Prepare for a dynamic career working across a wide range of fields with a Master of Public Health. Delve into a broad range of subject areas to gain the skills you need for career success. These include environmental health, land use and urban planning, sociology, community development, health management, international development, and health promotion where you’ll gain the knowledge and skills you need for career success.

Tailored to you and your interests this course is designed so you can learn to analyse health information to plan and manage public health programs for populations, communities and individuals.

Learning from expert academics and influential researchers, you’ll graduate confident, connected and ready for a career preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting better health.

Study a Master of Public Health at UC and you will:

• Be prepared to undertake core elements and competencies for public health.

• Understand the social determinants of public health.

• Be equipped with the skills to develop health promoting and sustaining environments.

• Understand ecological public health and its real-world application.

• Be able to critically analyse public health problems and develop solutions.

• Possess an advanced understanding of the complex body of knowledge associated with contemporary and emerging local and global public health issues.

• Demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills in interdisciplinary approaches to public health with key stakeholders.

• Confidently plan and execute a substantial research-based project or capstone experience.

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

Build valuable connections with your fellow students, resident researchers at the Health Research Institute, and key stakeholders in Canberra (e.g. local government, public agencies, industry, NGOs and community organisations). You’ll work through a substantial research-based project or capstone experience where these networks will be key to nurturing an interdisciplinary approach to public health and gaining valuable ‘real-world’ experience to support your career progression.

Standard full time semester 1 commencing:

Year 1:

Semester 1:

• Ecological Public Health PG (10054)
• Epidemiology and Principles of Research PG (9594)
• Health Promotion Principles PG (11924)
• One Restricted Choice Unit: Streams

Semester 2:

• Two Restricted Choice Units: Streams
• Policy and Public Health PG (11925)
• Research Planning PG (6486)

Year 2:

Semester 1:

• Two Restricted Choice Units: Streams
• Research Project in Health PG (6cp) (9593)

Standard full time semester 2 commencing:

Year 1:

Semester 2:

• Policy and Public Health PG (11925)
• Two Restricted Choice Units: Streams
• Epidemiology and Principles of Research PG (9594)

Year 2:

Semester 1:

• Ecological Public Health PG (10054)
• Health Promotion Principles PG (11924)
• Research Planning PG (6486)
• One Restricted Choice Unit: Streams

Semester 2:

• Two Restricted Choice Units: Streams
• Research Project in Health PG (6cp) (9593)

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

• Public health officer
• Community health officer
• Health policy officer
• Health project officer
• Health program officer
• Health educator
• Epidemiological officer
• Healthy lifestyle project officer
• Public health communications officer
• Policy officer
• Advocacy officer

A completed bachelor degree. Assumed Knowledge Students are expected to have basic competency in understanding of bio-statistical concepts.

To be eligible you must have an overall:

IELTS Academic score (or equivalent) of 7.0, with no band score below 6.5.

TOEFL iBT: Overall score of 94 with: R: 19; L: 20 S: 20; W: 24

Pearson Test of Academic English: 65 with no skill score below 58

Cambridge English Scale: 185 with no sub-score below 176

Occupational English Test: No grade lowers than 'B' in any of the sub-tests.