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    Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management
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    Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management

    University of New South Wales

    University of New South Wales

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    Australia, Sydney

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    Key Facts

    Program Level

    Diploma

    Study Type

    Full Time

    Delivery

    On Campus

    Course Code

    061249C

    Campuses

    Kensington

    Program Language

    English

    Start & Deadlines

    Next Intake DeadlinesJuly-2025
    Apply to this program

    Go to the official application for the university

    Duration 1 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    AUD 43,500  / year
    Next Intake July-2025

    Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management

    About

    The Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management provides students with the theoretical and technical capacities for leadership roles in health service management in Australia or internationally.

    The program provides the opportunity for health professionals to upskill, push their career forward, and improve their employability.

    You will develop your professional judgement, and graduate with the essential knowledge and skills required to improve health services across a range of settings. The program fosters essential skills required for health management and leadership roles including strategic leadership, change management, workforce management, quality enhancement and decision making.

    Through the graduate diploma, you can continue on to study the Master of Health Leadership and Management and associated dual and extension programs.

    Study Australasia’s first health leadership and management program
    For more than 60 years, this program has equipped students with the knowledge and skills required to respond to the challenges faced by health managers and leaders.

    Gain international connections through the PLuS Alliance
    The PLuS Alliance combines the strengths of three leading research universities – Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW – to solve global challenges. You’ll have the opportunity to take online courses with Arizona State University to bring a global perspective to your education. Moving away from the traditional classroom, this program will immerse you in a global learning environment, where you’ll study alongside students from Australia, the United States and around the world.

    Join a sector-leading population health community
    Join a community that’s playing a key role in enhancing population health and healthcare systems. This program is delivered by the School of Population Health – a dynamic, international community of staff, alumni, practitioners and students. Our multi-disciplinary teaching and research staff have research and practitioner experience in local, national and international settings. Research and collaboration opportunities are available for students in our internationally recognised research centres and institutes. You will be part of a community involved in translating ground-breaking research into disease prevention and response strategies and informing health policy.

    Build your professional network
    Join an engaged cohort of like-minded students and a successful alumni community. Our graduates currently hold leadership roles in public and private services spanning ministries/departments of health, local health districts, public service roles relevant to social determinants of health, non-government organisations across Australia and around the world, in addition to graduates who bring population health expertise to their clinical work.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    For entry into this program, you must have one of the following:

    • A three-year undergraduate degree, plus, an honours or postgraduate degree, in a field relevant to public health or health management.

    OR

    • A three-year undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management, plus, two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of four or more years duration (e.g., MBBS, BMed, MD).

    In exceptional circumstances, applicants with extensive relevant professional work experience (e.g., hospital-trained nurses, paramedics, Aboriginal health workers) may be considered. A minimum of five years full-time relevant professional experience is required and an interview with the School of Population Health may be conducted.

    Relevant fields

    Examples of relevant fields include, but are not restricted to:

    • medicine
    • nursing
    • allied health
    • health sciences
    • biomedical sciences
    • dentistry
    • sociology
    • behavioural and social sciences
    • psychology
    • marketing
    • human services
    • emergency services
    • environmental health
    • veterinary science
    • health administration
    • business
    • management
    • engineering
    • law
    • science
    • mathematics and statistics
    • economics
    • policy studies
    • development studies.

    English Program Requirements

    Faculty Undergraduate Postgraduate coursework Postgraduate research
    Medicine & Health

    6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

     

    Exceptions:

    • Bachelor of Nutrition/Master of Dietetics & Food Innovation: 7.0 overall (min 7.0 in each subtest)

    The following programs require 7.0 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

    • Bachelor of Medical Studies (BMed)/Doctor of Medicine (MD) including double degree
    • Bachelor of Exercise Science/Master of Physiotherapy & Exercise Physiology
    • Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Medicine/Master of Pharmacy
    • Bachelor of Applied Exercise Science/Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology

    6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

     

    Exceptions:

    • Graduate Certificate in Myopia Management:7.0 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

    6.5 overall (min 6.0 in each subtest)

    Career

    Future careers

    There’s strong demand for health management professionals in the public and private health sectors, both within Australia and globally. You’ll develop transferable leadership skills that can be applied throughout your career into senior management positions at health service and health system levels. Many of our graduates occupy senior executive, general management, health ministry and other health leadership roles in Australia and across the world.

    This program is ideal if you’re looking for a career in:

    • health services general management
    • health services c-suite roles
    • government and non-government policy
    • medical communications
    • medical insurance management
    • non-government health service management
    • health economics
    • health program management
    • health care consultancy.

    Fee Information

    Tuition Fee

    AUD 43,500 

    Application Fee

    AUD  
    University of New South Wales

    Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management

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