Master of Global Health

Admission Requirements

Applicants must:

• Have earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree at the start of the MGH
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale (undergraduate)
• Have a GPA of 3.5 or higher on 4.0 scale (graduate coursework or students with existing masters degrees)
• Submit two professional letters of recommendation that speak to your level of maturity, professional background and prior experience, leadership qualities and potential for working in interdisciplinary teams
• Submit a professional statement (1000 word limit) that discusses your accomplishments, career goals and objectives, and the value of the MGH degree to achieving your career goals
• Send official transcripts
• Submit a CV or resume indicating prior global, language, community development and/or health care (including clinical) experience
• GRE optional (if taken, scores sent to 花季传媒)

International admissions:

• TOEFL official scores sent to 花季传媒
  • Waived if student already graduated from or is a current student at a U.S. university

Deadlines

The online (MG8172) and blended Master of Global Health (MG8173) offer a fall and spring start date.

Start date: August - Fall Semester

Application deadline: Applications accepted until June 30 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents anad fully online students. For priority consideration apply by February 15. Deadline is February 1 for international applicants in the blended program.  

Start date: January - Spring Semester

Application deadline: Applications accepted until December 8, 2025.  

Conferral Requirements

University. Conferral of a graduate degree or certificate requires an accumulative graduate GPA of at least a 3.0 鈥� GPA cannot be 鈥渞ounded up鈥� to achieve a 3.0. No course with a grade below C (2.0) may be used to satisfy any graduate degree or certificate requirement.

For additional information, please contact:

Department of Social and Public Health
dsph@ohio.edu

Curriculum

Full program curriculum can be found in the

Sample Academic Schedule

Fall Semester 1

• GH 5210 Fundamentals of Global Health (3 credits)
• GH 6210 Globalization and Health (3 credits)
• GH 5222 Comparative Health Systems (3 credits)

Spring Semester 1

• GH 5303 Secondary Data Analysis in Global Health (4 credits)
• MPA 5580 Public Sector Program Evaluation (3 credits) or PM 6100 Project Management (3credits)
• GH 5521 GH Research and Service (3 credits)

Fall Semester 2

• GH 6931 Scholarly project prep course (3 credits)*
• Elective (3 credits)
• Elective (3 credits)

Spring Semester 2

• GH 6932 Scholarly Project (5 credits)*
• Elective (3 credits)

*Students can identify their own scholarly project or take advantage of the Global Health Initiative's internal and external . All students are eligible to apply for funding to support travel for their scholarly project.

Electives can be selected from DSPH Global Health Courses or from collaborating OHIO graduate degree programs including African Studies, Communication and Development Studies, International Development Studies, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Modern Languages, Nursing, Political Science, Public Health and Public Administration.

Total Program Hours Required for Graduation: 36  (As of Fall 2022-23)