Master's Program

The Digital Public Health program provides courses in English.
Le programme Digital Public Health dispense des cours en anglais.

Version française

An international multidisciplinary data-centered program on EPIDEMIOLOGY, STATISTICS, and INFORMATICS with authentic case studies from the Bordeaux Population Health research Center (BPH). The Master of Science in Public Health Data Science aims to train future leaders of the Digital Public Health domain (e.g. chief data scientists) by creating a unique program in Europe that strives towards reinforcing the link between research and training based on collaborations with excellent institutions.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Translation of a public health/clinical problem into a research question, including the design of the research plan for surveillance systems, observational and experimental studies (i.e. clinical trials), the evaluation of validity and causality of an association.

STATISTICS

Methods for supervised statistical analysis and modelling of biomedical data (including high-dimentional and time-to-event data), statistical learning, data mining, data integration, advances computational statistics.

INFORMATICS

DOUBLE DEGREE FROM McGill

We offer the opportunity to complete a dual degree with McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Students attend McGill for the first year of the graduate program.
This includes a period (4-12months minimum depending on the degree and internship) of coursework, and international research and practice, in public health data science.
The MSc training covers project design, real life health data analysis and communication of results, with multidisciplinary skills in epidemiology, informatics, and statistics, and provides students with the necessary knowledge about digital technologies and their use in public health research and practice.
At the end of this second year, they obtain a double diploma, one from McGill and one from the University of Bordeaux.
PhD students may also go through this route. In their case, the program requires a first year at McGill University and at least 1 year (minimum) at the University of Bordeaux, with the remaining two years at one and/or the other university depending on the student’s thesis project.

ADMISSION

▶️ European students
More information on: eCandidat website

▶️ International students

➡️ Candidates residing in a country outside Europe, whose country of residence falls under the compulsory “Etudes en France” procedure, must go through the “Etude en France” procedure.
Dates of applications wil be available soon.
For applications concerning the academic year 2025-2026:
- 1^st October 2024: opening of the application process
- 15 December 2024: deadline for submission (but depending on the Campus France offices)
- 15 March 2025: deadline for the examination of applications
- 30 April 2025: deadline for decision by the pedagogical commissions
- 7 May 2025: deadline for the opinions of the embassy scholarship commissions
- 31 May 2025: deadline for student decision
More information on: CampusFrance

➡️ International candidates whose country of residence does not fall under the mandatory “Etudes en France” procedure will have to follow the eCandidat procedure.
Training fees for international candidates are reported in the dedicated page of the University of Bordeaux".

▶️ Adults in continuous training

Concerns students who have completed their initial studies, who have had a professional experience and who wish to resume their studies:
- Private and public sector employees
- Job seekers
- Non salaried professions (farmers, artisans, traders)
- People registered on their initiative to follow a freely chosen training course
- Beneficiaries of “prior learning validation” (PLV) : Total or partial PLV (from the EU), VAPP (Validation of personal and professional acquired competences) allowing the access to a French diploma).

Important to note: tuitions fees for the master’s program, for adults in continuous training : 250 € (tuition fees) + 4300 € (training costs).
For more information visit: https://www.isped.u-bordeaux.fr/FORMATION/Formation-continue