Overview

The DrPH degree offered at the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois Chicago provides comprehensive training aligned with the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) DrPH Competencies with a focus on leadership, equity, and transformational systems change.

With the flexibility to learn from anywhere worldwide, students in the Public Health program will join a community of peers and renowned faculty en route to a remarkable educational experience.

Curriculum

The UIC DrPH Program curriculum is organized around a collection of leadership skills that are most called upon to generate adaptive leadership. These include specific skills that directly lead to leadership development and other research and practice skills that are needed to inform an adaptive challenge.

The UIC DrPH Program employs a research approach that emphasizes systems thinking; novel and applied research designs; mixed methods; and engaged scholarship that seeks to meet the needs of practice challenges and intends to inform or impact an adaptive problem, thereby contributing to the evidence base of public health practice.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Biostatistics
Quantitative Methods for Leadership in Public Health
Epidemiology Principles & Methods
Public Health Leadership Seminar
DrPH Integrative Methods Seminar
Leadership in Public Health Policy Development
Personal Leadership Development
Public Health Leadership Tools
Public Health

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

96 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

Public Health View 26 other PhDs in Public Health in United States

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Academic requirements

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the UIC supplemental application and supplemental fee: UIC requires a brief supplemental application and non-refundable supplemental application fee ($70 for Domestic and International applicants).

Complete the SOPHAS application and fee. The documents in steps 3 – 5 will all be uploaded via SOPHAS.

Personal Statement, uploaded via SOPHAS. It is generally recommended to keep the statement to 500-800 words and to focus on your interests/experiences in public health and the program you are applying to specifically, your goals with the degree, and why you would be successful in the program. For students applying to research focused programs, the personal statement should also address potential research interests.

Resume or CV, uploaded via SOPHAS.

Three letters of recommendation, uploaded via SOPHAS.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

9102 USD / year

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Out-of-State

9102 USD / year

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In-State

4368 USD / year

≈ 4368 USD / year

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