Doctoral Programmes in Public Health and Social Science Erasmus Project

Project Title

Doctoral Programmes in Public Health and Social Science

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The overall aim of the proposed project is to improve quality of public health and social services in partner countries through educating qualified interdisciplinary specialists, researchers and academics.The objectives of the proposed project are:1. Comparative analysis of the PhD program structure across participating countries and respective universities and their compatibility with EU teaching schemes. 2. Planning and harmonization of PhD programs in Public Health and Social sciences in Partner universities. 3. Development of course contents, syllabi, learning outcomes and research plan, tailor-made for individual partner universities. 4. Website development, creation of online resources and e-learning courses for PhD students. 5. Training of staff in EU universities in teaching, IT knowledge, research skills and project supervision in EU universities.6. Establishment of a fully structured PhD program in Public Health and Social Sciences and call for PhD students as a pilot program. 7. Development and submission for approval to appropriate authorities the passport and code of specialty.8. Dissemination of project activities through website, interim and final conferences, paper publication. Through implementation of the project highly qualified professionals (researchers and academics) in public health and social services will be trained, that will have extensive interdisciplinary knowledge in particular fields addressing at the same time health issues of population, social determinants of health and applied social sciences. Scientifically proved explanations and solutions to the existing problems in the mentioned fields will eventually lead to the improvement of health and social services in Armenia and Georgia. Through this project the existing PhD programs will be harmonized, restructured and will contain specific educational components, relevant for each institution and each field of study, thus ensuring interdisciplinarity.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 677247 Eur

Project Coordinator

YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY AFTER MKHITAR HERATSI & Country: AM

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI
• SLOVENSKA ZDRAVOTNICKA UNIVERZITA V BRATISLAVE
• IVANE JAVAKHISHVILI TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF GEORGIA
• YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
• FH OO STUDIENBETRIEBS GMBH
• GOETEBORGS UNIVERSITET