The program objectives of the academic program include:

• To produce competent graduates who are capable to identify community health problems and play leading professional roles in the field of public health.
• To produce health personnel with in-depth knowledge and skill in the prevention of disease and promotion of health in the field of public health.
• To produce qualified health professionals who can teach in public health training programs at various levels.
• To produce a research-oriented human resource who will design and conduct public health research that helps as an input for evidence-based interventions and policy.
• To produce public health professionals who can provide community health services and be involved in the management and public health decision-making.

Professional Profile
The MPH program will have the following competence:

•  Ability to provide effective leadership roles in advocating and promoting public healt
• Ability to effectively manage health services and programs
• Ability to describe and quantify health and health-related problems in the locality
• Ability to provide training in public health programs and in higher training institutions
• Ability to provide community health services

Graduate Profile
A graduate from the general MPH track should be able to:

• Conduct postgraduate teaching programs in public health in various higher education institutions;
• Understand and describe the size and nature of health and health-related problems of a community;
• Describe and elucidate the natural history of the health problems in individuals and communities;
• Identify causes of health and related problems and, assess the relative and absolute importance of these problems;
• Design and implement appropriate health programs and projects for addressing the identified and prioritized health problems
• Evaluate the effectiveness of both new and existing health interventions by applying proper analysis of their social, cultural, and political context;
• Critically evaluate programs, interventions, and outcomes related to public health practice;
• Understand the diverse process of empowerment and community development and has the appropriate skill to work for their implementation;
• Advance and apply new knowledge in the areas of public health and population to the solution of pressing public health problems;
• Improve the overall management of public health services and policy issues within the country and has the skills to apply for mitigating problems in these areas;
• Apply the principles and tools of management in the planning and program implementation; and
• Plan and implement health research using both quantitative and qualitative methods