Jobs and Careers for Public Health Professionals
What happens after graduation? Here you'll find information and inspiration about jobs and career opportunities for public health professionals.
Many career opportunities
Once you've completed your studies, you can either stay in Sweden and look for jobs* or work internationally. For example, within municipalities, regional councils, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, the UN, Sida, and WHO.
Example of tasks:
- Health and medical care policy
- Strategic public health work
- Collecting and structuring relevant health data
- Conducting investigations
- Formulating health-promoting policies
- Taking action to influence the social determinants that create health inequalities
- Creating advocacy communication and social mobilization for health
*More information on work permits for international students at Migrationsverket web page
Apply for a residence permit to work
Where our former students work
What happened after graduation? Where are our former students working today? Here are a few examples:
- Region Västra Götaland
- University of Gothenburg
- Astra Zeneca (pharmaceutical company)
- UN World Food Programme
- Clinton Health Access Initiative (global health organization)
- Region Värmland
- GlaxoSmithKline (pharmaceutical company)
- Mölnlycke Health Care (MedTech company)
- Swedish Public Dental Service
- Infectious Diseases Control (IDI)
- City of Gothenburg
- University of Copenhagen
Works as:
Research Assistant, PhD Student, Public Health Coordinator, Postdoc, Researcher, Development Manager, Operations Developer, Health Economist, Student
Study further? Become a PhD student!
After graduation you can also choose to continue your studies and research within public health science. You will be well prepared for doctoral studies after completing the Master’s Programme in Public Health Science. Many of our previous students have gone on to doctoral studies both in Gothenburg and at other universities.