MPhil Health Systems Research and Management

Through the collaborative effort of the TU Berlin’s Department of Health Care Management and the KNUST-School of Public Health, a new international research-oriented Master’s programme in Public Health has been introduced since 2018. The Master of Philosophy / Master of Public Health (MPhil/MPH) programme is hosted in Ghana and has a focus on Health Systems Research and Management training for professionals, especially from African and other developing countries interested in health care systems and health policy development.

Year 1: Comprises of two semesters of formal teaching activities. KNUST-School of Public Health will teach on a regular weekly schedule (in blue in the Table above). The TU Berlin’s Department of Health Care Management will organize three (3) block/short courses in Semester I and three (3) block/short courses in Semester II.

Year 2: Focuses on individual student research project activities with close supervision and mentoring. It consists of practical project work in subject-related institutions in Ghana and/or abroad, leading to the writing of a master’s thesis (or its equivalent academic research paper). At least three selected students will be funded to embark on a three-month study visit to Germany for similar project work activities and exchanges hosted by the TU Berlin partner each year.

More info is available in the flyer [2], brochure [3] and curriculum [4]