Special Joint Degrees with International Partners

Yale offers special joint programs for 5-year undergraduate and MPH degrees with Yale-National University of Singapore (YALE-NUS) and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

This dual-degree program allows students to earn a master's in healthcare management from Tsinghua University and an MPH from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) through our Advanced Professional MPH Program. Students start the 3-year program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the second year at YSPH in New Haven and the final year back at Tsinghua University.

The Shanghai Jiao Tong BS/MPH Dual-Degree Program in public health gives undergraduate students interested in the field of public health the opportunity to earn a BS degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and an MPH degree from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) in a five-year joint program.

As participants in the dual-degree program, students will complete their first three academic years at SJTU (including potential study-abroad opportunities that are part of the regular SJTU curriculum). The fourth and fifth academic years of the program will take place at YSPH. After the successful completion of all SJTU requirements (including all requirements for course credits and graduation thesis), students will receive a B.S. degree from SJTU at the end of their fourth academic year; and after successful completion of all program requirements at Yale, students will receive an M.P.H. from Yale at the end of their fifth academic year.

SJTU students wishing to apply to the dual-degree program will become eligible to do so in the third year of their academic program at SJTU. Applicants must be in the top of their student cohort (e.g., the third-year class of which they are a member) at SJTU. SJTU students may apply to the dual-degree program between October 1 and November 1 of the third year of their academic program. Students must notify the registry at SJTU of their intent to apply to the program. A committee at SJTU will preselect at most twenty of the most qualified applicants and notify Yale of the intent of those students to apply. Applications must be submitted to the YSPH via its online application system. The registry at SJTU must also be notified of the intent to apply. Students may apply for a concentration in Biostatistics, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Health Care Management, Health Policy, or Social and Behavioral Sciences.

SJTU students admitted to the program will spend the entire fourth and fifth years of the program in residence at YSPH taking prescribed classes. A total of 20 course units is required for the Yale M.P.H. degree. Students admitted to the program will also participate in a public health-related internship during the summer between the end of the fourth academic year and the start of the fifth academic year. The internship must be approved by the YSPH Office of Public Health Practice.

The Yale-NUS College Concurrent-Degree Program in public health gives undergraduate students interested in the field of public health the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Yale-NUS College (Yale-NUS) and an M.P.H. degree from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) in a five-year joint program.

As part of the concurrent-degree program, students will complete their first three academic years at Yale-NUS (including potential study-abroad opportunities that are part of the regular Yale-NUS curriculum). The first term of the fourth academic year will then take place at YSPH. In order to satisfy each student’s bachelor’s degree requirements, the second term of the fourth academic year will take place at Yale-NUS in Singapore. The entire fifth academic year will take place at YSPH. After successful completion of both program requirements, students will receive a B.A. or B.S. degree from Yale-NUS and an M.P.H. degree from the Yale School of Public Health.

Yale-NUS students wishing to apply to the concurrent-degree program will become eligible to do so in the third year of their academic program at Yale-NUS. Applicants must be among the top students in their cohort (e.g., the third-year class of which they are a member) at Yale-NUS. Yale-NUS students may apply to the concurrent-degree program between October 1 and November 1 of the third year of their academic program at Yale-NUS. Applications must be submitted to YSPH via its online application system. The Centre For International & Professional Experience (CIPE) must also be notified of the intent to apply. Students must apply for a concentration in Biostatistics, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Health Policy, or Social and Behavioral Sciences. Yale-NUS students admitted to the concurrent-degree program will not be eligible to apply for a concentration in Health Care Management.

The first term of the fourth academic year will be spent at YSPH taking 4 credits and beginning work on a capstone project (e.g., senior thesis). The second term of the fourth academic year will be spent at Yale-NUS, where the student will complete a capstone project, take two approved public health-related modules at Yale-NUS or the National University of Singapore, and take one elective/major module. The entire fifth year of the program will be spent in residence at YSPH taking prescribed classes. A total of 18 course units is required for the M.P.H. degree. Students may, with prior approval, count two courses in their major (e.g., Life Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, etc.) or selective electives at Yale-NUS toward the M.P.H. degree requirements of the concurrent-degree program.

As part of the program, Yale-NUS students admitted to the concurrent-degree program will participate in a public health-related internship during the summer between the end of the fourth academic year and the start of the fifth academic year. The internship must be approved by the YSPH Office of Public Health Practice. Students who are not U.S. citizens must complete the internship outside of the United States.

The Zhejiang University BS/MPH Dual-Degree Program in public health gives undergraduate students interested in the field of public health the opportunity to earn a B.S. degree from the Zhejiang University and an M.P.H. degree from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) in a five-year joint program.

As participants in the dual-degree program, students will complete their first three academic years at Zhejiang (including potential study-abroad opportunities that are part of the regular Zhejiang curriculum). The fourth and fifth academic years of the program will take place at YSPH. After the successful completion of all Zhejiang requirements (including all requirements for course credits and graduation thesis), students will receive a B.S. degree from Zhejiang at the end of their fourth academic year; and after successful completion of all program requirements at Yale, students will receive an M.P.H. from Yale at the end of their fifth academic year.

Zhejiang students wishing to apply to the dual-degree program will become eligible to do so in the third year of their academic program at Zhejiang. Applicants must be in the top of their student cohort (e.g., the third-year class of which they are a member) at Zhejiang. Zhejiang students may apply to the dual-degree program between October 1 and November 1 of the third year of their academic program. Students must notify the registry at Zhejiang of their intent to apply to the program. A committee at Zhejiang will preselect at most twenty of the most qualified applicants and notify Yale of the intent of those students to apply. Applications must be submitted to the YSPH via its online application system. The registry at Zhejiang must also be notified of the intent to apply. Students may apply for a concentration in Biostatistics, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Health Care Management, Health Policy, or Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Zhejiang students admitted to the program will spend the entire fourth and fifth years of the program in residence at YSPH taking prescribed classes. A total of 20 course units is required for the Yale M.P.H. degree. Students admitted to the program will also participate in a public health-related internship during the summer between the end of the fourth academic year and the start of the fifth academic year. The internship must be approved by the YSPH Office of Public Health Practice.