Science Communication: Public Health Sciences

Please note that obtaining an invitation and a visa will take at least a month. We ask you to apply for the Master’s program before July 15, 2021, in order to take the entrance exams and receive your documents in due time.

Career Options

• Academic researchers
• Medical and population data analysts
• Project managers in the field of healthcare
• Community managers in the healthcare sector
• Researchers in medicine and health sciences
• CRA (clinical research associates)

We expect graduates to be in demand in:

• Scientific groups of a wide profile
• International organizations in the field of health and medicine
• Clinics and hospitals
• NGOs and Foundations
• CRO (clinical research organizations)
• Biotechnology companies and the pharmaceutical industry

Program description

The Public Health Sciences is the first program in Russia for training interdisciplinary specialists who are able to conduct and initiate research in the field of health sciences.

The program includes courses by leading experts from European universities. Employees of the world's leading research centers will work with students as supervisors and scientific consultants, which will expand the prospects of students in finding a future job. The opportunity to participate in research projects within ITMO University is also a definite advantage.

Graduates of the program will become high-qualified specialists who apply the evidence-based approach and are able to influence the quality of research in the field of health and medicine both in Russia and abroad. The industry demand for competent experts is very high and the graduates will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in practice.

The main research topics covered within the program include:

• The spread of risk factors in populations
• Aspects of local healthcare policies
• Educational projects for the prevention of socially significant diseases

Content of the Program

1 Semester:

Universitywide / facultywide module

• English for Specific Purposes, 2 ECTS
• Digital Сulturе / Data processing and analysis (online course), 3 ECTS
• Ethics in Science and Technology, 3 ECTS

Field-specific module

• Epidemiology I, 5 ECTS
• Biostatistics I, 5 ECTS
• Writing and Publication of Scientific Articles, 2 ECTS
• Public Health Systems / Healthcare Systems, 2 ECTS
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Health and Medicine, 2 ECTS
• Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2 ECTS

Practice / Research work

• Research work, 9 ECTS

2 Semester:

Universitywide / facultywide module

• English for Specific Purposes, 2 ECTS
• Digital Сulturе / Applied artificial intelligence (online course), 3 ECTS

Field-specific module

• The History of Medicine, 2 ECTS
• Healthcare Economics, 3 ECTS
• Communications in Medicine and Public Health, 3 ECTS

Specializations (tracks)

№1 Public Health and Social Epidemiology

• Epidemiological and Biostatistical Methods in Public Health, 5 ECTS
• Health and Healthcare Policies, 5 ECTS
• Сausal Inference in Public Health Research, 3 ECTS
• Health Behavior and Social Epidemiology, 3 ECTS

№2 Clinical epidemiology

• Epidemiological and Biostatistical Methods in Clinical Medicine, 5 ECTS
• Epidemiology of Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases, 5 ECTS
• Сausal Inference in Clinical Research, 3 ECTS
• Survival Analysis, 3 ECTS

Practice / Research work

• Research work, 9 ECTS

3 Semester:

Universitywide / facultywide module

• Soft skills, 4 ECTS
• Creative Technologies / Project Management / Thinking, 4 ECTS

Practice / Research work

• Research work, 6 ECTS
• Research Internship, 6 ECTS

4 Semester:

• Research Internship, 15 ECTS
• Senior Internship, 9 ECTS
• Thesis preparation & defense, 6 ECTS

*The applicants are required to pass entrance examination successfully.

How to apply?

To apply, please follow our step-by-step application guide.

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Contact

ITMO International Admission Office, international@itmo.ru