Overview of Public Health masters programmes in Romania

1. Romanian Public Health
Master Programmes
Insights in postgraduate provision
Center for Health Policy and Public Health
Babes-Bolyai University Cluj
Romania
Master Programs in Public Health
and Social Care
511303- TEMPUS-1-2010-1-UK-TEMPUS-JPCR
Yerevan, Armenia - February 2011

2. Overview
7 Master Programs in Public Health
4 - provided by Faculties of Medicine
2 - provided by Faculty of Dentistry
1 - provided by Faculty of Political, Administrative
and Communication Sciences
2 - Bologna system
5 – professional Master Programs

4. Types of financing
State-financed, tax exempted sits
Performance criteria
Anual fee (around 800 USD/year/sit)

5. Types of curricula
4 semesters - 3 modules
Administration, politics and legislation
Administration in dental and dermal cosmetics
Health informatics

6. Health policy and health management
4 semesters
Language - English
On site and on-line courses and exams
American and European professors
100% financed by state

7. Courses
Management of public services / Public policies / Public
economy / Research methods and techniques in the
social sciences / Program and project management /
Health policy and social assistance in the E.U. /
Management of human resources / Decision-making
processes in public institutions / Management of
sanitary institutions / Health intra-organisational
communication / The economy of Public Health / Ethics

8. Extracurricular activities - learning tool
Internship of students in research projects
Data collection
Study design
Data collection tool design
Database creation
Sampling
Data analysis

9. Master of Public Health (projection 2015)
Joint Degree with University of Iowa, USA
Focus areas:
- Epidemiology (social)
- Community & Behavioral Health
- Environmental Health
- Health Policy & Management
- Statistics