Master of Health Leadership and Management

Prepare yourself for the future of health leadership and management in Australia and overseas with Australia’s longest-running and largest health management program.

For more than 60 years, the UNSW Master of Health Leadership and Management has been producing leaders who drive positive change, inspire collaborative teams and execute well-considered management decisions. This program gives you the knowledge, skills and attributes you need to make a real impact on health services and systems.

Broaden your understanding of current and emerging influences on the health sector through a range of core and elective subjects. You’ll cover everything from health economics, policy development and clinical governance, to integrated care, patient safety and change management.

Study Australia’s first Master of Health Leadership and Management
For 60 years, UNSW has been equipping students with the knowledge and skills required to respond to the challenges faced by health managers and leaders.

Build global connections through the PLuS Alliance
Move away from the traditional classroom to tap into the strengths of three leading universities of the PLuS Alliance: Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW. Take online courses and work alongside students from Australia, the United States and around the world to solve global challenges.

Collaborate and research to make a real difference in healthcare
Join an international community of multi-disciplinary staff, alumni, practitioners and students as part of the School of Population Health. Be part of a dynamic community translating ground-breaking research into disease prevention and response strategies, and informing health policy, backed by the third highest grant funding in Australia*. Apply for research and collaboration opportunities in our internationally recognised research centres and institutes.

Build your professional network
Join an engaged cohort of like-minded students and a successful alumni community. UNSW Master of Health and Management graduates currently hold leadership roles in public and private services spanning ministries/departments of health, local health districts, public service roles and non-government organisations across Australia and around the world.

^{* In 2022, Medicine & Health was awarded $210m in research funding (UNSW research figures, 2022).}

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.