Globally-focused Academic Programs

Over 12 months, students gain the skills and experience required for leadership careers within key international health organizations, government and non-government agencies, and the private sector. Recipient of the 2015 Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education, the MSc Global Health prepares graduates for careers in a globalized world. The program, a joint offering with Maastricht University in the Netherlands, brings together faculties of social sciences, health sciences, business and humanities, and links with institutions across multiple continents.

The M.A. in Globalization is an interdisciplinary program that examines the complex political, social, economic, cultural, discursive and theoretical developments related to processes of globalization and how these come to bear upon our lives, our communities, and the environment in which we live. Research areas include: contemporary culture; diasporic, transnational and multicultural communities; global governance; international trade and finance; and social, environmental and labour issues.

This innovative, professional collaborative graduate programme is the only one of its kind in North America. It links the rigour of a traditional university graduate program with the professional policy training and experience of an international centre of excellence focused on the global water crisis. Students will have the opportunity not only to achieve a solid academic foundation at McMaster University, but also to be immersed in the world of international (water and environmental) policy through United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH). More importantly, they will be challenged to examine capacity building as part of their explorations.