At AIHMS, our Master of Public Health programme cultivates visionary leaders who are committed to advancing health and well-being across India. Over the past decade, our country has made notable strides—reducing infant and maternal mortality rates, increasing life expectancy, and achieving polio-free status. Yet significant challenges remain: malnutrition persists, environmental and climate-driven health risks escalate, and non-communicable and mental health conditions are on the rise. The recent COVID-19 pandemic exposed glaring inequalities across class, gender, region and ethnicity in access to healthcare.
This two-year full-time programme offers professionals—medical or non-medical—the opportunity to build a strong grounding in public health theory and practice, with a clear emphasis on equity, social justice and rights-centred action. At AIHMS, we bring together individuals from diverse disciplines to examine the root causes of health challenges, analyse programmatic and policy responses, and design innovative solutions to improve community health outcomes.
Our curriculum is carefully structured to provide a robust foundation alongside immersive field experience. Core courses cover epidemiology, health systems and policy, economic and social determinants of health, programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and research methods—both quantitative and qualitative. Students then select electives based on their interests: deeper perspectives on global health and gender, advanced skills in programme management or evaluation, and specialised themes such as adolescent or disability health, public health law, WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene), or technology and health.
Field practice is central to the AIHMS MPH: from community immersion in Semester I to health-system engagement in Semester II, followed by primary health interventions and a semester-long internship/field project in Semester IV. Classroom learning is complemented by active mentoring, case study analysis, labs in writing and data analysis, and strong links with community-based and governmental health programmes.
Graduates from the AIHMS MPH programme are equipped to pursue meaningful careers in public health with government agencies, NGOs, international organisations, research institutions and other agencies focused on health policy, advocacy, programme management and field interventions. Typical roles include Programme Manager, Health Policy Analyst, Public Health Researcher, Epidemiologist, Health Educator or Intervention Specialist.
