Programme

Degree	Academic Programme	Plan	Class	Length of Programme
Ph.D.	Public Health	1.1, 2.1	Sat-Sun	3 years

 

Programme’s Philosophy

The philosophy of the Public Health Program is to promote health and prevent  health threats . To resolve health problems and health systems which evolve around the diversities of society, culture, environment, geography, and demographic of population, there will be needs for skilled and knowledgeable personnels. The personnels who gain understandings of the specific context of population which enable them to analyze and synthesize the appropriate epidemiology, and develop the system and innovation to effectively solve the health problems. This will lead to the betterment of health and quality of life for mankind which later enhancing economics and improving society and culture in the future.

The Doctor of Philisophy Program in Public Health, majoring in Epidemiology focuses on graduates' development via constructivism model. The graduates will attain advanced research skills as well as knows how to prevent and protect the health threats  throughout the advanced learning from world-class experts and institutions, the field training with epidemiological officers, and the dissertation which contains the potential innovation that can effectively prevent and protect health threats . These methods are learned from different activities in various contexts and populations to deeply understand, increase the interactions, heighten the leadership in order to promote the lifelong learning of graduates from this program.

 

Programme’s Objectives

To produce the epidemiologists with ethics, morals, and experiences of protect and prevent health threats in real life. The epidemiologists who have potential to do the advanced research and innovation that can prevent the health threats in complicate and vulnerable population with the different backgrounds and later leads to policies development.

 

Programme’s Highlights

The program provides teaching and learning methods in social context that address differences of culture, society, communities, people, and geography which are associated with health threats. This program produces graduates who are understanding in epidemiology and other sciences, especially the social and humanities of public health. Graduates understand and are able to solve health threats effectively. Graduates will develop knowledge , skills and competency by research-based and field epidemiology training-based.

 

Career Opportunities

1. The epidemiologists        
2. Lecturers and Academicians

 

Program Learning Outcomes: PLOs

• PLO1 Express honesty, discipline and practices according to the research ethics in doing research and innovation
• PLO2 Discuss and connect knowledge of health system and health policy together with the principles of epidemiological and advanced research
• PLO3 Design system, mechanism, and innovation to prevention and control complicated public health threats by integrating with evidence-based and real situation
• PLO4 Express managerial leaderships in working circumstance with national and international partners and having life-long learning skills
• PLO5 Analysis data by using advanced biostatistics, select technology for epidemiology work and communicate scientific findings in the national and international forums 
• PLO6 Manipulate in surveillance, prevention, and control skills to address health threats in various populational settings particularly among the marginalized population based on their social system, culture, geographical residence, and environment  
• PLO7 Create new knowledge to develop the epidemiological system, mechanism, and innovation to address health threats in various populational settings particularly among the marginalized population due to their social system, culture, geographical residence, and environment through conducting advanced research which will be able to use in solving a certain challenge, and able to develop a national policy eventually. 

 

Tuition and Fees

• Plan 1.1, 2.1:
  • 71,500 Baht per semester
  • 429,000 Baht per programme

 

Programme Structure

Plan 1.1
Total credits :  48  credits  (3-year Doctor’s Degree)
1. Foundation Course        (2) non-credit
2. Dissertation            48   credits
3. Major Required Courses    (5) non-credit

Plan 2.1
Total credits :  48  credits  (3-year Doctor’s Degree)
1. Foundation Course        (2) non-credit
2. Dissertation            36   credits
3. Major Required Courses     9    credits
  Major Required Courses         (5)   non-credit
4. Major Elective Courses          3    credits
 

(Refer to Doctor of Philosophy Program in Public Health Year 2021)

Plan 1.1
Plan 2.1

 

Note:

• 1.1 = Dissertation only (not less than 48 credits) (Master's degree graduates)
• 1.2 = Dissertation only (not less than 72 credits) (Bachelor's degree with honours graduates)
• 2.1 = Course work (not less than 12 credits) with Dissertation (not less than 36 credits) (Master's degree graduates)
• 2.2 = Course work (not less than 24 credits) with Dissertation (not less than 48 credits) (Bachelor's degree with honours graduates)