PhD in Futures Studies in Health

Futures Studies which is an interdisciplinary field of study, is the systematic study of possible, probable and preferable futures and aims to challenge the students to look ahead and make the most appropriate decisions and shape a better future.  

The graduates will be able to understand the future with exploratory and normative paradigms, and gain the power to understand the driving forces.  Besides, they be able to develop current policies based on comprehensive insight and understanding of threats, future opportunities and resource management. Futures Studies in Health helps the graduates to affect the improvement of the process of planning, policy making, decision making and management at different organizational, regional, national and transnational levels in the short, medium and long- term time frames.

Compensatory Courses

It means the courses that the students have not taken in their previous education level. They are mandatory courses, and the students are required to graduate.

Based on the decisions made by the Department of Education and the Council of Postgraduate, students are required to complete necessary courses (maximum 24 units for MSc and 16 units for PhD programs).

Core Courses (Compulsory)

Non- Core Courses (Elective)

Students are required to take 6 units of non-core courses according to the subject of their dissertation, with the approval of the supervisor and the Council of Postgraduate.

Duration of Programs