Overview

When students study global health at Oberlin College & Conservatory, their research, field work, and collaboration with faculty prepare them to address worldwide public health issues and challenges that transcend national boundaries.

The Global Health program examines health holistically, inspired by the World Health Organization’s definition of health: complete physical, mental, and social well-being—not merely the absence of disease or illness.

The goal is to empower students to advocate for and achieve health resource equity for communities across the globe.

In this program, students experience a curriculum of natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, along with hands-on experiences. As global health majors, students explore human health within political, economic, and cultural contexts, connecting rich interdisciplinary coursework to real-world health initiatives.

Students who complete the global health major will:

Appreciate the breadth of conditions related to health at the individual and population levels;
Demonstrate an understanding of critical health concepts, processes, methods, and data essential to understanding health problems and the approaches essential to ethical health practice;
Understand how knowledge from biological, chemical, and physical sciences intersect with humanities and social sciences to address how social, economic, behavioral, cultural, political, psychological, and other factors impact human health, influence the global and societal burden of disease, and contribute to health disparities in individual and community health outcomes;
Communicate and value the ethical bases for health and the respectful engagement with people of different cultures and socio-economic structures;
Acquire practical methodological and analytical tools for understanding how all health/healing/illness framings are holistically integrated with scientific, cultural, political, historical, societal, and geographical factors;
Understand the contributions of the multiple health disciplines and other disciplines and stakeholders in working collaboratively with diverse communities and constituencies (e.G., researchers, practitioners, agencies, and organizations) to advance health goals;
Become competent in quantitative and formal reasoning and statistical tools relevant to health fields;
Develop the critical thinking, oral/written communication, and leadership skills necessary to communicate and address health issues and challenges effectively;
Gain practical experience through community-based and lab research and clinical shadowing opportunities; and
Reflect on and integrate global health as a field of study and practice.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Organismal Biology
Drug Development
Structure and Reactivity in Chemistry
Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Bioorganic Chemistry

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oberlin, United States

Disciplines

Public Health View 912 other Bachelors in Public Health in United States

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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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Other requirements

General requirements

A complete application includes:

A personal essay
One letter of recommendation from a core subject teacher
Secondary school report and high school transcript
Transfer students only: college report, college transcript, and mid-term report

Optional materials include:

SAT or ACT scores
Interview
Art or performance supplemental materials
Research abstract or résumé
One additional recommendation letter

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year
Out-of-State

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

68340 USD / year

≈ 68340 USD / year

Living costs

Oberlin

United States

1070 - 1765 USD / month

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

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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