My name is Vu Hong Phong, I am currently a PhD student at Department of
Sociology, University of Essex (United Kingdom). From 2006 to
2008, I was student in the European Master of Public Health Program. The
program brought me great benefits and a pathway to a PhD program. In the first
year of the program at University of Sheffield, I learnt a wide
range of issues that were all essential for the promotion of health of the
public. In the second year, I enjoyed studying advanced epidemiology and
biostatistics, and health economics. These second year courses helped me deepen
my knowledge of quantitative analysis of health data. Knowledge and skills I
gained from the program helped me successfully apply for a full grant for my
current PhD program in sociology. I would strongly encourage prospective
students to consider joining this fascinating program.
Clara Ebegbare
The EuropubHealth
programme provided the much-needed bridge at the point I was in my career - a
masters degree (two masters at the end)! I not only received training in public
health, my skills in specific areas have improved considerably. For example
some of these include: using databases, internet search engines and writing. I
can also say, I have developed a keen interest in understanding policy
development, which wasn’t the case before i embarked on the programme though i
had worked in related field.
For me, the Europub
programme is a life time opportunity that makes all the difference in my public
health career! Please keep the flag flying to many others like me. Thank you!!!
Nawaraj Bhattarai
It was a great
opportunity and it was a pleasant learning experience. Apart from it, it was
much about getting to know about each other and was interesting knowing
about different cultures and way of life.
Thank you everyone
for the effort you all gave to provide us the best learning experience.
Anil Vaidya
widening of horizon,
making 'world' my stage to play on.
Sowmya
Kadandale
Provided me with an
overall perspective into the field of public health.
Sadiq Bhanbhro
It has shined my
future and provides me opportunity to follow the pathway which I wanted to
follow.
Thanks to
Europubhealth
Kaushik Chattopadhyay
Europubhealth, the
most exclusive course has boosted my public health knowledge and skills, my
understanding and adaptation to different cultures, and ultimately my
professional and personal life. One year is over, but I still miss my golden
days of Europubhealth. I miss those classes, assignments, exams, friends,
parties, dancing, visa applications, booking tickets and travelling from one
university to other. I can confidently say that who am I today is mainly
because of Europubhealth. I would like to thank everyone who has made my life
wonderful, starting from the European Commission to the six partner
universities and of course my lovely Europubhealth friends.
The second Erasmus Mundus Thematic Conference will take place in Bordeaux on 29-30 March
The conference aims to provide a platform for constructive dialogue between people from all academic discipline: engineers, lawyers, doctors, journalists, environmentalists, economists, techonlogists, policy makers and researchers. This issue will be adressed from a variety of perspectives: international relations, inter-cultural development and politics; research and culture; lack of communication leading to financial turmoil; information and communication technology and innovation; and green and political communication. Conference participants will have the opportunity to attend the presentations of renowned international keynote speakers and to present their own research, projects and personal views on issues discussed in parallel workshops. Interested prospective applicants are recommended to have a look at the preliminary conference programme. For additional questions, please contact the conference organisers at the Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association
Erasmus Mundus scholarships for European students
As of 2010, a new type of grant is available for students enrolled in the Europubhealth master: the Erasmus Mundus programme will award seven 2-year scholarships (10,000 € per year) to European students.
Application deadline: 15 April 2010
Erasmus Mundus grants for teachers
The Erasmus Mundus programme can provide grants for teachers interested in performing research, teaching or other university-related work for a maximum of 3 months within the Europubhealth Masters course. Grantee scholars receive 1,200 € per week.
The next session of Europubhealth will start in September 2010.
Deadline for submitting application forms for candidates who are applying for Erasmus Mundus grants:
Category A grants (except Western Balkan and Turkey): 30th November 2009
Extra Erasmus Mundus category A grant for Western Balkans and Turkey The Erasmus Mundus Agency offers additional student category A grants for the following countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The deadline for applying is extended to15 December 2009 for those candidates
Category B grants: The deadline for applying is extended to 15 April 2010 for those candidates
Deadline for submitting application forms for candidates who are not applying for Erasmus Mundus grants: 15th April 2010.
NEW: Extra Erasmus Mundus category A grant for western Balkans and Turkey for 2010/2012
The Erasmus Mundus Agency will exceptionnaly offer additional student scholarships for the following countries : Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
The deadline for applying will be extended until 15 December 2009 for those candidates.
Prepare your application from now and take the language testsin order to provide the certificates by November 30th (application deadline)
If you are planning to apply for Europubhealth 2010-2012 and for an Erasmus Mundus grant, the deadline is November 30th, 2009. The on-line application will be available at the beginning of October. We strongly advise you to prepare all supporting documents and especially language certificates, as language exam sessions might not be very frequent.
Application for intake 2010-2012 will be open from October 2009 to 15 April 2010
More European students will receive scholarships for study abroad under the expanded Erasmus Mundus programme.
The EU has approved a fourfold increase in the 2009-13 budget for Erasmus Mundus, which promotes student exchanges between European universities and counterparts around the world. The increase raises the five-year budget to €950 million.
With the extra funds, the programme will be extended to doctoral-level students and support will be increased for Europeans to study in non-EU countries. During the first phase from 2004-08, more than 6 000 students and 1 000 teachers from outside Europereceived Erasmus Mundus grants to pursue academic interests in Europe. Beyond improving the quality of higher education in Europe, the programme seeks to promote cultural understanding.
Erasmus mundus programme: More European students will receive scholarships for study abroad
The EU has approved a fourfold increase in the 2009-13 budget for Erasmus Mundus, which promotes student exchanges between European universities and counterparts around the world. The increase raises the five-year budget to €950 million.
Grants for young Chileans who want to study abroad in outstanding institutions / institutions of excellence
On October 22, 2008, the President of Chile, Mrs Michelle Bachelet, has launched a new grants programme to encourage young Chileans to study abroad in institutions of excellence.
This programmed, called the Bicentennial Fund for training of advanced human resources, is open to applications from young Chileans on the «Becas Chile» website, www.becaschile.cl
IMED 2009 - The International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2009
The International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2009 will be held in Vienna, Austria from 13 - 16 Feb 2009.
Europubhealth 2008-2010 intake : cultural diversity!
The 25 students coming from 19 countries* are divided as follows: Sheffield: 13 students Granada: 12 students
Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Uganda, United States
Application form available on-line
The next session of Europubhealth will start in September 2009.
Students who are applying for an Erasmus Mundus grant should send their application forms by the 30th November 2008.
As concerns the other candidates, the deadline for applying is 15th April 2009.
The French school of public health (EHESP) organizes its first European meeting at la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris - 30 - 31 October, 2008
Under the auspices of the French Presidency of the European Union, EHESP school of public health organizes its first European meeting during a large exhibition on epidemics at la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris.
The theme of this first meeting is "European developments in public health: ageing, obesity, emerging diseases".
This meeting has two objectives:
to highlight the importance of masters in public health, as an answer to the complex problems raised by public health issues in the world,
to show the role and place of citizens in the fight against emerging infectious diseases.
Organised by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP school of public health), jointly with La Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, in collaboration with The Pasteur Institute, Association of School of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), French CDC (InVS) and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
Students of the 1st Europubhealth intake together in Rennes for their last curriculum module and graduation.
Integration module
From the 30th June to the 11th July 2008, the EHESP has welcomed Europubhealth students from 17 different countries, who followed for 2 years an academic curriculum in different universities of the Europubhealth consortium, for the second (and final) integration module. The students, who first met during the first integration module in Krakow in July 2007, had the pleasure of meeting afresh in Rennes in order to work in groups on two European public health themes: “Healthy cities’ network in Europe‿ and “Citizens’ involvement in health and services policies‿.
They have also presented their research works through a poster exhibition opened to votes. Francesca Senese (Italy) has thereby been awarded for the quality of her poster “Has decentralization of health care in Italy affected horizontal equity?‿ and won a subscription to the newspaper “European Journal of Public Health‿ published by the EUPHA (link).
The first Europubhealth graduation
At the end of the module, the 11th of July, they emotionally received their diplomas surrounded with the consortium partners, the EHESP staff, their family and friends coming from the 4 corners of the world.
They will also keep in mind of this long-expected event a scarf especially fashioned for this occasion by a creative artist domiciled in Brittany, “Philogan‿. This ceremony set in happiness and interculturality, with interventions of the consortium partners and students in the Europubhealth teaching languages, punctuated with the EHESP choral group songs and the traditional Breton band Yudal Combo. This downbeat signals the outcome of two studying years devoted to the richness of personal and cultural diversities. It also symbolises the beginning of a professional career in the field of Public Health dedicated to international outlooks, fed by the narrow links created with students and professionals met during this excellence education.
The first edition of Emanate, the EMA magazine, has been released.
The theme of the first edition is " Between cultures ".
3 Europubhealth students, Cesar Wong Alcazar, Elsa Dufay and Ying Wu, volunteered to share their experience and impressions after spending a year with students from various cultures and backgrounds.
For information, Emanate will be a yearly publication and a forum for students to share experiences and opinions. Most articles will be written by EMA members themselves. Students and alumni who are interested are encouraged to contact EMA*.
*EMA : The mission of the Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association is to serve the interests of Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni, notably by providing a forum for networking, communication and collaboration and by promoting Erasmus Mundus as a European programme of excellence in international education.
36 students coming from 19 countries in the 2007-2009 intake
The 36 students are divided as follows: Sheffield: 22 students Granada: 14 students
The students come from 19 countries: Albania, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Malawi, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, the United States, Austria, El Salvador, France, Iceland, Paraguay, Spain and United Kingdom.
25 students have been selected to receive an Erasmus mundus grant provided by the European Commission.
This new school will take over the missions and responsibilities of the former ENSP, but its scope will be extended to new specialities, diplomas and international collaboration. As such, the EHESP will have university status and will come under the auspices of the ministries for higher education, for health, and for social affairs.
The next session of Europubhealth will start in September 2008. Students or professionals who are applying for an Erasmus Mundus grant should send their application forms by the 30th November 2007. As concerns the other candidates, the deadline for applying is 15th April 2008.
New admission requirements for Erasmus Mundus grants
Following a recent information from the European commission, we would like to inform you that, for the academic year 2008/2009, the number of applications to Erasmus Mundus scholarships is limited to three Erasmus Mundus Master Courses per student. In case of a candidate applying to more than three Erasmus Mundus grants he/she will be excluded by the European Agency from all Erasmus Mundus Scholarships.
European Higher Education Fairs in Vietnam
The Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam is organising two European Higher Education Fairs in Vietnam, the first in Hanoi from 7th-9th December 2007 and the second in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December 2007. These events are part of a series of European Higher Education Fairs (EHEFs) financed by the European Commission's Asia-Link programme due to take place between 2006 and 2008 in seven different Asian countries.
Our consortium is pleased to inform you that the Europubhealth Master will be represented on these occasions.
You are invited to visit the above mentioned websites and we remain at your disposal if you need any further information.
2007/2009 Session
The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) and the Andalusian School of Public Health (Spain) will receive the new Europubhealth students during the introductive days at the beginning of October.
In total, 36 students of 19 different nationalities will take part in this session and will be divided as follows:
- 22 students will attend their first year in Sheffield; - 14 students will attend their first year in Granada.
The 19 countries represented are: Albania, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Malawi, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, the United States, Austria, El Salvador, France, Iceland, Paraguay, Spain and United Kingdom.
Integrative Module 1 “International Public Health‿ in Cracow (July 2007)
The Jagiellonian University of Cracow (Poland) hosted the Integrative Module 1 “International Public Health‿ from 25th June to 22nd July 2007. For the first time, all the students from 2006/2008 session were brought together in the same place. The module was held in the presence of many speakers from the Europubhealth consortium (University of Sheffield – UK, EASP Granada – SP, University of Copenhagen – DK, University of Rennes 1 – FR, National School of Public Health Rennes – FR).
After the selection procedure and as required by the European Commission, candidates were selected as follows:
Selected candidates:
15 on the General List (students coming from any third country)
1 candidate on the additional Western Balkan Window List
2 candidates on the additional African Caribbean Pacific Window List
1 candidate on the additional China Window List
6 candidates on the additional Indian Window List
Reserve List:
106 on the General List
Selected scholars: 2
The coordinator of the Europubhealth consortium (ENSP France) must submit this proposal to the European Commission Agency by the 28 February 2007 for final validation.
298 validated application forms for Europubhealth and Erasmus Mundus grants were registred. 40 seats are available in the master courses, including 25 students granted by Erasmus Mundus. There are 15 seats left for students who will find some others sources of funding to take the course.
2006/2008 - The First Europubhealth Students
In autumn 2006, the University of Sheffield and the Andalusian School of Public Health were pleased to welcome the first Europubhealth Master students.
European Association of Erasmus Coordinators 3rd annual conference “Eracon 2007‿ on 10-12 May 2007
Fanny Helliot, international placement co-ordinator, participated to the European Association of Erasmus Coordinators 3rd annual conference “Eracon 2007‿ on 10-12 May 2007 at Vilnius College of Higher Education in Lithuania. She presented a communication entitled “ENSP’s annual international forum: an initiative to disseminate the results of students’ placements" and represented ENSP at the "go-exchange educational fair", where she promoted Europubhealth and the "Environmental heallth" specialisation.
Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association
The EMA newsletter is now available on the website. It mainly provides informations about the Erasmus Mundus scheme, the Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association (EMA), as well as general news about higher education in Europe.
2007 International Forum - ENSP Rennes, 14 - 15 March
The National School of Public Health (ENSP) held its IIIrd International Forum on March 14th and 15th, 2007.
With the general working topic “Health and social welfare policies: international experiences, French perspectives‿, the forum gathered more than 250 managers of the health and social welfare sector, students and representatives of higher education institutions from many European and French-speaking countries. This 3rd forum built on the first two successful events held in 2005 and 2006 innovated by integrating in 2007 a conference-debate and half-day workshops dedicated to the Balkan region.
Erasmus Mundus Master Courses Seminar 2006: developing a common identity
The Erasmus Mundus Master Courses Seminar 2006: 'developing a common identity ' took place on 30 November - 1 December 2006, in Brussels. The event has been a success particularly in terms of participation, networking and exchange of experiences on the management of the Erasmus Mundus Master Courses and further promoting third country higher education co-operation. Laurence Théault from the National School of Public Health was present as representative of the Europubhealth consortium.
The next session of Europubhealth will start in September 2007. Students or professionals who are not applying for an Erasmus Mundus grant should send their application form before the 30th April 2007.
To help you in financing your studies: a special new page on scholarships
A new page"funding for the course" is on line to help you in your search for funding.The list of grants is only indicative. To simplify your search, they are classified under 4 headings:
September 2006 : EUROPUBHEALTH Masters course is supported by the prestigious Erasmus Mundus programme launched by the European Commission early 2004. The aims of the programme are to enhance quality in European higher education and promote intercultural understanding through co-operation with countries from outside the European Union. Erasmus Mundus offers grants to non-EU students for attending EUROPUBHEALTH Masters course. br />
Expectations of Public Health Employers : roles and skills
The 20 th of January 2005, during the conference “disparities in public Health training in the European Union‿ in Athens, Katarzyna Czabanowska teacher in Europubhealth and in the Jagiellonian University presented the result of a Study that she lead within a European consortium and a Leonardo Project. This study describes precisely the expectations of the employers in Public health. In Poland the study enabled the survey of 300 employers from 9 sectors. It highlights the skills expected but also the different positions that are offered to Public Health graduates. The study was also conducted in England and Deutschland and concluded to a similar result.
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