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Welcome to the DrPH Program at the College of Public Health!

The mission of the DrPH degree is to deliver an exceptional Doctor of Public Health program that equips working professionals with the skills, knowledge, and resilience needed to excel in leadership roles and enhance community well-being through informed public health practices locally, regionally, and nationally. Our vision is to set a standard for public health excellence in education and practice.  This mission relates aligns directly to with the University of South Florida Florida’s mission, which includes encompasses creating a community of learners with through significant and sustainable university‐community university-community partnerships and collaborations, as well as designing, building, and strengthening healthy communities and improving to improve quality of life. The DrPH program focuses on the core values of lifelong learning, integrity, evidence-based practice, and innovation. Students will be expected to graduate with not only excellent methodological skills, but also a wider broader and deeper understanding of public health and their individual area of focus. 

All DrPH students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 43 post masters -master's credit hours , (students admitted after 2022 are required to successfully complete a minimum of 46 post masters -master's credit hours successfully). 

Admission information can be found on our Graduate Admissions page.

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DrPH Guidelines

These DrPH Guidelines present the USF Office of Graduate Studies policies. The College of Public Health may impose stricter guidelines, policies and procedures as determined by each concentration. It is the responsibility of the student to review and follow the specific guidelines with their concentration chairs, major professor and committee members.

Additional USF policies, not found in these guidelines, may be found at https://www.usf.edu/graduate-studies/policies-procedures/ or at https://usf.edu/gradcatalog.

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Disclaimer

This version of the DrPH Guidebook is the official version of the USF College of Public Health Guidebook for the DrPH degree effective for the current catalog. This is a subset of and supplement to the USF Graduate Catalog. If there are conflicts between the two documents the USF Graduate Catalog prevails. The College of Public Health reserves the right to change its rules, courses, and requirements from time to time and to make all such changes applicable to all students, whether new or continuing, when in its sole judgment such changes are deemed necessary.

To view the complete USF Graduate Catalog, go to www.grad.usf.edu/catalog.php; to view overarching USF regulations and policies go to https://www.usf.edu/regulations-policies/

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The COPH Doctoral Training Office is here to help. You can reach us at cophdoctoral@usf.edu. We are located at the College of Public Health in the Chiles Center, however our office is primarily remote during the week. Please email us with questions or to schedule an appointment.

For Admissions, please go to ourProspective Students page to request an appointment with an advisor, or contactpreadmissions@usf.edu.

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