Simon Fraser University offers Health Sciences: Master of Public Health (MPH), a master's degree in Health Sciences programme in Burnaby, Canada. The programme runs for 5 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 340 per credit (CAD 340 per credit for local students).
This Master of Public Health compresses at least 46 credit hours of interdisciplinary coursework into five terms of full-time study. Required courses span biostatistics, epidemiology, social determinants of health, program planning and evaluation, environmental and occupational health, Indigenous health in Canada, and global health, building students into practice-ready public health professionals. A signature 13-week practicum, usually completed the summer after first year, has placed MPH students in 55 countries, 112 cities, and with 214 organizations since 2007. Most students finish with a capstone project built around a real-life public health case study, though a thesis option extending the program is also available for those pursuing more extensive research.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.33 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: The Master of Public Health requires a bachelor's degree equivalent to SFU's own four-year degree, in any field, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.33 (B+) on the last 60 undergraduate credits (graduate coursework is also considered). Applicants must show evidence of completing an undergraduate statistics course -- one titled 'statistics' or covering at least three of descriptive statistics, estimation and confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation, and linear regression; applicants recommended for admission without it are admitted conditionally on completing it before the program starts. Non-native English speakers must meet SFU's general graduate English-language requirement (IELTS Academic 6.5 overall, 6.0 per section, or TOEFL 90 overall, 20 per section), with an exemption for a prior degree taught and examined in English in a country where English is the primary language; no programme-specific score is published. Three academic or professional references, a two-page statement of intent, and a CV are required; international applicants must submit a WES Canada or ICES credential evaluation.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, with one set of dates per applicant type rather than by citizenship. Fall 2027 entry: high-school-route applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027 (Education and Contemporary Arts transfer applicants may apply from 1 October 2026). Spring 2027 entry runs 1 July to 15 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry runs 1 December 2026 to 15 January 2027. Admission documents are generally due 28 February 2027 (Fall) and offers must be accepted by 1 May. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC dates and portal; SFU publishes no separate international deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
