UTHealth School of Public Health

The UTHealth School of Public Health is one of six component institutions of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a school of public health in 1947, but did not appropriate funds for the school until 1967. The first class was admitted in the fall of 1969, doubled in the second year and doubled again in the third year, with continued growth over the years since.

UTHealth brings together the School of Public Health, with the Medical School, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Biomedical Informatics, and the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center.

The school's main campus is located in Houston's famed Texas Medical Center. It originally occupied rented and borrowed space in the Medical Center but today it occupies its own building plus regional campuses in San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Brownsville, and Austin.

Degrees offered
The UTHealth School of Public Health offers master's and doctoral degrees, including the M.P.H., M.S., Dr.P.H., and Ph.D. The school also offers certificate programs in public health.

The University has four departments: Biostatistics; Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences; Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Management, Policy and Community Health (MPACH).

Dual degree programs
The school also cooperates with other institutions within the University of Texas System and around the state to offer various dual degree programs.

MD/MPH


 * Baylor College of Medicine
 * Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
 * University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
 * University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
 * University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
 * UTHealth San Antonio Long School of Medicine
 * UTHealth McGovern Medical School

DDS/MPH


 * UTHealth School of Dentistry

JD/MPH


 * University of Houston Law Center

MBA/MPH


 * University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business

MSSW/MPH


 * University of Houston School of Social Work
 * University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work
 * University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work

MGPS/MPH


 * University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs

MPAff/MPH


 * University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs

MS/MPH


 * UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics

MSN/MPH


 * UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing

PhD/MPH


 * UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics