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Doctorates in Public Health

A doctorate is a research degree. It demonstrates a person's ability to do original, indepenent, scientific research. A doctorate is a qualification for leadership positions in academia or research.

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Degree Requirements for different Doctorates

The BSPH partner institutions offer a variety of options for doctorates in the field of public health. Each program has a unique focus. Details are stipulated in the respective doctoral program regulations.

Doctoral regulations at Charité and Technische Universität Berlin:

• Dr. Public Health The Dr. Public Health as per doctoral regulations of the TU is open for a wide array of research topics from the public health and global health fields. 
• Dr. rer. medic The Dr. rer. medic. as per the doctoral regulations of the Charité is particularly suitable for research with allied health professions. Main topics include: health promotion and prevention, social determinants of health, social diversity, health services research and the scientifically sound further development of interprofessional cooperation in health care.
• PhD in Health Data Sciences The PhD in Health Data Sciences at Charité offers biostatistics, epidemiology, meta-research and population health science as well as special synergies with innovative developments in public health such as eHealth, digital medicine and medical informatics.
• PhD in Global Health PhD in Global Health at Charité takes a transnational look at health in the Global South and Global North, as well as governance, health policy and the role of climate and environment as the natural basis of health under the framework of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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New PhD Programme Global Health in Berlin

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Global Health is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field. As a national public health institute, the Robert Koch Institute is an international network hub for health protection, with its own international department – the Centre for International Health Protection.

The RKI is a cooperation partner of the new interdisciplinary PhD programme Global Health in Berlin, which starts in October 2024. Applications are possible from 20 June to 20 August 2024. The structured, English-language PhD programme is aimed at candidates from all disciplines relevant to global health, and 15 people are accepted each year.

The aims of the programme are to provide excellent scientific training, a cross-border view of health in the Global South and North, reflected intercultural competence, the development of an interdisciplinary perspective and networking in Berlin's global health community. In addition to a doctorate in Berlin, students from low- and middle-income countries can also conduct research in their home country in the so-called sandwich model under the joint supervision of researchers from the cooperation partners, e.g. at the Robert Koch Institute, and their home institution.

The PhD programme is a cooperation of seven scientific institutions in Berlin and Potsdam that conduct research on global health. In addition to the RKI, these are the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Technische Universität Berlin, the University of Potsdam and the Social Science Research Centre Berlin.

RKI staff are involved in various international research projects and programmes. They help, amongst other things, with the surveillance of pathogens, to fight disease outbreaks and provide diagnostics capacities in partner countries. Thus, the RKI helps to tackle urgent public health problems and improve people’s health worldwide. RKI also plays a central role in the implementation of the Global Health Protection Programme (GHPP). Since 2017, RKI's central role in international health protection has also been fixed by law ("Gesetz zur Modernisierung der epidemiologischen Überwachung übertragbarer Krankheiten"). Since 2019, RKI has its own international department – the Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG).

Further Information

• PhD-Programme with online application form at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
• The Robert Koch Institute as international network hub for health protection
• Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG): www.rki.de/zig-en

Date: 18.06.2024

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