BSc Public Health
Klaipėda, Lithuania
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jun 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,108
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
Public health is the population's comprehensive physical, mental, and social well-being. During the study, public health specialists acquire leadership skills. They can analyze the population's or target groups' health status, assess demographic characteristics, identify major health problems, contribute to disease and injury prevention and safety promotion, control outbreaks, and conduct screenings and vaccination programs. They develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs, plan and organize healthy lifestyle activities, and organize preventative activities in health care organizations. They promote overall health and well-being in the population they serve.
Why Klaipeda University?
- Unique by its scientific research and studies in the marine field
- European Union diploma recognized worldwide
- A wide range of programmes
- International Studies in English
- Young and rapidly growing
- High-quality education for a reasonable price
Why Lithuania?
- A member of the European Union
- 93,4% have a secondary education. The most educated nation in Europe
- 92% speak a foreign language (usually English, Russian or German)
- 94% of foreign students recommend studying in Lithuania
Admissions
Curriculum
1 semester
- Health Psychology
- Oral Health
- Introduction to Public Health Studies
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Demographic Processes
- Environment and health
- Selective Course/ General University Studies Course
2 semester
- Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
- Health Policy and Programme Development
- Public Health Practice 1
- First Aid
- Biostatistics 1
- Selective Course
3 semester
- Biostatistics 2
- Public Health Practice 2
- Health Promotion and Education
- Basics of Nursing
- Clinical Medicine
- Selective Course
4 semester
- Basics of Research Methodology
- Course Work 1
- Health Management
- Microbiology, Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases
- Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases and Prevention
- Public Health Practice 3
5 semester
- Course Work 2
- Health Ethics and Law
- Children and Young People's Health
- Primary Health Care and Disease Management
- Occupational Health
- Self-Study Practice
6 semester
- Bachelor Thesis
- Social Policy in Lithuania
- Health Impact Assessment
- Preventive Medicine
- Selective Course
Selective Courses
- Ageing and Public Health
- Public Health Specialist Activities in Community
- Basics of Healthy Lifestyle
- Introduction to Non-Remunerated Blood Donation
- Body Image and Public Health
Selective Course/ General University Studies Course
- Spanish A2 (1)
- German A1 (1)
- Swedish Language A1 (1)
- Norwegian A1 (1)
- Family Pedagogy
- Leisure Physical Activity
- Professional Pedagogy
- Rhetoric
- Media Education: Disinformation and Propaganda
- The future trends of sustainable development
- Climate geopolitics
- English Language B2 (1)
- English Language C1 (1)
- Russian language A2 (1)
- Prospects for Water Transport
- English Language B1 (1)
- Russian language A1 (1)
- Spanish language A1 (1)
Program Outcome
- Credits: 180 ECTS
- Awards: BSc in Health Sciences
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates will acquire a Bachelor’s degree in health sciences. Graduates will be able to work in health departments of municipality administration, public health offices and bureaus, public health centres, health promotion and health program units, primary health care institutions, territorial health insurance funds, specialized care institutions for health risk groups of the population (addiction centres, mental health centres, centres for child care and disabled people), and as public health specialists in educational institutions.