A snapshot from the World Café at the SSPH+ Annual Meeting in Allschwil
Annual Report2023
Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC)
In 2023, the Inter-university Graduate Campus (IGC) introduced 7 new courses/ teaching opportunities for young researchers/ 2nd Global Health Film Festival/ career event with lecturers from outside academia and with a world café around career topics. The IGC Academic Board with representatives from all partner universities is responsible for the content and quality of the IGC.
All PhD students and MD students supervised by a SSPH+ Faculty Member are welcome to join the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus and benefit from its offers and opportunities to strengthen their academic skills, competencies, career paths and networks.
In 2023, a total of 402 PhD students from 72 countries were part of the IGC:
- 338 active students (w: 218/ m: 119/ other: 1), from 72 countries
- 25 new graduates received their SSPH+ Certificate in Public Health
- 39 students with successful defense, pursuing the SSPH+ Certificate in Public Health
The student representatives organized social events for the IGC students, online and on site. For the second time, the film festival in global health took place, at the SSPH+ Faculty Meeting in June and during the SSPH+ Lugano Summer School in August. The annual students meeting offered a career event with lecturers from outside academia and with a world café. The IGC manager, Ann Walser, presented the IGC at the ORPHEUS conference in Loewen, Belgium, and exchanged with coordinators of PhD program.
You can find course testimonials of participants here and testimonials of alumni about the SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus here.
A picture from PhD students attending the IGC Life Course in Epidemology and Public Health at the University of Fribourg
An example testimonial about the IGC in 2023
"The SSPH+ Inter-university Graduate Campus offered a great learning experience during my PhD in Global Health at the University of Geneva. In particular, the SSPH+ courses allowed me to gain relevant skill sets, as well as provided networking opportunities. I am thankful to the SSPH+ Program and look forward to being part of this platform as alumni" - Das Debashish, PhD candidate at the Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva
