Special Joint Degrees with International Partners

The Shanghai Jiao Tong BS/MPH Dual-Degree Program in public health gives undergraduate students interested in the field of public health the opportunity to earn a BS degree from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and an MPH degree from the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) in a five-year joint program.

As participants in the dual-degree program, students will complete their first three academic years at SJTU (including potential study-abroad opportunities that are part of the regular SJTU curriculum). The fourth and fifth academic years of the program will take place at YSPH. After the successful completion of all SJTU requirements (including all requirements for course credits and graduation thesis), students will receive a BS degree from SJTU at the end of their fourth academic year; and after successful completion of all program requirements at Yale, students will receive an MPH from Yale at the end of their fifth academic year.

Students wishing to apply to the dual-degree program will become eligible to do so in the third year of their academic program at SJTU. Applicants must be in the top of their student cohort (e.g., the third-year class of which they are a member) at SJTU. SJTU students may apply to the dual-degree program between October 1 and November 1 of the third year of their academic program. Students must notify the registry at SJTU of their intent to apply to the program. A committee at SJTU will preselect at most twenty of the most qualified applicants and notify Yale of the intent of those students to apply. Applications must be submitted to the YSPH via its online application system. The registry at SJTU must also be notified of the intent to apply. Students may apply for a concentration in Biostatistics, Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Health Care Management, Health Policy, or Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Students admitted to the program will also participate in an applied practice experience (APE), typically during the summer between the end of the fourth academic year and the start of the fifth academic year. The APE must be approved by the YSPH Office of Public Health Practice.