Master of Public Health (Extended)

Education Centre of Australia (ECA) Group - University of Canberra - Sydney Hills Campus

Australia,New South Wales

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24 Months

Duration

CAD 35,900/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Jul 2025

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Australia, New South Wales

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 0 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

11 Kirinari St, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia

Master of Public Health (Extended)

Program Overview

This course 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, you’ll delve into a broad range of topics including:

  • Public, ecological and global health
  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Health promotion,
  • Health systems, policy and advocacy
  • Communicable disease prevention and control
  • Indigenous health
  • Health economics
  • Health and environmental sustainability
  • Health management including: 
    • Program management 
    • Program evaluation

Key features of the extended course are enhanced training in epidemiology and biostatistics and increased work-integrated learning opportunities, allowing you to apply your selected public health expertise in mentored workplace settings.

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. 

The course 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.