UTHealth School of Public Health

Type	Public
Established	1967 (authorized 1947)
Parent institution	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dean	Eric Boerwinkle
Location	Main Campus Houston, Texas Regional Campuses San Antonio El Paso Dallas Brownsville Austin
Campus	Urban
Website	sph.uth.edu

The UTHealth School of Public Health^[1] is one of six component institutions of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a school of public health in 1947, but did not appropriate funds for the school until 1967. The first class was admitted in the fall of 1969, doubled in the second year and doubled again in the third year, with continued growth over the years since.

UTHealth^[2] brings together the School of Public Health, with the Medical School, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry,^[3] the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Biomedical Informatics,^[4] and the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center.^[5]

The school's main campus is located in Houston's famed Texas Medical Center. It originally occupied rented and borrowed space in the Medical Center but today it occupies its own building plus regional campuses^[6] in San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Brownsville, and Austin.

Degrees offered

The UTHealth School of Public Health ^[1] offers master's and doctoral degrees, including the M.P.H., M.S., Dr.P.H., and Ph.D. The school also offers certificate programs in public health.

The University has four departments:^[7] Biostatistics; Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences; Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Management, Policy and Community Health (MPACH).

Dual degree programs

The school also cooperates with other institutions within the University of Texas System and around the state to offer various dual degree programs.^[8]