Programs

These hands-on, practice-based certificate programs are designed with your needs in mind – flexible class formats and scheduling, adaptable curriculum that let you focus on what interests you most, and a vibrant, global academic and professional community.

The Advanced Certificate in Public Health offers graduate-level courses administered entirely online to equip professionals with essential knowledge and training in core public health concepts.

The Advanced Certificate in LGBT Health, Education & Social Services will provide currently enrolled MPH students with knowledge about the social, political, economic, and health disparities faced by LGBT individuals across the lifespan.

Work side-by-side with and under the guidance of esteemed faculty from NYU’s global and interdisciplinary network on vanguard research and solutions to universal public health issues.

Select one of three areas of study – Epidemiology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, or Public Health Policy & Management – to prepare for a successful future in academia and/or research.

Investigate solutions to the world most pressing public health problems. Doctoral student Rachael Piltch-Loeb works at the Population Impact, Recovery, and Resiliency (PiR2) program researching public perceptions of the Zika virus.

Work with faculty affiliates from top-ranked departments across NYU, such as Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, and Environmental Medicine, as well as from the School of Medicine, the Wagner School of Public Service, and the School of Law.

As a culminating project, you will complete a hands-on practicum at a health and environmental organizations either here in the greater New York area or farther afield.

The foundation of the MA in Bioethics degree is the NYU Center for Bioethics, launched in September 2007 with a Chair endowed by Dr. Arthur Zitrin, who for over 40 years was a prime mover in ethics education at the NYU Medical Center.

For those drawn to the field of public health, it can be much more like a calling than a job. New York University’s College of Global Public Health offers committed students like you a world-class education, with domestic and global perspectives that emphasize health equity, ethics and social justice.

Coursework is grounded in an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial approach, allowing you to gain a holistic perspective of public health issues in order to create systems-changing solutions. You will work, study and live side by side with leaders, innovators and changemakers. 

New York City is rich with opportunities unmatched anywhere else in the world. Our laboratories, centers and initiatives and our broad network within the city introduce unique opportunities. You will study and work within close proximity to local, national and international agencies from the New York City Department of Health to UNICEF, the United Nations and the World Food Programme. 

Our unique full-time, one-year program that trains highly-motivated students to embrace the challenge of global public health through a practice-based, skills-focused curriculum.

With boots-on-the-ground training you will learn to apply public health skills at NYU campuses and field sites around the world, playing an active part in implementing research projects and public health programs.

Students choose between two concentrations: Epidemiology and Global Health. Each one consists of 46 credits of coursework and lays a solid foundation for any public health professional.

Unlimited opportunities to network with practitioners, leaders, and scholars in government, not-for-profit, and private institutions.

Experience a truly interdisciplinary education with coursework across the University and around the world at NYU’s global sites. 

Participate in applied fieldwork in the US and in countries around the world, including a required semester abroad at one of NYU’s global sites.