

School of Science & Health
School House Ln. & Henry Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144

Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University is an accredited, private coed university offering both undergraduate and graduate programs on campus and at a distance. Our unique curriculum blends liberal and professional studies in a way that enables our students to grow as individuals and as highly skilled health care professionals and scientists, designers, engineers, business leaders, and architects. The School of Science and Health offers professional graduate programs resulting in a Master of Science:
- MS in Midwifery (distance education program)
- Post-Masters Certificate in Midwifery (distance education program)
- MS in Midwifery Completion program for CNM/CM (distance education program)
- MS in Occupational Therapy (hybrid distance/on-campus program)
- MS in Physician Assistant Studies
- MS in Disaster Medicine
Our dedicated and talented faculty are prominent members of their fields who are here because they care about the University's dual mission: professional development in an academically diverse and integrated environment coupled with the arts and sciences. Members of our faculty are instructors, practitioners and researchers.
Master of Science in Disaster Medicine and Management (Online)
Addressing Local, National and Global Needs Through Education and Research
Recent events in our nation and the world have focused attention on natural disasters, mass-casualty events and public-service disruptions resulting from terrorist threats, biological and chemical terrorism, war, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, volcano activity and major power-grid disruptions. Additionally, society faces an increasing number of accidents involving hazardous materials. All of these situations cause immense hardship to people, animals, the environment, physical structures and our public infrastructure. They have also served to shine new light on the problems of disaster preparedness by public safety and emergency-medical services (EMS) and public-health systems.
The need for a highly organized disaster-preparedness infrastructure and individuals with expertise in this area is now readily apparent to the government and private sector, with disaster emergency planning and management becoming an expanding area of study in medicine, emergency-medical services, public safety, mental health, public health and the military.
We are looking forward to hearing from you!

