Master of Public Health

Improve community health outcomes

Do you want to make a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of communities in Australia and around the world, to help close the gap of socially excluded communities?

UC’s Master of Public Health is delivered in partnership with the esteemed UC Health Research Institute to help you gain the skills needed to analyse health information and plan and manage public health programs for communities and populations.

Open to graduates from a wide range of fields, including clinical and non-clinical health professionals, students can choose to either study on campus, or a blend of online and in person lectures and tutorials.

You’ll delve into a broad range of topics including:

This degree can be tailored to meet individual interests and needs through electives. These include work placements, advanced training in biostatistics and epidemiology, and other areas listed above. Mentored by researchers from the UC Health Research Institute, you’ll also develop research skills, plan and execute a research project to prepare for success in a variety of fields.

This interdisciplinary degree has a focus on the ecological model of public health that emphasises and analyses the important interactions between the social, biological, economic and environmental influences on human health.

You’ll graduate equipped with the skills and knowledge to confidently understand and deliver the core elements of public health. Your understanding of the multiple systems in which public health operates will allow you to investigate and apply interdisciplinary and creative approaches to address real world problems, within the goals of sustainable development.

It also has an emphasis on health equity and the development of culturally safe public health practices with a spotlight on First Nation’s health imperatives, locally and globally.

A completed bachelor degree.

Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places.

An IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).

Career opportunities

Completion of this course opens doors to a variety of careers in public health, including but not limited to: