The Institute is a member of the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region, an associate member of The NETWORK of Community Partnerships for Health through Innovative Education, Service, and Research.

As an organisational unit of Jagiellonian University, we conduct large-scale educational activities, such as undergraduate and Master's courses in Public Health. We also offer postgraduate courses and specialist training.

The Institute of Public Health is trying to combine in a sustainable way the knowledge of the bio-medical field with economy, law, management, sociology and psychology in its educational program. The attainment of high quality equilibrium requires the development of a multidisciplinary scientific environment and a mutual interest in the subject matter, which is so unique in the Polish academic tradition. The challenge facing the executors of such a sustainable educational program not only calls for effort but also creates new research perspectives. Master of Public Health studies were launched at the Institute of Public Health in 1997. The curriculum reflects to a great extend the former, many-year experience of postgraduate Public Health training and strong pursuit of the IPH academic staff provide the education which meets the criteria set up by the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).

After finishing the Public Health studies, a graduate should assume the role of an organizer and executor of health care programs at the population level with the attention turned to such activities as: Health promotion and health education, early disease diagnosis, Elimination of social effects of disease, Multi-aspect cost-benefit analysis of programs and strategies of overcoming diseases.