Admission Criteria

Standard admission (recommended)

• Academic: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (health sciences, public health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, health administration, informatics, data/CS, social sciences with health focus).
• Minimum GPA: e.g., 2.5/4.0 or equivalent (institutional policy can set threshold).
• Experience: Preferably ≥1–2 years relevant work experience (health sector, NGO, government, digital health, analytics, emergency response).
• English proficiency (examples aligned with common UAE practice): IELTS Academic ≥6.0 (no band <5.5) or equivalent TOEFL/PTE.

Conditional admission (recommended)

Eligible applicants may be admitted conditionally if they meet academic requirements but:

• English is slightly below threshold (e.g., IELTS 5.5 overall), with:
  • mandatory English/academic writing support, and
  • achievement of required score (or internal benchmark) by end of first semester.
• Limited background in public health or data:
  • complete bridging modules/workshops (non-credit) in epidemiology/biostatistics and/or data literacy.