McMaster University consistently ranks among the world’s top universities. The MSc Global Health program is an award-winning program that brings together faculties of social sciences, health sciences, business and humanities, and equips graduates with the skills and experience required for careers in the global health field. The program combines classroom experiences with online collaboration in virtual teams, and exchanges to the Netherlands and Norway in the winter term, for eligible students, to complete electives. Students also complete a field practicum which requires them to work in an approved public or private organization related to your identified area.

Maastricht is the most international university in the Netherlands, known for its inventive education model and multidisciplinary approach to research and education. The Global Health program, launched in 2010, is housed within Maastricht’s Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. As part of the consortium, Maastricht University hosts exchange students from partner institutions within the consortium as well as offering the MSc Global Health Program.

Since 2014, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been an associate member of the Global Health program. Each year, the MSc GH program culminates in an international symposium at MAHE, where students from partner universities present their research, receiving critical feedback from health policy-makers, activists, and expert researchers in the global health field. MAHE also accepts exchange students from Maastricht University to study a specialization in Global Health as part of their Public Health program.

Thammasat University, an associate member of the consortium since 2014, is Thailand’s second oldest university. At the forefront of social movement, the university offers an ideal scholarly environment for global health. The uniqueness of the Global Health program is demonstrated by its emphasis on social determinants of health inequities in an increasingly interdependent world and consequently adopting a socio-political perspective in promoting the public’s health. The Thammasat programs capitalize on global partnerships, interregional capacity building, and a South-to-South focus in preparing graduates to become critical thinkers and tomorrow’s leaders.

With a grant from the High North Fund, awarded in March 2015, McMaster University and University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) created a joint global health course: Global transition within local communities. Small places, big changes. The semester is available as an exchange for McMaster and Maastricht students and teaches future global healthcare leaders critical approaches to investigating policies from all points of view, while providing healthcare leaders located in the circumpolar north with easier access to higher education and enabling faculty and student exchanges.

Universidad del Rosario began offering a two-year International MA of Public Health in September 2017. As a result of the partnership, Rosario students have access to a one-year specialization in global health. Students from partner universities are able to complete the elective track in Community Health in Slums at Rosario.

Ahfad University for Women is a recent associate member of the consortium. Ahfad’s School of Health Sciences offers an MSc in Human Nutrition, the first of its kind in Sudan and the surrounding region and is currently collaborating with McMaster and our partners to develop the MSc in Global Health.