GPH welcomes the new Erasmus Mundus students
After completing their first semester at Oviedo University in Spain, the new cohort Erasmus Mundus students have now arrived at KI. Representing diverse professional backgrounds and 17 countries, the students bring hands-on experience from humanitarian crises and global health challenges, setting the stage for a dynamic and collaborative semester of learning.
Finally, our students in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme Public Health in Disasters have arrived at KI and the Department of Global Public Health. After completing their first semester at Oviedo University in Spain, we now welcome a group of 25 students representing 17 countries from across the world, in fact, from every continent except Oceania and Antarctica. They also bring a wealth of experience from their professional and academic backgrounds, including work in refugee settings, armed conflicts, and cholera outbreaks.
The group is joined by ten freestanding course students - some preparing for future humanitarian health work, others broadening their ongoing studies at KI, or getting acquainted with the field of global health and disasters. Together, they represent more than 20 countries and a wide range of professions, including nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, medical doctors, public health specialists, technical engineers, and even a human rights lawyer. Both students and those teaching will have the opportunity to learn a lot from eachother.
We also welcome back six students who began their studies in autumn 2024 and are now returning to KI for their fourth semester. After spending the spring semester of 2025 at KI, they continued to Nicosia, Cyprus, where they focused mainly on research methods. Now it’s time for their master’s thesis work. The remaining 15 students from their cohort are completing their theses in Oviedo or Nicosia.
“We are looking forward to a great semester,” says Anneli Eriksson, Programme Director.