A letter to prospective students from Prof. Pau Olivella, Program Director and Prof. Guillem López-Casasnovas, Scientific Director
"Students will acquire the skills necessary to appraise existing policy interventions and to formulate improvements over these policies in order to get better health outcomes."
Bachelor in Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Analyst, Ministry of Social Development of Mexico.
Why I chose Barcelona GSE
"Even though this is the first year of the Health Economics and Policy master program, it is a well structured program and the faculty associated with it are highly renowned in the Health Economics field.
"In addition, studying in an institution that has in a few years become one of the top Economics institutions in the world encourages you to always demand the highest objectives of yourself."
My career plans
"The master program will help me toward my goal of acquiring the skills needed to become an important health policy decision-maker."
Academic backgrounds of students include:
Bachelor in Economics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Bachelor in International Affairs
The George Washington University (USA)
Master in Economics
Stockholm University (Sweden)
Professional backgrounds include:
Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA)
RSS