESL Program: Graduation from Level 10 (English for Academic Purposes) with at least 80% in all components
Documentation
- A curriculum vitae
- A personal statement
- Scanned and uploaded copies of all post-secondary transcripts.
- Proof of English language proficiency.
- Two references
Apply now via Western's School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Plan your finances
What it costs
Expenses usually include tuition, fees, housing, food and other necessities
Find your tuition and fees in the fee schedules available through the Office of the Registrar.
Support available
Program funding supports summer term costs (e.g., flights, accommodations) for the international field school and practicum. You can apply for external funding like OSAP loans or international scholarships with staff support for competitive applications.
Plan ahead
Use the Graduate Student Affordability Calculator to estimate how much money you will need to pay for your tuition, fees, housing, food, and other necessities for a 12-month (three-term) academic year.
Career resources & opportunities
Our program offers extensive career resources, including professional placements, field school experiences, and networking opportunities with global health leaders. These resources provide hands-on experience, career-building seminars, and connections with international organizations that prepare you for an impactful career in global health policy, research and leadership.
Field school capstone
The signature field school experience in Africa is an immersive experience offering meaningful real world experience.
Career-building seminars
Networking opportunities
After graduation
As a program graduate you can access a range of unique career opportunities, including:
- Global health policy analyst
- International health program manager
- Public health consultant
- Health systems researcher
- Humanitarian aid coordinator
- Global health educator
- Infectious disease analyst
- Nonprofit program director
- Health equity advocate
In their words
Brianne O’Sullivan, MHSc, 2021
From Uganda to WHO: A Global Health journey
Have questions? Connect with us!
Contact our program co-ordinator for more information on the program.
Omar Almomani
Program coordinator
[email protected]
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