General Information The following group of applicants will be considered for this course: - Graduates of approved schools of medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine
- Graduates with a bachelor's or higher degree in such fields as nursing, engineering or one of the biological or social sciences
- A minimum of two years of full-time work experience in the fields of health, human services or another field related to public health is required of all applicants without a professional degree.
- Proficiency in the English language is required to participate in this Institute.
Tropical Medicine and Public Health Institute participants may register for academic credit or non-credit (certificate of participation is awarded). Four academic credits are offered for each course. Courses taken for non-credit may not be retroactively converted to academic credit after the conclusion of the Institute. Students registered as special students limited may accumulate a maximum of 16 credits total during the Summer 2009 term. After 16 credits have been earned, application to and acceptance in special student regular or degree status is required. Johns Hopkins Master of Public Health candidates: credits from the Summer Institute in Tropical Medicine and Public Health may be applied towards the part-time MPH degree.
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