MSc in Health Promotion and Education

Welcome to the website of the Postgraduate Program in Health Promotion and Education!

This is a two-year postgraduate program, offered by the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in collaboration with the NKUA Dept. of Psychology and the Dept. of Public and Community Health of the University of West Attica that leads to a Master of Science (MSc) in Health Promotion and Education.

It is one of the oldest MSc programs of NKUA as it has been offered continuously since 2004. The NKUA MSc program on Health Promotion and Education is a founding member of the "European Masters in Health Promotion Studies, EUMAHP" network of academic departments from 15 European countries. The objectives, structure, and content of the program are based on the principles of the EUMAHP Network. Since 2010, the MSc program follows the recommendations of the European program "Developing Competencies and Professional Standards for Health Promotion Capacity Building in Europe/COMPHP," which has developed the accreditation system for health promotion education and professional practice in Europe (Pan-European Accreditation Framework for Health Promotion).

Since its establishment, the MSc program in Health Promotion and Education has been the only postgraduate program in Greece that exclusively covers the dynamic interdisciplinary field of health promotion and education. Our graduates acquire skills that will enable them to provide high-level services in the areas of research, design, and evaluation of health promotion and education programs.