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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.
- Choose to combine your coursework with a project or a thesis.
- Complete in 3 semesters full-time or 6 semesters part-time.
- Graduate with an internationally recognised qualification.
| QUT course code | PU85 |
| Attendance | Part-time or Full-time |
| Course duration | 1.5 years full-time
3 years part-time |
| Start month | 2013 February, July |
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| CRICOS code | 009029C |
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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.
Course structure
Students in the masters program choose one of the following:
- full coursework, no project or thesis. This consists of four core units, one researchmethods unit and seven advanced elective units
- coursework with a project unit. This consists of four core units, one research methods unit, five advanced elective units and one project unit
- coursework with a thesis component. This consists of four core units, four advanced elective units and a dissertation (one semester full-time, two semesters part-time).
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.
* In 2013 the four units in this study area may be available only in Semester 2.
# Some units are available only in internal mode.
^ Subject to review.
Units
Course structure
Students in the Masters program choose one of the following:
- Full coursework, no project or thesis. This consists of four core units, one research methods unit and seven advanced elective units.
- Coursework with a project unit. This consists of four core units, one research methods unit, five advanced elective units and one project unit.
- Coursework with a thesis component. This consists of four core units, four advanced elective units and a dissertation (one semester full-time, two semesters part-time).
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.
Entry requirements
Applicants for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health / Master of Public Health must have:
- a three-year bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a relevant area (health, psychology, social work, human services, social or biological science).
It is preferred but not essential that applicants will have a minimum of one-year relevant full-time work experience on entry to this course.
Applicants may be admitted on the basis of work experience, other qualifications or research activities at the discretion of the Executive Dean.
Applicants who hold a four-year degree may be eligible for advanced standing of up to 48 credit points subject to recency and relevance of study.
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.
2013: $7,800 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
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 Master of 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, 362.47 KB)
