Frequently Asked Questions

Notify an academic advisor at sphhp-oasa@buffalo.edu or (716) 829-5000 and we will add you to the interest group to keep you informed of all updates. 

Students in the University at Buffalo Bachelor’s of Science in Public Health program who meet the combined degree requirements can apply to the combined program.

Students can only be admitted to one combined degree program. Students admitted to the BS/MPH will not be able to concurrently enroll in a second combined degree with the MPH (e.g. PharmD/MPH, MSW/MPH, JD/MPH etc.).

No GRE scores are required.

Yes. Students who do not meet the combined degree requirements can apply to the MPH program through the standard admissions process.

Apply in your junior year of the Bachelor’s program no later than January 15th to begin the MPH program that Fall.

Students applying to the MPH through the combined program do not select an MPH concentration until completion of the junior year of the Bachelor’s program. You will select your concentration the summer before beginning the MPH. We will contact you before then to discuss concentration options with you.

You will begin the MPH following completion of your junior year of the Bachelor’s program.

It takes five years to earn both degrees through the combined program. Students complete three years of the Bachelor’s program and two years of the MPH program.

Students admitted to the BS/MPH program will confer both degrees at the end of their MPH training and can participate in one commencement ceremony at the end of their 5th year.

You will pay undergraduate tuition and fee rates during three years of your Bachelor’s program, and graduate tuition and fee rates during two years of your MPH program.

Students can not count courses taken as an undergraduate student towards the MPH degree.

You can take graduate courses as an undergraduate student with permission of graduate course instructor. You can not apply course credits from graduate courses to both your undergraduate and graduate programs.