InterRisk Master

Last update: 16 September 2022

Teaching and supervising a future generation of Researchers
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This program provides an advanced academic training in evaluation and management of health risks considering the One Health approach. One Health recognizes that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected. InterRisk trains future risk managers from real cases problem-solving, which gives them a genuine practical experience. Six diseases (rabies, Japanese encephalitis, leptospirosis, cysticercosis, antibiotic resistance and influenza) are used as examples in each module in order to study them extensively from different perspectives. InterRisk program allows students to connect themselves to an international and cross sectorial network of professionals.

Courses will take place at the Veterinary Faculty of Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. All teachings will be performed in English.

International Double Diploma:

  • Université of Paul sabatier, Toulouse, France
  • Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Start of the academic year in June 2017

Active learning

Practical works: laboratory experiments for disease diagnostics…
Field visits: biosecurity audits on livestock production units, outbreaks investigation…
Computer-based problem solving: data analysis, biostatistics and epidemiology…

Lecturers

Courses will be delivered by professors and researchers from Kasetsart University, Toulouse National Veterinary School, CIRAD and by various professionals from organizations involved in cross-sectorial approaches of health issues in SEA.

2 years Master Program

First year
Second year 

(Direct admission upon to the steering committee decision)

Entry requirements

Non-English native speakers or whose academic study was not exclusively in English must prove English proficiency by providing either official test of English as a foreign language (“TOEFL”) or International English Language Testing System (“IELTS”) or Test of English for International Communication (“TOEIC”) scores. An official report of the scores under two (2) years old should be provided.

For the full Master program (M1 & M2)

Admission of bachelor degree in the following disciplines: economics, social or political sciences, medicine, pharmacy, biology, veterinary medicine, engineering, agronomy, ecology and environmental sciences.

For direct admission in second year (M2)

Direct admission in M2 is open to holders of a M1 level. Students having a DM or DVM or Diploma of basic education in Veterinary Medicine, South East Asian students from FETP-FETPV, outstanding performances in a bachelor curriculum in public health and related sciences or advanced experience in public health (up to 5 years) may be admitted in M2 depending on the steering committee decision.

Registration fees

Thai student: 200 000 THB/year
International student: 5000 euros/year
(Not including the cost of living)

For more information about scholarships please contact the coordinators of the Master.

Registration until May 2017

For more information, please visit InterRisk Master website: http://www.onehealthsea.org/interrisk

Partners

Southeast Asia

  • GREASE Network core members 
  • Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific (VPHCAP), Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand
  • Tropical Disease Research Laboratory (TDR), Khon Kaen University (KKU), Thailand
  • Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University (MU), Thailand
  • Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Lao PDR
  • Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), Vietnam
  • World Organization for Animal Health, Sub-Regional Representation SEA (OIE SRR-SEA)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAO-RAP)

France

  • National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
  • Research Institute for Development (IRD)
  • Pasteur Institute of Cambodia (IPC)

Last update: 16 September 2022