BRAC James P Grant SPH

Building on its track record of creative initiatives in the field of development, BRAC established BRAC University in 2001 with the goal of providing high quality broad-based education for students - the next generation of young leaders - and equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary for taking on the challenges of development. In 2004, BRAC launched the James P. Grant School of Public Health to provide public health education of international excellence relevant to the particular needs of the developing world. The mission of the School is to improve health outcomes of populations in disadvantaged areas of the world, particularly the poor and women, through the application of the art and science of public health.

The School's first major undertaking is a Master of Public Health (MPH) programme, which opened its doors to Bangladeshi and international students in February 2005.The MPH programme is an intensive 12-month programme. The School received generous grants from the Rockefeller Foundation, The James P. Grant Trust, UNICEF, UN/Afghanistan and BRAC to finance the first year of the programme. The 1 million-dollar grant that BRAC received from the Gates Foundation in 2004 is being used to initiate an endowment fund for the School.