Portal: Postgraduate education in community health
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MD Social and Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine
MD Social and Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine is a three year programme available for those who have completed their MBBS studies. It is offered in over 130 medical colleges in India as an option for post graduate studies. Some of the reputed programmes are:
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- St. John's Medical College, Bangalore
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- Christian Medical College, Ludhiana
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
For a complete list of institutions offering MD Social and Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine courses visit www.mciindia.org.
Masters in Public Health (MPH) in India
The Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme is a two year programme available to graduates in medicine, AYUSH, physiotherapy, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, life sciences and social sciences. The programmes are relatively new with the first one starting in 1997.
- Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Tiruvananthapuram
- National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
- National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Pune
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- Institute of Public Health, KLE University, Belgaum
- School of Public Health, SRM University, Kanchipuram
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
- Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- Allahabad Agricultural University, Allahabad
- Annamalai University
- MGR University, Chennai
- Manipal University
PhD programmes
- Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Tiruvananthapuram
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawarharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- School of Public Health, SRM University, Kanchipuram
- Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
- National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi
Other programmes
BSc in Public Health Management
- Allahabad Agricultural University
MD Community Health Administration
Masters in Community Health
- Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawarharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Masters in Health Administration
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
- Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
Masters in Epidemiology
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- MGR University, Chennai
Masters in Applied Epidemiology
- National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai
- National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi
Masters in Applied Nutrition
- National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health Management
- Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar
- Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad
- National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi
- Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha
- All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata
Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics, Health Care Financing and Health Policy
Post Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics and Data Management
Post Graduate Diploma in District Health Management
- Distant learning programme offered by Public Health Resource Network
Public health and community health education abroad
Masters programmes in public health
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
- John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
- Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Scholarships
- Aga Khan Foundation - International Scholarship Programme
- Inlaks Scholarships Abroad
- Ford Foundation International Fellowships Programme
- PHFI Future Faculty Programme

