HSA has its own MSPH Admissions Committee,
comprising of the Director, the MSPH Programme Coordinator,
the Registrar, a Senior Faculty Member, and one
nominated alumnus/alumna. The MSPH Admissions Committee
has the responsibility for the selection of applicants
to be admitted to the MSPH Programme. It establishes
procedures for the timely review of applications
to the Programme. Deferrals of admission are at
the discretion of the MSPH Admissions Committee.
The applicant’s acceptance is contingent upon the
receipt of all required documents including official transcripts.
The MSPH Admissions Committee is responsible for identifying
those students with missing documents and/or credentials
which do not meet eligibility standards.
Candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria will
take a written screening exam. Based on the performance
in the screening test, the candidates will be short-listed
for an interview. For every seat available 3-4 candidates
will be interviewed.
The final selection shall be done on the basis
of the following distribution of marks:
Criteria |
Maximum
Weightage |
Previous academic record
score* |
10% |
Previous public health
experience score, scored as follows out
of the total: |
10% |
|
5%
10% |
Screening examination
score |
50% |
Interview score |
30% |
Total
score |
100% |