Turn Your Compassion into Action

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Improving quality of life and achieving health equity are not just slogans – they lie at the heart of what we do at the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences.

 Whether we are combating a global pandemic or an opioid epidemic, working to prevent chronic disease or food insecurity, advocating for global health or the environment, or striving toward healthy aging, lifestyles, or reproductive health, our curriculum, outreach, practice, and research are always carried out with the goal of improving health outcomes for all.

As a graduate student in one of our master's or doctoral programs, you can turn your passion into activism and become an agent of change. Choose from one of our eight academic areas of study or two fully online degrees covering all aspects of public health and health sciences. There is one designed just for you.

Explore your options to discover which program is right for you.

Why UMASS SPHHS?

  • Fully accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
  • A rising research powerhouse. Over the past decade, faculty research productivity has increased by 120% with funding from the NIH, NSF, US DOE, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and more.
  • Hands-on training with nationally recognized academics. Our low student to faculty ratio provides our students with individual contact and hands-on training with leading scientific experts partnering with the CDC, NIH, and the WHO.
  • Vibrant and engaging community. Situated in the heart of western Massachusetts on the slopes of the Berkshires, UMass offers residents year-round outdoor recreation activities and a vibrant art scene in a community that values diversity, multiculturalism, and a commitment to sustainability.
  • LGBTQ friendly. The university's LGBTQ and women's centers were among the first established in the nation, and Campus Pride rates UMass Amherst as one of the best campuses in the country for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.
  • Great value. As New England’s only publicly funded school of public health, SPHHS provides great value compared to our private institution peers