Career opportunities - Master Global Health

An important part of the care sector transcends national rules: robotic surgery on distance, pharmaceutical industry, tele-medicine, medical tourism, horizontal and vertical care networks, care in various cultures, patient-safety, … In a sector where evidence based working is the norm, the exchange of know-how is of great importance. Furthermore, the care sector is located between extremes: top-down government control and financing vs. bottom-up private initiatives, supply-driven care vs. demand-driven care, … Hence, the knowledge and insights of the Master’s program in Global Health are crucial in order to meet these challenges in the care sector.

The greatest added value of this Master in Global Health lies in the potential of the graduates to mobilize greater awareness and generate activism among the most diverse actors, about the need to finally fully apply the first two components of universal health coverage: health promotion and disease prevention. The multi-sectorial and multidisciplinary character of both the intake and the programme itself will ultimately produce a profile of action-oriented researchers — researchers who will inevitably demonstrate that the greatest health gains of the future must also be sought outside the actual health sector. They will be recruited by different government departments and various multilateral institutions, but certainly also by private companies, to help realize that collective commitment to health promotion of citizens and consumers.