The Ph.D. in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Lanzhou University is a research‑oriented doctoral program offered by the School of Public Health, a historically established unit with roots going back to 1959 and recognized as one of the earliest public health training programs in northwest China. The doctoral track falls under the first‑level discipline of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, which integrates core scientific and practical components of population health, disease prevention, health systems, and environmental health. The program is designed to train high‑level researchers and leaders who can conduct independent, original research addressing major public health challenges, policy issues, and preventive strategies at local, national and global levels.
NOTE: The university may have additional program-specific eligibility requirements. It is recommended to verify these on the official university website.
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Requirements Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens in good health with no infectious disease or any physical or mental diseases that may affect the normal study, have a master’s degree and be under the age of 45 (Age limit is flexible for healthy applicants with certain work experience and high academic ability).
Language proficiency requirements:
1. Applicants for Chinese-taught programs of literature, history, philosophy, education and law should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 210,or HSK certificate of level 5 or above; applicants for other Chinese-taught programs should have a level 4 HSK certificate with minimum score of 190.
2. There are no Chinese language proficiency requirements for the applicants of English-taught programs, but they (except for English native speakers) must have an internet-based TOEFL test score 90 or IELTS test score 6.5 (or above).