Working Together to Change the World

Cornell University offers a campus-wide Master of Public Health (MPH) Program to help build public health leaders who are inspired and trained to ensure the health of people, animals, and the world in which we live.

Our program is founded on three pillars—Sustainability, Equity, and Engagement—that inform our approach to teaching, research, service, and practice. Our small class sizes and engaged-learning approach give our students uncommon flexibility in developing the skills they need to make an impact in their desired careers. And, by working with community partners, our students turn theory into practice while preparing to become future leaders of the public health workforce.

Our Curriculum

Our core curriculum provides students with the skills, tools, and foundational knowledge to become general public health practitioners, while our concentration courses allow our students to become specialists in their chosen field.

Emergency Preparedness & Management

Scientists team collect water samples for analysis and research

Environment, Climate & Health

Food Systems students on a Aquaponics field trip

Food Systems & Health

Neeti Patel working in the fungal diagnostic lab

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

News

Pamela Reis and her poodles, Teddy and Jasper.

Pamela Reis creates first-ever scholarship for Cornell MPH students

Pamela Reis and her family have been longtime supporters of Cornell University. From the Reis Tennis Center to the Cornell Adult University — even restoring the local power plant. Now, Reis is adding to this philanthropic roster through funding the very first scholarship for Cornell Public Health’s MPH students. She wants to give where it’s needed most — to students who may struggle with tuition bills and are going into fields that don’t always guarantee high pay. “The people who go into public health usually are from very middle-class…Read more