Date
15 Apr 2025 - 28 Jan 2026
Location
Online
Host university
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
Mode
Online
WP
WP 2
Target groups
Master students,
PhD students,
Undergraduate students
Duration
A year (each part lasts a semester)
Reference code
EUG2_T2_1_0055
Type of event
Course
Recognition
Transcript of records - ECTS
Language
English
Recruitment of participants
Qualitative Assessment
Number of open spots
50
Evaluation criteria
10% - Academic / Professional Merit
90% - Motivation
Isced fields of study
098 - Interdisciplinary programmes involving broad field 09: Health and welfare
This course is comprised of 2 parts each worth 3 ECTS* running across 2 semesters. It is recommended to take both parts but participants can also opt to partake in only one of the two parts. Registration for part 2 will open in the summer of 2025.
Part 1: Introduction to Global Health
15th April - 15th July 2025
Synchronous sessions:
- Tuesday 15th April (16:00 - 17:00 CEST)
- Monday 19th May (16:00 - 18:00 CEST)
- Monday 14th July & Tuesday 15th July (16:00 - 18:00 CEST)
In this section, students will gain a basic understanding of Global Health. Students will discover various different topics in Global Health and collaborate with students from different universities and cultural backgrounds. Topics include:
- the theoretical foundations of global health,
- the effects of globalisation on health and the burden of disease,
- the different determinants of health,
- ethical issues involved in health,
- strategies to improve global health and
- working in an interdisciplinary environment
Participants will also see illustrative examples of current Global Health issues.
Part 2: Global Public Health Essentials - From the Local to the Global
15th October 2025 - 28th January 2026
In this section, students will be introduced to fundamental methodological concepts and key issues in global and public health through an active and student-centered learning approach, including an immersive simulation exercise.
Methods include:
- measures of diseases in populations
- study design and potential source of error in global and public health research
Topics include:
- health care systems
- inequalities in health
- refugees and migrants
- climate change and health
Target group & Prerequisites:
- Master/PhD and students in their 7th semester or higher in undergraduate programmes longer than 6 semesters, and for the second part of the course preferably enrolled in health sciences, public health, epidemiology, medicine, or other professions related to global public health,
- Knowledge of statistical software programming (SPSS, R, SAS, STATA) is an advantage but not a prerequisite for Part 2 of the course.
*students need to confirm with their programme coordinator to make sure this is recognised
