Chebe01:
Adding a little bit to what @GlitteringStar wrote, Most career opportunities in public health are inter, trans, or multidisciplinary so you will find people with MSc, MPH, MComm, etc, all working within the vast field. In most universities, an MPH and MSc will have a significant research component so some research skills and experience will be needed during application. One thing you will have to determine is the area of specialisation within public health that you find to be of interest.

You do have a competitive CGPA so start doing some research and looking at potential faculty members to approach. I have an MPH and currently do a PhD

Thank you Chebe 01 I would definitely do that, thank you for taking out your time to answer me. God would honour you

GlitteringStar:


Thank you bro.

Cc: Nwakaegoabisola

Lol, I am a lady. Cheers

geobukky:

All those schools are top ranked. Spread across lowly ranked schools. Infact just one top school, 2 mid ranked and 2 safe (low ranked). I committed that mistake when I was looking for USA

Thank you for always looking out for me Bukky, God bless you ore mii

GlitteringStar:


LOR means Letter of Recommendation. Follow up with your referees to make sure they reply before the deadline (some Nigerian lecturers are lazy and wouldn't respond at all or some would reply when the deadline has passed). So I will advise you to choose someone who is willing to write a strong and comprehensive letter for you because all these are important aspects of your application. Some programs require academic referees while others require professional referees. Check the school website for details.

Most graduate programs in Canadian Universities do not require GRE except business schools. But, people applying to Canadian Universities do write GRE to bolster their application so as to increase their chances of getting admission and also support their visa application. You can check the school website for the requirements to know if GRE is required or not. Graduate advisors are also friendly and always willing to provide answers to your questions. Contact them if you need any details.

For GRE materials, there is a GRE thread on this forum. You can download lots of materials there and also get tips on how to pass the exam.

If you can submit a strong application, you have a high chance of getting full funding. But, you need to do your research, dot your i's and cross your t's and and commit the rest to God.

It will surely end in praise

Amen!! Thank you very much dear, God bless you tremendously. I have spoken with some graduate assistants and they have been helpful. You are truly blessed

GlitteringStar:


Hello Nwakaegoabisola,

*You have a good profile. @Bolded, why do you want to rewrite your IELTS exam? Most Canadian universities do waive English test for Nigerians. You can contact your program advisor for more details.

*Master of Public Health (MPH) is a professional master's degree in public health (course-based) while Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) is more research oriented (research-based). The differences include:

Nature: MPH is a professional degree while MSPH is an academic degree.

Research: In MPH, there is less focus on research while in MSPH, the major focus is on research.

Career opportunities: In MPH, the individual can move on to a career in public policy, administration, education, and so on while in MSPH,the individual can find employment in NGOs, state sector organizations, industries, etc. However, mostly, the careers in MSPH are related to academia.

Note: Students going for research-based programs also have a higher advantage of getting funding than those going for course-based programs.

*A "strong" application includes good GPA (which you have), good SOP, great LOR, and good GRE score (if required).

*To spread your risk, you can apply to 1 or 2 top-ranked schools, 1 or 2 medium-ranked schools and 2 safe schools (low-ranked schools).

I wish you the best!

Wow!! Thank you very much glitteringstar , you have really made me glitter this morning �. You have really put me at ease I must say and I would get to work asap. Please I would not mind if you or anyone on this thread could mail GRE materials to me as some schools asked for. I have jotted all you said that and please if I may ask what's LOR? Please don't laugh at me. I would put in my app for both MPH and MSPH abeg because me I need funding make I no lie.

Cheers ore.

jnyuwa02:


UAlberta is a great choice for public health and they have 5 international scholarships of $10,000 a year for public health. You don't have to apply, it's based on faculty recommendation after you have been accepted. Won't cover your entire expenses, but it helps. First things first. You should probably concentrate on the admissions and worry about visa questions later. Your questions are open ended to ad infinutum, I don't know where to start and end. Focus on putting a killer application and statement of purpose to school on why you want to study public health. Pay application fee, get two to three letters of recommendations and submit transcripts. In no particular order.

Thank you very much jnyuwa02 I am very grateful dear. Sorry I just had to type all I had in my head jare. I appreciate and I would work on the Killer application like you said. Cheers.

favouredi:


August 17th...A beautiful princess

My birthday mate

@Proudolodo where are you? I tried getting across to you this holiday but no luck. Buzz me!!

Good evening everyone,

I would be applying for admission for September 2018 in Canada and I would be needing all the help I can get.

I want to go for a Masters in Public Health and sincerely I am confused. I hope you can put me through in your spare time like what city, how to prepare for visa, sending a killer application to the school. I have some schools in mind like UAlberta, SimonFraser, Manitoba, UBC and we all know application fee is not beans at all.

One of the things I am confused about is difference between MSc and MPH, in the sense that they say MSC is thesis based (E.g Alberta). So is it that in MPH, we won't do thesis of which I'm sure that is not possible.

Then the visa aspect, which would you advise paper or online route? Then home ties as well as sponsorship and also how to package an outstanding application to the school (especially the sop) because I'm not a skillful writer.

My profile is listed below:

First degree in Public Health, CGPA 4.29/5.00
IELTS: Overall band score, i am thinking of rewriting it.

Work experience
CSO in a bank: 2015 4 months.
CSO in engineering firm: 2016 - 2017 7 months.
CSO in an insurance firm: June 2017 till date.

Medical team member in my church for almost 8 years.
Also interned with NGO'S : 4 months
Volunteer experience also.
Interned and served at Lagos state ministry of health.

Thank you all very much and I would not mind if anyone could privately message me to put me through.

God bless and wishing everyone success in their endeavors.


@Justwise @yemdogg abeg I'm here o

I want to thank God on behalf of a friend, she arrived Canada safely. She's not on nairaland, but I always briefed her on whatever I read here. Wishing all the expectant applicants good news and Yemdogg too

Naijasinglegirl:
http://www.naijasinglegirl.com/nigeria-zanzibar-cost-breakdown/

Thanks dear

geobukky:
LWKMD, thats what i heard too, i understand that his relatives are from 8 diffrent NDDC states. And he even has upto 200 relatives that can easily fill in

i like this your logic sha.....

Babanla Geophysicist!! My dear I'm more than proud of you, you worked really hard for it & God will lift you higher.

criminalmindz:

don't mind them .some are here backing the organizer of the CBT test because the feel they scored high or they are one of those his boys/staff helped but until Ur schemed out b4 or during the interview ull understand my facts. I will say this Nddc test is mago mago and unfair. even godson that's reading this now, knows I'm writing the hard truth. they've be compromised, last year it happened and this year its happening again. when I say relatives, it doesn't mean they must bear same name, dont people have cousins that bear different surnames with them? Na wah oh, Nigerians real mumu!

Crininalmindz you can actually pass across your message without the insults you know? I actually hope you get the scholarship and then come back to improve the NDDC, Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole.

Cheers!

Vivipop:
I only said what I heard from some friends. In fact, a friend I met at the venue went to see the man, when I asked how she knew the man, she said the man's niece was her friend and that she is in the UK for her PhD(NDDC sponsored), having finished her BSc through this same NDDC scheme. Still, i ain't inferring anything, I'm only saying what I heard and besides, I didn't infer that "NDDC beneficiaries are all his relatives".

Hello Vivipop, I was ñot even replying you buy criminalmindz. Whether or not he has turned it to some kind of consortium I really don't know, I'm just upset that its being generalized that the awardees are his family members when I know a few people who have gotten the scholarship on merit.

I'm even tired of talking about this nddc exam, it's not like I wrote the exam.

Have a blessed week!

Cheers

Ezyp:

Ignore him
By the way howdy..long time heard from you

I'm fine and you? So sorry jare, caught up with a lot. But sincerely him saying they are favoured is totally not nice lets tell ourselves the truth. There are people that worked really hard + God's favour to get it, not everyone has a connection/power somewhere (I'm tired of this naija concept).

criminalmindz:
so because u have lots of friends that won that are not related to him ,means what we said is false? pls stop defending what you don't know. reverse psychology ,this how we know those he helped

No criminalmindz this is wrong!! Please don't do the whole reverse psychology with me, I'm not defending him because I wasn't that but you don't knock off someone's hustle because there were discrepancies.

Moreover "my friends" that I am talking about, I met them here in nairaland on the NDDC scholarship thread and I know how hard-working and dedicated they are. So please I would not just talk or blab like a loose cannon for something I dont know.

I even know two people (lawyers) from my state (Delta), I have never met them in person but we got to know each other through nairaland and they are presently in the UK (won it last year).

I would never justify cheating, favouritism or bias rather I would commend merit so you last sentence we totally out of order.

Thank you

Hal @naijasinglegirl I really admire your sincerity about your first trip out of the country. Please how would lol if you could give an estimation of how much you spent, as nt friends and I plan to go next year.

Cheers

Vivipop:
Hmmm, this isn't funny. I went into the hall expecting physics related questions as a physicist but they hit me with Geoscience questions, like the core geoscience questions.

I was logged out before my time expired with a score of 22/50. so I was asked to re-write. I changed a few options and managed to score 26 at the end.
IMO state candidates as I heard blasted between 35 and 45, let me kukuma face my current MSc and hope for better opportunities.

I'm glad a friend of mine scored 32 in Mgt sciences, she is from Cross River. Even if I don't get in, she will most definitely be called for interview. All is not lost after all.

I also heard that the relatives of the man in charge of this test(don't know his name) are mostly beneficiaries of this NDDC scholarship(MSc and PhD inclusive.
Life isn't fair, why should NDDC be?, LOL

But that's not true now!! I have a lot of friends that won last year and the year before and are not related to him. Some are even from Ondo state, so please don't say that.
P.s I am not related to him, I just saw him last during the exams.

I had 7.0 overall
Listening 8.0
Speaking 7.55
Reading 6.5
Writing 6.0

Academic

Egbon Fembas316 so you are here again? Lol

Randy91:



so hw do one start preparing for this NDDC CBT...
K
Any insightful tips from your end

Read read read engineering questions from last year came from all fields but focused on one particular field (I don't know the name ). Medical core medical questions mehn

FreeSpirited:
But can a doctor apply for it?.......

As at last year yes, this year I cannot say so I would advice you call them

davide470:
You wanna leave me in Ikoyi??

Before

Emodeee:



i thought you were. yeah, because at a time i sent you a message inquiring about pwc. what relationship do you have with pwc then?

I applied then for a GT position and I have some friends working there

Emodeee:





are you not working with pwc?

Emodeee no I am not and your moniker sounds familiar very very familiar

Hey guys, I'm currently searching for a job / internshipin an NGO based in Lagos. Thank you

FreeSpirited:
Pls can I get the scholarship if I am to study public health abroad? Though I did a medical course in university....what does the excluding public health mean... Does it mean I can go and study public health over there?

They didn't allow non medical Drs to apply for Public Health either MSc or MPH, I would advise you call their office

Emasel:


I think you can apply with Public Health

They didn't allow non medical Drs to apply for Public Health either MSc or MPH, I would advise you call their office.

Generaloluseye:
YES. Several times

Please I have questions to ask

Please who wrote their IELTS in Lagos on May 6th? My result is supposed to be out today, but I can't view it online

Please who has ever applied to British High Commission before?