Indian Institute of Public Health - Shillong

The Indian institute public health shillong was established by the public health foundation of India in collaboration with the government of Meghalaya . The institute aims to redress the limited institutional and system capacity in public health in the Northeast region of India.

After completing Masters degree in public health from IIPH Shillong, students can work in Government Agencies, Non-profit organizations, Community practice and Administration.

Some job opportunities are like, Public health officer, Health economist, health policy analyst, Research scientist, etc.

The Indian Institute of Public Health in Shillong provides support to students in their placements through its placement cell.

 The placement cell offers information on available opportunities, conducts workshops, and helps students prepare for interviews. But,  at some cost there is no any guarantee that students would surely gets placed but eventually 80% does gets placed . 

According to course wise usually all the courses would get equal opportunity and rest is left to students.

The admission fee for the Masters of Public Health programme at IIPH- Shillong is INR 10,000 and the examination fee is INR 10,000. Usually, it would be included in the total fees (exam fees) .

For the 2024-26 academic year, the tuition fee is INR 2,40,000 per year for Indian and South Asian nationals including exam and admission fees.

Admission to IIPH-Shillong needs some documents which must be properly verified and original:

CV 

Application form

Resume

Caste certificate 

Adhar card 

Personal statement 

Bank statements

Pan (if available) 

Marksheets

Photographs

Students need to submit the application form along with these documents and get verified by University. Once done they can appear for the entrance exam and if they clear the entrance exam they can attend the interview and get admitted.

The admission to IIPH- Shillong usually takes based on 3 steps :

Submittimg the application 

Taking entrance exam

Attending interview

No student based on other ranking are getting admitted other than their university admission formalities. The last date to apply for admission to the Public Health Foundation of India in 2025 is February 1, 2025.

The batch will start on February 3, 2025. 

The courses offered by IIPH- Shillong are:

Master of Public Health (MPH) programme: Its a 2 year program.

Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)

M.Sc in Public Health Nutrition (PHN)

M.Sc in Health Economics & Technology Assessment (HETA)

Msc in biostatistics and epidemiology. 

Bachelor of public health (BPH)

PG diploma courses

It is a highly reputed university with placement cell which helps students to build career easily.  

The average salary for Masters of Public Health at IIPH- Shillong depends on the students capabilities but on whole :

Entry-level: INR 2.5 LPA - INR 5 LPA

Mid-level: INR 5 LPA - 10 LPA

Senior-level: INR 10 LPA - INR 20 LPA

And in some cases the salary ranges differs usually based on the employee himself and the organisation they prefer.

IIPH- Shillong offers a lot of courses under which the best courses are Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSc PH) and Master of Public Health (MPH). It helps students to get highly paid jobs.

Some of other courses are:

Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)

M.Sc in Public Health Nutrition (PHN)

M.Sc in Health Economics & Technology Assessment (HETA)

Yes, shillong has a placement cell which to help to get placed in companies and also it provies students not only theoritical but also pratical knowledge on the subjects with some field experiences .alomg with that this is a very reputed institution for students which brings weightage for their resume and also has a placement cell which helps students to get jobs easily after studies . 

As its having a placement cell along it would be great for students to get placed easily in very reputed organisations .