University of Miami Master of Arts in Global Health and Society

The Master of Arts (MA) Global Health and Society at the University of Miami provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective for understanding how global health outcomes relate to society, culture, and the environment. Students will acquire the skills necessary to pursue careers in various fields like health policy, research, and administration.

Interested students can complete the MA with a concentration in one of three tracks:

General Global Health

Policy, Governance, and Advocacy

Community-Based Participatory Research Monitoring and Evaluation

Miami is the crossroads of the hemisphere. At the University of Miami, we are uniquely positioned to study the underlying causes that affect the health of individuals, communities, and nations around the world. You will be able to take a range of interdisciplinary courses examining the emerging challenges to human health and security, the differential access and adoption of evidence-based health policies and practices, and how these interventions translate from international to community scales.

Our program provides a comprehensive framework of global health that underscores the sociopolitical, economic, and geographic factors that, in addition to biomedical factors, impact health conditions of various countries and populations throughout the world. Graduates of our program acquire skills in leadership and advocacy, and combined with a deep understanding of policy and governance, are prepared to assist private, government, non-profit, and for-profit organizations formulate new global and community health strategies.