SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus

All PhD students and MD students supervised by a SSPH+ Faculty Member are welcome in the Graduate Campus to benefit from its offers and opportunities to strengthen their academic skills, competencies, career paths and networks.

PhD students and MD students enrolled in the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus have cost-free access to its PhD courses (apart from a processing fee of 30 CHF per course), and can attend courses offered by the seasonal SSPH+ schools (e.g. the Spring School in Geneva and the Summer School in Lugano) and other partners at reduced fees.

The SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus provides PhD students and MD students with:

• State-of-the art training in methods and topical public health issues
• Broad access to the inter-university multidisciplinary SSPH+ research and teaching faculty
• Training Recommendations for what constitutes a high quality PhD track in public health sciences
• SSPH+ Certificate in Public Health (for PhD students)
• Unique networking opportunities with other PhD and MD students and SSPH+ junior and senior scientists all across Switzerland

No additional requirements for enrollment in terms of ECTS and publications apart from the ones of your home university.

Eligibility Criteria

• PhD and MD students must be formally registered as students in one of the SSPH+ Foundation Partner Universities.
• The primary supervisor of the PhD or MD student must be a SSPH+ Faculty Member.
• For PhD students affiliated with universities of applied sciences, at least one of the supervisors must be a SSPH+ Faculty Member.

PhD students and MD students who meet these conditions are welcome to apply for the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus: Enrolment

Academic Board

The SSPH+ IGC  Academic Board sets the priorities and is responsible for the content and quality of courses offered in the Graduate Campus.

Access to the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus Platform

• SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC)
  user name
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Testimonials about the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC)

Testimonials from IGC alumni about the IGC

Testimonials from participants about IGC courses

Useful Links

• Course Program
• Courses with Agreements for IGC students
• Academic Board
• Faculty Members
• Training Recommendations
• SSPH+ Certificate in Public Health
• News

Other courses:

• SSPH+ course platform

Apply for the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus

Enrolment

Contact

Ann Walser, Lic. phil.
Manager Inter-university Graduate Campus
University Fribourg
Rte des Arsenaux 41
1700 Fribourg

awalser@ssphplus.ch
anna.walserbeglinger@unifr.ch

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• Registration for IGC Courses 2025 is here.
  
• Questions about the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus? Book a zoom meeting:
  awalser@ssphplus.ch
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SSPH+ Annual Meeting and IGC Students Meeting, 4/5 June 2025

• Registration is closed. If you missed registration and would like to be added to the waiting list for the event, please contact phdph@ssphplus.ch
• Our Annual meeting motto is “Breaking Walls”, as a signpost to our effort to bridge with national bodies in Switzerland. This year marks the 20th anniversary of SSPH+! Join us as we celebrate together!
• See the tentative program here
• Limited spaces available for offer of dinner and accommodation. Those who will attend both days will be given priority.