The Johns Hopkins Master of Public Health (MPH) Program for health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region offers the opportunity to earn a world-class degree in three years. The MPH Program courses are available online and are combined with short-format face-to-face classes taught by Hopkins faculty in Baltimore and at an Asia Pacific Rim region site. This flexible approach allows working professionals to negotiate busy schedules while completing the degree. All college graduates from related fields with at least two years of health-related work experience can apply for the MPH Program. Student will matriculate in June 2009. For more information, please contact our Asian partner for the program, the Education Development Corporation (EDC): edcemph@gmail.com Back to top The MPH Program for health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region will be completed in three years. Courses will be conducted in Baltimore, sites in the Asia Pacific Rim region, and online. - The program will begin with initial face-to-face courses in Baltimore on the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health campus
- Subsequent face-to-face courses will be held yearly in one-week institutes at sites in the Asia Pacific Rim region
- Students will also take Internet courses
- Students will complete the program by presenting capstone projects in a Capstone Symposium, the be held in the Asia Pacific Rim region
The program will begin in Baltimore with a two-week institute. After that, students will complete Internet courses and attend annual institutes in which intensive face-to-face courses will be conducted at an Asia Pacific Rim region site. While the MPH for health professionals is a School-wide program, some courses will be customized to address regional needs in specific health services. Back to top The curriculum of the MPH Program for professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region will include courses in: - Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Public Health Biology
- Health Policy and Leadership & Management
- International Health
- Social and Behavioral Science
The specific sequence of courses is being developed. However, the general structure of this MPH program for health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region will be: - June 2009. Baltimore, MD. Two-week Winter Institute.
- July through December 2009. Internet courses.
- January 2010. Asia Pacific Rim region site. One-week institute.
- February through December 2010. Internet courses.
- January 2011. Asia Pacific Rim region site. One-week institute.
- February through December 2011. Internet courses.
- January 2012. Asia Pacific Rim region site. One-week institute.
- February through May 2012. Internet Courses.
- May 2012 Capstone Symposium and completion of MPH degree program.
Back to top Application Criteria:
The MPH Program for health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region seeks qualified applicants with clearly identified career goals that are consistent with the training offered by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All students must possess a baccalaureate degree and either two years of post-baccalaureate health-related work experience or a doctoral degree in a field underlying public health. Admissions Requirements:
Coursework -
All matriculating Master of Public Health students shall have successfully completed at least one college-level course in each of the following areas: - mathematics (for example, calculus, algebra or statistics)
- general biology
- health-related science (for example, nutrition, microbiology, anatomy or physiology), OR another biology course
Official Test Scores -
Scores of the GRE, MCAT, GMAT, or LSAT are required of all MPH applicants. Applicants who have an advanced degree beyond the baccalaureate may elect to have their application reviewed by the MPH admissions committee without a standardized test score. However, they may be putting themselves at a disadvantage, particularly if their admission materials do not demonstrate significant quantitative and analytical skills. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) -
Applicants from countries where English is not the primary language must submit official scores from the TOEFL. A minimum TOEFL score of 250 on the computer-based test, 600 on the paper-based, or 100 on the Internet-based test, OR a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 is required for admission into the MPH Program. Experience -
A minimum of two years of full-time post-baccalaureate health-related work experience is required of all applicants who have not earned a doctoral degree. Back to top Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA
Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-director, Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center for the Underserved Dr. Shi is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. His research contributions concern primary care, with particular emphasis on community health centers. He has conducted numerous national surveys with the administrators, medical directors, and boards of directors of community health centers on the staffing, recruitment, retention, financing, and satisfaction related to community health centers. His own research is in the areas of primary care and managed care related to community health centers. Departmental Affiliation
Health Policy and Management
Health and Public Policy Departmental Address:
Room 409, Hampton House, 624 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205-1996
Email: lshi@jhsph.edu
Phone: 410-614-6507
Fax: 410-614-9046 Asia Program Partner
Education Development Corporation office
Email: edcedu@gmail.com
Phone: +886-4-2252-2760
Fax: +886-4-2259-0289
Address: 13F-9, No. 77, Shihjheng N. 1st Rd., Taichung City, 40756 Taiwan http://www.edcedu.com Back to top To apply, please contact:
Johns Hopkins MPH Program Office
Contact: Paul Whong
Email: mphprog@jhsph.edu
Phone: 011-1-888-548-6741
Fax: 011-1-410-955-4749
Click here for the online application. The cost of submitting an application is $45.
Please note application instruction: Under the Academic Program section of the application, select "MPH/Asia Pacific Rim Region" as the degree program and "January 2009" as the academic year and term. To make any other inquiries, please contact:
Education Development Corporation
Contact: Summer Lai
Email: edcemph@gmail.com
Phone: +886-4-2252-2760 ext. 33
Fax: +886-4-2259-0289
Address: 13F-9, No. 77, Shihjheng N. 1st Rd., Taichung City, 40756 Taiwan Applicants must submit with their materials a statement of purpose, a resume, transcripts from all universities attended, and three letters of recommendation. Back to top Education Development Corporation (EDC) was founded in 1998 in Taiwan, with a focus on advanced education and hospital management. The purpose of the establishment is to help health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region to achieve higher performance. EDC has signed a contract with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in February, 2006, whereby EDC is the sole agency of the Johns Hopkins Executive Doctoral of Public Health Taiwan Cohort Program. In March, 2008, the School signed an agreement with EDC to create a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program for health professionals in the Asia Pacific Rim region. EDC is the School's partner in this initiative. For more information about EDC, please visit http://www.edcedu.com. Back to top | 
