Master of Public Health is a master's degree in Public Health programme taught at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 16 months. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,648 per semester (CAD 3,907 per semester for local students).
The Master of Public Health (MPH) gives students a broad foundation in public and population health science, covering policy analysis, research methodology, and public health infrastructure and policy development, with research areas including public health policy and management, population and public health research methods, and environmental health. Two completion tracks are offered: a practicum-based track of sixteen months and a thesis-based track of twenty to twenty-four months, and the program can be taken full-time or part-time. Admission requires a four-year undergraduate degree in the sciences or an equivalent background; the program typically begins in September, with an October application deadline noted on the page. The program is based in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University's Hamilton campus and suits students preparing for professional roles within Canada's public health system, aiming to build the knowledge, skills, and mentored experience relevant to that field.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applications are encouraged from public health and health care professionals, physicians in postgraduate residency programs, and undergraduates from health or other related programmes. Applicants must meet McMaster's general School of Graduate Studies admission requirements, including completion, or expected completion, of a four-year undergraduate degree in Sciences or another relevant field, or equivalent, including Medicine. Applicants must also have completed an undergraduate statistics or mathematics course with a grade of B+ or higher. Applicants submit a CV, a personal letter of interest addressing four questions set by the MPH programme, and two academic references; applicants with three or more years in practice may substitute one academic reference with a professional reference. Students must achieve at least B- standing in all mandatory and elective courses and pass the practicum or thesis to complete the degree.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:McMaster admits Level I students for September entry only. For Fall 2027, deadlines are set per programme: competitive programmes such as Engineering, Computer Science, Health Sciences, Midwifery, iBioMed and Honours Integrated Science close 15 January 2027, while most other Level I programmes (Business, Humanities I, the Life Sciences and Social Sciences gateways) stay open to 1 April 2027, often with an earlier 1 February 2027 'Equal Consideration' review point. These dates are identical for domestic and international applicants for nearly every programme; the sole exception is Nursing, where Ontario high-school applicants close 15 January 2027 and all other applicants, international included, close 1 February 2027. No programme is described as rolling beyond its published deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
