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Overview
- Ideal for career change, professional advancement, and clinicians looking to expand their skills.
- Graduate to a career in food safety, disease control, prevention programs, health promotion and environmental health.
- Specialise in emergency and disaster management, health promotion, health services management, occupational and environmental health sciences or public health nutrition.
- Opportunity to progress to the Master of Public Health.
- Complete in 2 semesters full-time or 4 semesters part-time.
- Flexible study options - on campus or externally.
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| QUT course code | PU60 |
| Attendance | Part time or Full time |
| Course duration | 1 year full time
2 years part time |
| Start month | July, February |
| Delivery |
On campus
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| CRICOS code | 020306E |
Details
Public health professionals promote population health and wellbeing in service areas such as food safety, disease control, prevention programs, health promotion and environmental health.
QUT's public health programs are designed for professionals interested in a career in public health, mid-career professionals seeking advancement and clinicians looking to broaden their range of expertise.
Students in these programs obtain core skills in epidemiology and biostatistics and an understanding of contemporary and challenging population health issues.
Units
Course structure
The Graduate Diploma consists of eight units. Students complete four core units plus four advanced elective units.
Study areas
Specialised study areas are available in the areas of:
- Emergency and Disaster Management
- Epidemiology and Research Methods
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Management
- Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
- Public Health Nutrition.
- There is also the option of not completing a major and choosing units from more than one study area.
All course structures
Here are the rest of the study plans.
Entry requirements
Applicants should have an approved three-year or four-year bachelor degree in health, behavioural, social or biological science from a recognised institution and not less than one year of relevant full-time professional experience.
Applicants who hold a four-year degree may be eligible for advanced standing of up to 48 credit points.
Admission on the basis of professional experience and/or research work will be considered.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2012: $7500 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Graduate Diploma in Public Health
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 273.67 KB)
