The Master’s program in Global Health at the University of Gothenburg is the fruit of a unique collaboration between four faculties and five depart-ments in order to give students tools to take on the challenge of reducing the unfair distribution of health in the world. Health challenges that with global perspectives must be understood from e.g. human rights, sustainability, cli-mate change and an unfair distribution of resources and thus demands in-terdisciplinary collaboration. After three batches of students have graduated from the programme one can conclude that interdisciplinarity within a rather tradition-laden academy can partly be regarded as a form of generic know-ledge for both students and teachers. An ability to listen, to stand back for something greater (reduce health inequities), to understand that we do not have all the answers alone and to find a common platform for communication and understanding.