The MPH Program in Nanjing Medical University (NMU) is designed for overseas students in order to cultivate first-class professionals in public health and major-related talents all over the world, especially for developing countries, and to improve health services in these countries, among which the countries belong to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (the Belt and Road) have been given greater focus.
The project, under the context of globalization, focuses on controversial issues in the field of health affecting the world political and economic structure, in particular threats on human survival such as major infectious diseases, chronic diseases, environmental degradation and climate deterioration that developing countries are facing today. It aims to promote health and eliminate health disparities among regions by integrating global professional expertise and academic research advances in public health, and by improving students’ comprehensive application and analysis ability, help them effectively participate in the formulation and evaluation of national health policies in response to health challenges over the world, especially in developing countries, for example, effective control of acute and chronic infectious diseases which affect global and regional health and safety such as SARS, Ebola, HIV, influenza, tuberculosis and hepatitis; by promoting health and health education, effectively control chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart-cerebrovascular diseases; by improving polluted air, water and soil and focusing on related diseases caused by the process of industrialization, realize basic healthcare rights for local residents and ultimately influence and push forward health cause for everyone in developing countries.
The goal of this program is to develop students’ professional skills on global and regional health policy formation and strategic planning, establishment of public health network, allocation of health care resources, management of health crises and so on. By demonstration practice of typical public health cases, the program, including Chinese, biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, infectious diseases and health management, aims at training application-type professionals with global vision and commitment to the public health for developing countries and regions. The length of this program is 24 months of full attendance, and over this time, students should finish all courses required and related research. Qualified students will obtain the MPH degree certificates and diplomas from Nanjing Medical University.
After two years of professional training, students will become advanced preparatory talents with management and execution skills in the field of global public health, understand a considerable amount of Chinese culture and communicate fluently in Chinese, and promote collaboration and communication in the health field between China and other developing countries. Graduates could work in governmental health administration agencies, non-governmental organizations, international rescue agencies, non-governmental health organizations, research and academic institutions, medical institutions.
The School of Public Health, NMU, qualified for offering courses for MPH,  is  one  of  the  experienced  international  education  institutes, providing postgraduate programs for oversea students for many years. English-instructed courses such as Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Advanced Epidemiological Methods, Data Management and Analysis, Health Management and Policies, Health Promotion and Health Economics, are available in the program. A large number of students from numerous developing countries had  graduated  from  our  school  and  had since been working in departments in the field of public health in their own countries. The lecturers have been trained in top international institutes or universities, such as Harvard University, Yale University, Michigan State University, University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Nagoya University, and National University of Singapore, etc. Moreover, professors from Yale University, NIH/NIEHS, and Duke University are invited to teach in this program as well. Furthermore, long-term collaborations have been established between the School of Public Health of Nanjing Medical University and Health Administration Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitals, FDA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Safety Supervision and Administration Bureau. It provides guarantee for the on-site investigation and implementation of public health practice.