Master of International Public Health (Extension)
UNSW Sydney
Type of institution: Higher Education Institutions
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00098G
The Master of International Public Health (Extension) provides students with the advanced disciplinary knowledge and technical capacities to contribute to disease control, health promotion, health services development, and public health research across a wide range of populations and countries. The program fosters sophisticated knowledge and skills that can be applied to a broad range of highly complex public health issues in global health. Graduates are equipped with specialised professional skills needed for research and professional practice to work globally in health departments, with government and non-government organisations, and with international and bi-lateral aid agencies in both the public and private sectors. The program fosters judgment-ready practitioners who can contribute to improving public health outcomes in specific and diverse settings drawing on a global health perspective.
Structure
Master of International Public Health and an additional semester where students complete a Research Project to the value of 6 or 18 units of credit and additional electives. A specialisation in Infectious Diseases Control area is available in the Master of International Public Health (Extension) to be completed in the first 48 UOC of the program.
Subjects
- International public health
Standard entry requirements
- Applicants are required to have either: an undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)
- And two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, MD)
- Or an undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)
- [Examples include, but are not restricted to, medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, dentistry, social work, sociology, behavioural and social sciences, social work, psychology, marketing, human services, emergency services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration, business, management, engineering, law, science, mathematics and statistics, economics, policy studies and development studies.]
Study pathways
Master of International Public Health; Graduate Diploma in International Public Health; Graduate Certificate in International Public Health; Master of International Public Health/Public Health; Master of International Public Health/Master of Health Management; Master of International Public Health (Extension)/Master of Health Management; Master of International Public Health/Master of Health Management (Extension); Master of Public Health (Extension)/Master of International Public Health; and Master of Public Health/Master of International Public Health (Extension).
Study information
Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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Kensington | No |
Further information
This degree is available in face to face mode, in distance mode or a mixture between face to face and distance mode.