The School of Health Systems Studies prepares students for managerial roles in the fields of health and hospital administration and carries out high quality social and policy research on a range of health issues with a view to support evidence-based national health policy and programme planning. The School is also involved in designing need-based, health-related interventions and building capacities of health and allied professionals to promote and support research, action, advocacy and policy relevant work on health. It offers 4 MasterÍs programmes namely Health Administration, Hospital Administration, Public Health in Health Policy, Economics and Finance, and Public Health in Social Epidemiology; The School has 4 centres and 2 research facilities.