Uganda Public Health Fellowship

Overview

Two-year applied field-epidemiology fellowship addressing surveillance, outbreaks, public-health programming and leadership through supervised service. The 2027–2028 call is closed. It is an applied public-health pathway open to several health backgrounds, rather than a clinical fellowship reserved for specialist physicians.

The programme

Training type: Subspecialty training programme
Specialty associations: Not yet verified
Learning format: Training through service: approximately 80% supervised field projects and 20% didactic training
Duration: 2 years
Start: Published cohort: 2027–2028; exact start day not stated
Positions: 10 for the published 2027–2028 field-epidemiology cohort
Accreditation: Institutional applied-epidemiology and public-health leadership fellowship; specialist medical registration is not claimed
Department: Not yet verified

Eligibility and visa

Eligibility: Master's degree in a relevant health discipline and 3–7 years of relevant work experience
Qualification requirement: Master's degree in a relevant health discipline and 3–7 years of relevant work experience
Citizenship requirement: Not yet verified
Practice location requirement: Not yet verified
Membership requirement: Not yet verified
Eligibility restrictions: Not yet verified
Language: Not stated on the official source
Teaching language: Not yet verified
Clinical language: Not yet verified
International applicants: Not specified in the reviewed call; the programme develops Uganda's public-health workforce
Licence requirement: Not specified; this public-health fellowship does not itself confer clinical registration
Visa route: Not yet verified
Visa sponsorship: Not stated on the official source
Visa support: Not stated on the official source

How to apply

Deadline: Closed — 31 July 2026 for the published 2027–2028 cohort
Application method: Published call used the UNIPH fellows portal; its 2027–2028 application deadline has passed
Documents: Not stated on the official source
Contact: info@uniph.go.ug; administration desk 0749515227

Funding and costs

Tuition / fees: Not stated on the official source
Application fee: Not yet verified
Stipend / salary: Not yet verified
Scholarship: Not yet verified
Funding: Not stated on the official source

Sources and verification

https://uniph.go.ug/advanced-field-epidemiology-training-program-fellowship-call-for-applications-cohort-2027-2028-now-open/https://www.tephinet.org/training-programs/uganda-public-health-fellowship-program

Evidence by field

Qualification requirement: legacy record not reverified; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2 Derived from Eligibility.
Training type: classification from record; checked not recorded. Source 1 Source 2

Profile completeness

7/12

Recorded key details, with verification scope shown below. Blank fields are unverified; “Not stated” is an explicit omission reported by the recorded source.

Status

ClosedInternational eligibility unverified

Selected official fields checked: Not recorded separately
Imported: Not recorded
Legacy check label: 10 October 2026

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Before you apply

Requirements, dates and visa rules change. Confirm every detail on the official page and contact the programme coordinator if anything is unclear.

Uganda Public Health Fellowship – Advanced Field Epidemiology Track