Short info about the course of study

The course of study

Why does one person get sick and three others don't? How can diseases be prevented and health promoted? How can we improve prevention and care through digital technologies? What impact does digitalisation have on health in our living environments and how can we use digital health technologies to meet our needs? These and similar questions are the subject of Digital Public Health.
The discipline expands the previous population-based perspective of Public Health and takes into account the continuous change in our living environments through digitization. In this sense, Digital Public Health is an interdisciplinary as well as application-oriented subject that is dedicated to the research, analysis and solution of health problems of the population as a whole or individual population groups against the background of the potentials, challenges and requirements of digitization.

Career prospects

The Master's programme in Digital Public Health is intended to impart basic specialist knowledge in the analytical-methodological field in conjunction with application- and implementation-oriented knowledge. This opens up numerous career opportunities for graduates in various professional fields such as research institutions, health and nursing insurance funds, associations of the social sector, associations and foundations, public health offices and authorities, hospitals or counselling centres, as well as in the private sector. Her special expertise at the interface of health, digitalization and society is crucial in order to design the processes of digital transformation in our living environments on an evidence-based and needs-based basis.

Admission requirements

The Master's degree program deepens the competencies and skills learned in the Bachelor's degree and serves the content-related focus through the offer of elective areas. The prerequisite for this is a bachelor's degree in a degree program with a focus on health sciences. Applicants must prove that they have acquired a certain proportion of epidemiological and/or statistical bases before starting their studies (together at least 12 ECTS credits). Of course, the Bachelor's program Digital Biomedical and Health Sciences with its second core subject Digital Public Health at the University of Siegen meets these admission requirements.

Study organisation

Examination regulations/course plans/module manuals/internship regulations

Subject examination regulations (FPOs) define the basic structures of a course of study (e.g. entry requirements and content to be studied). For students, the current version of an FPO automatically applies when enrolling in the first semester. This means that even in the case of changes to the FPO during the course of studies, the original version according to which one has enrolled is valid (provided that this FPO does not expire). The respective course plan represents the recommended exemplary course of study in the individual subjects and is part of an FPO. Additional regulations and details for each module to be studied can be found in the module manuals (e.g. prerequisites for taking a written examination or information on the content of the modules/events, ...). The traineeship regulations define the conditions under which the mandatory or optional traineeships must be completed.
Before the start of the lecture period, we recommend that you at least look at the course schedule of your course of study so that you know which modules are planned for the start of your studies.

• Subject examination regulations