The Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), hosted in Granada the working meeting of the universities that make up the Europubhealth+ international consortium, which this year celebrates 20 years of uninterrupted collaboration in excellence training in public health. Together with the University of Granada (UGR), the EASP delivers a European master’s degree recognised by the Erasmus+ label of the European Commission, renewed in 2023 for four further editions.
The meeting brings together academic and management leads from all partner institutions across Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium. Over three working days, they review the programme’s evolution, share teaching experiences and advance the strategic planning of future editions. The central session included an institutional welcome from the EASP’s managing director, Blanca R. Botello, the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the UGR, José Alberto Castañeda, and the academic coordinator of Europubhealth+ in Granada, Ariane Bauernfeind.
The consortium highlighted the master’s integration of teaching, research and professional practice, its double-degree structure across two universities, and the possibility of specialising in seven areas while studying and living in at least two European countries. Since 2006, Europubhealth+ has been the only joint public health master’s in the EU with the Erasmus+ excellence label and has been repeatedly recognised among Spain’s top master’s programmes, thanks to its innovative curriculum, international faculty and strong graduate employability.
Victor de Haro
Andalusian School of Public Health