Overview

Different from large undergraduate programs, this professional master’s program is designed to create a ‘community of practice’ where we all push each other to grow and improve, in both traditional public health knowledge areas, and in professional competence (e.g., “soft skills”, “leadership”, “emotional intelligence”, etc.). We are a small cohort of students and core faculty, drawing on expertise from across campus and across the world.

At this time, we offer two concentration areas, with interdisciplinary instruction from both researchers and practitioners:

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Graduates in Public Health from Cornell University, are prepared to manage, prevent, identify, and respond to infectious disease threats, covering ongoing and emerging viral, bacterial, fungal or parasitic disease concerns in both humans and animals. Students learn how to track disease spread, map and disseminate appropriate public health communications, and to lead a coordinated response to address the public health need. This includes training in epidemiological techniques specifically related to infectious diseases and outbreak investigation, as well as training in vector borne diseases.

Food Systems for Health

Students learn to take a systems approach to assess and coordinate policies or interventions that ensure safe and sustainable land use, food production, food storage, food processing, food delivery, and consumption. This includes training in toxicology, food safety, food and water security, and/or nutrition. Students learn how to engage local and global communities to assess systems or needs, develop interventions from a One Health approach, and lead monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure public health needs are being met.

Learning Outcomes

Competence is the ability to access and integrate knowledge and skill do something successfully and efficiently in a given context.

Students gain knowledge that is core to public health practice and learn how to continuously build their knowledge base.

Students learn specific skills that are strategic for public health practice.

Students are pushed to integrate their knowledge and skills to complete projects or address problems from the real world.

Students practice ongoing self-assessment and continuous improvement of competence across scenarios and situations.

Programme Structure

Concentrations by Subject

food systems for health

infectious disease epidemiology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Ithaca, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Official transcripts

Résumé

Personal statement that includes what you have experienced in your education, work, or life that is pushing you towards public health

Statement of intent that describes why you want to pursue your MPH at Cornell and how our curriculum, faculty, and One Health approach, will help you achieve your professional goals

Three (3) letters of reference

Cornell Graduate School Quick Application (Public Health is under the Comparative Biomedical Sciences program)

Additional International Student Requirements:

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Submission of TOEFL or IELTS scores, taken within two years of the application deadline, are required for international students. English language of instruction does not automatically waive this requirement.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

46658 USD / year

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Out-of-State

46658 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

46658 USD / year

≈ 46658 USD / year

Living costs

Ithaca

United States

1128 - 2460 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Scholarships Information

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Overview

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Food Systems for Health

Learning Outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Ithaca

Financing

Funding

Scholarships Information

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