Faculty of Public Health
Faculty of Public Health of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences has a relatively long history of educational activity, which began in 1974 with a two year course of School Health worker training at the high school of public Health. After the Cultural Revolution, educational activities continued in the form of a health education institution by adding the environmental health. Since 1985, this institution has been responsible in all health sciences course education in the Hamedan University of Medical Sciences and has trained students in the fields of disease control, health Environment and Public Health. In the academic year of 1990-91, this institution has offered baccalaureate degree in environmental health and Occupational Health.
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Gradually, the degrees of public health and family health care were added to the faculty. The first course of student baccalaureate education began in the academic year of 1994.This college continues to develop the education of the graduates and following the approval of the relevant specialized boards, the first master’s degree in occupational health, environmental health engineering, Biostatistics, health education and ergonomics, respectively started in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007. At 2008 by admitting PhD student in Occupational Health and also obtaining permission to admit students of PhD of Biostatistics and master of Epidemiology during the academic year of 2010-11, this faculty was able to fulfill part of his scientific goals.