Master of Public Health Program
Office Phone:(505) 272-4173
Office Fax: (505) 272-4494

Mail to:
MSC09 5060
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Department of Family & Community Medicine

Degree Programs



The MPH Program, in collaboration with other UNM departments, presently offers degrees in the following:

• Master of Public Health/Nursing (MPH/MSN)
• Master of Public Health/Doctor of Medicine (MPH/MD)
• Other individual dual degrees can be created by individual students.
  See Individual Dual Degree for more info.

Students in a doctoral program may pursue an MPH degree under the following conditions:

• Students must have written permission from their doctoral program to pursue the masters degree;
• Students must complete a Self-Managed Application and be formally admitted to the MPH Program;
• Students must adhere to the seven-year rule for completion of all requirements for the masters degree;
• Students must adhere to the five year rule for completion of the doctorate;
• If the time needed for completion of the masters degree will extend beyond the completion of the doctoral degree, the student must have a Program of Studies for the masters degree approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies before the doctoral degree is awarded.