Introduction

Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH) was first founded as the School for Doctor's Assistant, then the Secondary Pharmaceutical School, The Central School for Health Staff and the School of Training for Health Staff (1948-1975) and the School for Health Administrators (1976- 2001). In 2001, the Government upgraded the status of the school into a university and became Hanoi University of Public Health, but it kept the English name as Hanoi School of Public Health. In Oct 2016, the school has officially changed its English name to Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH). By 2030, Hanoi University of Public Health will become a prestigious university in Vietnam and in the region in terms of training, scientific research and providing health care services according to its orientation and public health approach. HUPH has also a long history of strengthening partnerships within its faculty and other institutional departments, organizations and agencies, nationally and internationally, to develop the school's human resources, quality improvement in training, research and consultancy and thus to progress in the direction of globalization. 

Currently, HUPH has 20 training programs from undergraduate to postgraduate :

• Bachelor of Public Health
• Bachelor of Social Work 
• Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Technology
• Bachelor of Nutrition 
• Bachelor of Rehabilitation Techniques
• Bachelor of Environmental Engineering Technology 
• Bachelor of Data Science
• Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
• Doctor of Philosophy in of Hospital Management 
• Master of Public Health
• Master of Hospital Management 
• Master of Medical Experimental Technology 
• Master of Nutrition
• Master of Social Work 
• Specialization Degree II in Health Organization and Management
• Specialization Degree I in Public Health

The Hanoi University of Public Health consists of

5 Faculties, 1 Institute:

• Faculty of Basic Medicine
• Faculty of Fundamental Sciences
• Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Faculty of Environmental and Occupational Health.
• Faculty of Clinical Medicine
• Health Management Training Institute

6 Functional Departments, 1 Center:

• Department of Academic Affairs
• Department of Student Affairs
• Department of Research Management and Cooperation
• Department of Facilities Management and Technology
• Department of Finance and Accounting
• Department of Human Resources and Administration
• Center for Quality Assurance and Examination

7 Centers and General Clinic:

• Library & Infomation Center
• Laboratory Center
• Center for Injury Policy & Prevention Research (CIPPR)
• Center for PH & Ecosystem research (CENPHER)
• Center for Population Health Sciences (CPHS)
• Training center for social demand
• Center of Informatics - Foreign Languages ​​and Digital Health (CDH)​
• General Clinic/ Pham Ngoc Thach General Hospital

In addition, the HUPH has more than 50 short-term training programs for social demand. 

On November 18, 2016, Hanoi University of Public Health (HUPH) celebrated its inauguration of new campus. The HUPH’s brand new campus is built on a total area of ​​5.7 hectares with a total gross floor area of​ 40,000m² for offices, classrooms, and a student dormitory. The four multifunctional buildings designed with modern and synchronous architecture consist of: Administration Building, Classroom Building, Laboratory and Practice Training Building, Dormitory, and other technical infrastructure to serve the education activities for about 4,000 domestical and international students.