Doctor of Public Health

A Doctor of Public Health at Boston University in his full academic regalia. Note that the color of the hood, salmon pink, is the academic color of Public Health, which differs from the PhD (blue)

The Doctor of Public Health (abbr. DrPH or DPH; latin Publica Sanitas Doctor) is a doctoral degree awarded in the field of Public Health. Doctoral programs leading to a DrPH are of equivalent level as a PhD, with the same requirement to demonstrate proficiency in knowledge and methodology, but typically contain a practical component and a more structured curriculum of learning. This degree prepares its owner for a career in high-level administration, teaching, or practice, where advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are required. Unlike most PhD programs which accept applicant with a bachelor's degree, the usual requirement for entry into the DrPH program is a master's degree in Public Health (MPH) or equivalent.

Comparison

The DrPH degree offered at some institutions is similar to the PhD degree in Public Health in terms of admissions criteria (even though most DrPH programs require applicant to have completed a master's degree), curriculum requirements, research focus, and culminating requirements; some other DrPH programs focus more on preparing graduate students to solve public health problems by applying interdisciplinary approaches and methods in professional environments. Some universities offer the DrPH as the only doctoral degree in certain fields of study (e.g. Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Health policy and management); some other universities give students options to pursue a DrPH or a PhD.

Universities Offering DrPH Degrees

United States

• Tufts University School of Medicine (Tufts Public Health)
• Boston University School of Public Health
• Drexel University School of Public Health
• Florida A & M University Institute of Public Health
• The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
• University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
• City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
• Harvard School of Public Health
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center School of Public Health
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health
• New York Medical College School of Public Health
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, School of Public Health
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
• University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
• University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
• University of Georgia College of Public Health
• University of South Florida College of Public Health
• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
• University at Albany, SUNY School of Public Health
• Loma Linda University School of Public Health
• University of Kentucky's College of Public Health
• University of Iowa College of Public Health
• East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health
• Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy

United Kingdom

• Brunel University of West London
• Imperial College London School of Public Health
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Asia

• Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
• School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center
• College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila
• Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public health,Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Australia

• James Cook University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
• LaTrobe University School of Public Health.
• University of Wollongong School of Health Science.
• University of Sydney School of Public Health.
• Monash University School of Public Health .
• Flinders University School of Public Health.
• Curtin University of Technology.

France

• University of Paris-Saclay
• Paris Descartes University
• University of Bordeaux
• University of Lorraine

Germany

• University of Bremen

See also

• Doctor of Public Administration
• Doctor of Health Administration
• Professional degrees of public health