Master of Public Health Programme in Border Health Management


 

Programme’s Philosophy

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     According to the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations which focuses on promoting good health and decreasing the inequality of access to healthcare service in diverse population along with the Thailand 4.0 Policy which emphasize Thailand as a Medical Hub of Asia and being the member of ASEAN as well as the connection at a regional level and at boders of the country, the number of population mobility and migrant workers are increasing. The necessity of border health management is higher than before therefore, the Master of Public Health Programme is encouraged to produce the graduates who can sustainably improve the community health system at a national and international level. Moreover, the graduates will be able to manage border health in a multicultural context. They will have to plan, manage, prevent, and control the recurring and emerging diseases. These will be done by integrating the public health knowledge and other related knowledge in conducting a research which conform with the morality and research ethics. Furthermore, obtaining the life long learning skills, analytical thinking skills to create an innovation or research in public health is required as graduates of this programme. They should appropriately apply the health digital techonology as well as appropriately manage the resources. Lastly, graduates will be able to lead when work with multidisciplinary and collaborate with people at all level to develop and elevate the quality of people’s life.

Programme’s Objectives

     To produce graduates that are academician and have ability to be a leader of change. With knowledge and skills provided by the programme, the graduates will be able to mange health system according to the standards, work as a team with multidisciplinary both at a national and international level, act in moral, adhere to professional ethics, conduct the public health research and innovation as well as use the empirical evidence to solve and improve the field of public health for the entire populations including ethnic groups, migrant workers, refugees, vulneribilities, border and marginal populations.

Career Opportunities

1. Community Health Development Officer 
2. Border Health Manager 
3. Health Manager 
4. Public Health Officer/ Policy Maker 
5. Researcher 
6. Academic Personnel

Tuition and Fees

(1.5 Year Master’s Degree)
  • Plan A1, A2, B:
    • 69,550 Baht per semester
    • 208,650 Baht per programme

Programme Structure

  • Plan A1
    Total credits :  
    36  credits  (2-year Master’s Degree)
        1. Thesis   36   credits

  • Plan A2
    Total credits :  
    36  credits  (2-year Master’s Degree)
        1. Major Required Courses   21   credits
        2. Major Elective Courses   3   credits
        3. Thesis   12   credits

  • Plan B
    Total credits :  
    36  credits  (2-year Master’s Degree)
        1. Major Required Courses   27   credits
        2. Major Elective Courses   3   credits
        3. Independent Study   6   credits

(Refer to Master of Public Health Program in Border Health Management Year 2019)

Links:
Plan A1 
Plan A2 
Plan B

Note:

  • A1 = Thesis (not less than 36 credits), no course work
  • A2 = Thesis (not less than 12 credits) with course work (not less than 12 credits)
  • B = Coursework (No Thesis) with Independent Study (IS) or Special Project (not less than 3 credits but not over 6 credits)
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