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STUDYING ABROAD: INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE




Students are required to participate in a substantial public health experience abroad in one of the international public health programs offered by Northwestern University, or in another supervised activity approved by the program director.

NU PROGRAMS

LOCATION
PROGRAM TITLE
TERM
LOCATION
ACADEMIC INTEREST
Cuba
Havana
 Public Health in Cuba
 Summer Quarter Casa de las Americas and Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí" (IPK)
 Global Health, Pre-Med, Social Policy, Political Science, History and Culture, Spanish language
Chile
 Santiago		 Public Health in Chile Summer Quarter Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Global Health, Pre-Med, Social Policy, Research, Cultural History, Spanish language
China
Beijing		 Public Health in China Summer Quarter Peking University Global Health, Pre-Med, Social Policy, Alternative and Traditional Medicine, Chinese language
France
Paris		 Public Health in Europe Fall Semester Sciences Po Global Health, Pre-Med, Social Policy, International Studies, Research, French language
Israel
Tel Aviv		 Public Health in Israel Spring Semester Tel Aviv University Global Health, Pre-Med, History, Sociology, Middle East Studies, International Studies, Political Science
South Africa
Cape Town		 Global Healthcare Technologies Winter University of Cape Town Biomedical Engineering, Global Health
South Africa
Stellenbosch		 Public Health and Development in South Africa Spring Stellenbosch University Global Health, Pre-Med, Social Policy, African Studies




    

OTHER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS

Students may fulfill their international requirement by participating in other organized study abroad programs that emphasize public health issues or provide health related research opportunities. These programs must be pre-approved by the director of the Minor to count as the required international public health experience. For a list of affiliated and approved programs, students should consult Northwestern's Study Abroad Office website.