Last weekend, the Duke University Board of Trustees approved a new Master of Science in Global Health (MSc-GH) program to be offered at Duke Kunshan University (DKU) in Kunshan, China. The program will be led by the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), which has offered the MSc-GH degree in Durham for three years.
The program is expected to enroll students from China and throughout Asia, and to attract researchers, policymakers, physicians and others planning to pursue doctoral studies in a global health-related discipline. The China-based program will have the same course work and field requirements as its counterpart in Durham.
Last Thursday, Duke’s Academic Council voted 52-7 to endorse the new master’s program for DKU.
“DGHI has strong collaborations with some of the leading universities in China and we currently offer a two-week global health diploma program at Peking University each summer,” said Michael Merson, DGHI’s founding director. “DKU offers an ideal setting to strengthen and build upon these education and research collaborations.”
The Master of Science in Global Health is the second degree program that the trustees have approved for DKU; in December 2011 the board approved a Master of Management Studies degree offered by the Fuqua School of Business. DGHI also will offer undergraduate courses in global health at DKU and establish a global health research center.
