Universiteit Maastricht

Global Health

Application & admissions

Successful applicants to the MSc in Global Health programme must have one of the following:


  • a bachelor's degree issued by the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University
  • a bachelor's degree in a relevant domain issued by Maastricht University
  • a bachelor's degree in a relevant domain issued by a Dutch or non-Dutch university
  • a bachelor's degree in a relevant domain issued by a non-university institute in the Netherlands (equivalent to 4 years of nominal study time; 240 ECTS) or in Belgium (equivalent to 3 years of nominal study time; 180 ECTS)
  • a bachelor's degree in a relevant domain issued by a University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Austria or Switzerland (equivalent to 3 years of nominal study time; 180 ECTS). This programme should be accredited by one of the following accrediting institutes:
    • Germany: AHPGS, ACQUIN, AQAS, ZevA
    • Austria: FHÖ
    • Switzerland: QAQ
Please note

Applicants holding a bachelor's degree issued by the Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University are directly admissible for the master's programme in Global Health.


Applicants holding a relevant university bachelor's degree issued by another Dutch or non-Dutch university will be assessed on an individual basis. The Board of Admission will focus specifically on the following aspects:

  • Relevance of previous education in relation to global health
  • Command of methodology and statistics 
  • Command of human biology 
  • Letter of motivation

If the Board of Admission identifies a deficiency in human biology, a candidate can be requested to take an entrance test. Maastricht University offers a bridging course to prepare for this test. Candidates who are not asked to take the entrance test, but who do wish to rectify human biology can make use of the bridging course as well. Read more about the bridging course (PDF, 0,03 MB). 

 

Applicants are also requested to indicate their command of methodology and statistics by completing the form 'Overview of methodological and statistical skills' and to upload this form together with all other required documents (see below). Based on this information the Board of Admission will decide whether a candidate is admissible to the Global Health programme. The Board of Admission can advise that a candidate has to rectify particular methodology and statistics deficiencies. Applicants who wish to upgrade their methodological and statistical skills independent of the Board's advise can consider the following literature: 

  • Gordis, L. (2008) Epidemiology (4th edn).
    Philadelphia: Saunders (ISBN: 978-1-4160-4002-6).
  • Field, A. (2009) Discovering statistics using SPSS (3rd edn).
    Los Angelos: Sage. (ISBN 978-1-84787-906-6).

Applicants with a non-university bachelor's degree or a bachelor's degree issued by a University of Applied Sciences must meet the following qualifications:

  • Sufficient scores on the Methodology and Statistics test
  • Sufficient scores on an application essay
  • Sufficient score on a letter of expectation

Non-EU students must submit a sufficient score on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) not older than 5 years at the start of the programme. Applicants are eligible for exemption provided they submit proof of "sufficiency" in their English language training, e.g. if (part of) their previous education was in English, if English is their native tongue or if English language skills were tested before.


Required documents
The following documents must be submitted with your application: