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Global Health

Your future

  In today's global challenges of poverty, inequities, diseases and epidemics, there is an increasing demand for dynamic health leaders with sound technical skills.   

Dr. Jong-Wook Lee, former Director General of the WHO 

The master's programme in Global Health was designed precisely to meet the global need for this new type of professional. It provides a unique interdisciplinary, cross-cultural learning experience, which will prepare you for a high-level position in a variety of settings. Global Health graduates can be found all over the world.

Alumni @ Work

Graduates have found positions as:

  • PhD candidate at Maastricht University
  • Epidemiologist at Novartis Vaccines
  • Director of Glocal Holdings

Alumni stories

Rochelle Caruso, project Officer at ERINN Innovation

A bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in Canada, an English teacher in Vietnam, and a master’s degree in Global Health in Maastricht. Rochelle Caruso's journey is not one you see every day.

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Abdifatah Ahmed Mohamed, director of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health and Human Service.

From lab technician to FHML student to national decision maker: after spending a number of formative years at Maastricht University, Abdifatah Ahmed Mohamed has returned to his native Somalia. There he aims to make a difference as Director of Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health and Human Service.

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Jérôme, scientist at the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Jérôme Lock-Wah-Hoon, 2018 alumni for the master’s programme Global Health (GH), started the programme as a Biomedical Sciences bachelor with a hands-on experience in global health. Between his bachelor and master, Jérôme was active as a medical laboratory scientist in Sierra Leone fighting the Ebola outbreak.

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Career prospects

The programme’s unique interdisciplinary, cross-cultural learning experience prepares graduates for a high-level position in a variety of settings all over the world. You can find work as a policymaker, health advocate, manager, social entrepreneur and more at:

  • International health and development agencies (WHO, IMF, UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank)
  • Private sector healthcare firms (pharmaceutical companies, health technology developers)
  • Regional, national and international governmental bodies (health ministries)
  • Non-governmental agencies (Oxfam, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
  • Academic institutions (PhD candidate, analyst, researcher)