Graduate Certificate in Healthy Cities

Today, for the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in cities. These cities are places of tremendous economic, political, and cultural development, yet they are also spaces of unprecedented public health crises. In Europe and North America, rising rates of cancer, obesity, asthma, and other chronic health concerns are pushing public health workers, policy makers, and city planners to reexamine the relationship between urban space and public health. Similarly, in Asian, African, and South American contexts, the explosive growth of mega-cities has created unparalleled risks from infectious disease, contaminated water, inadequate food, substandard housing, toxic exposure, and natural disaster. These profound humanitarian concerns and their potentially dire economic and political consequences are transforming urban health and health equity into key factors driving social activism and policymaking worldwide.

Students currently in any UM Rackham program: An official transcript is automatically placed with your application, no action on your part is required.

Students currently in any UM Non-Rackham program: Submitting your transcripts :

Step 1: TO APPLY, submit a scanned copy of your official transcript. Applicants must scan and upload an official transcript/academic record into the ApplyWeb online application. This transcript must display the institutional seal and signature of the Registrar or Recorder of Records.

Step 2: AFTER an offer of admission, submit your official transcript. Admitted students must submit to the Rackham Graduate School an official transcript/academic record, front and back, issued by the Registrar or Records Office for each bachelor's, master's, professional, or doctoral degree earned.

Current UM Rackham graduate student (for instance, MURP, MPP, MS SEAS, Ph.D.)
Current UM non-Rackham graduate student (for instance, M.Arch., MUD, MBA, JD, MPH)
Official transcripts (submit to the Rackham graduate school)
Statement of Purpose
Personal Statement

Applicants who must demonstrate English language proficiency through test scores but do so through either TOEFL or IELTS. Minimum scores for admission are below.
IELTS - 6.5
TOEFL IBT - 84