School of Public and Community Health Sciences

The University of Montana offers online, digital learning programs leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a Certificate of Public Health (CPH). This is the only MPH degree program in Montana and adjacent states, and the only program in the Rocky Mountain west to offer an online learning core curriculum. The Montana Board of Regents approved these programs in March 2005. The first class of MPH students was admitted for the fall semester of 2006.

The specific focus of the MPH program is the intersection of rural and global health issues, as UM seeks to educate and prepare professionals for public health research and practice in Montana, rural America, and developing countries around the world. This focus is unique to the UM MPH program. The program uses digital learning technology to enable healthcare practitioners to develop new competencies while they continue to serve their communities.

News and Events

• STUDENT ORIENTATION: AUGUST 29, 2008 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM on The University of Montana Campus, University Center (UC) 332/333. View schedule here. Email Jamie for more information.
• Autumn 2008 Courses begin August 25th. Click here to view the courses that are offered.
• The Second Annual Public Health Faculty and Student Research Report is Now Available!

  The School of Public and Community Health Sciences recently published its second annual faculty and student research report.

• MPH student, D. Eric Blankenship, was selected as one of eight interns for the United States Agency for Interntational Development (USAID) this summer. Eric traveled to Bangladesh to work with logistics and supply chain management associated with Avian Influenza.

D. Eric Blankenship meeting with Gazipur District Avian Influenza Director and District Officer, Dhaka, Bangladesh..

Street with rickshaws, Dhaka, Bangladesh.