Master of Global Health 12 months Postgraduate Programme By The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

60,500 AUDTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

Feb, Jun, SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

Become a work-ready, robust and flexible global health leader, ready to work across many settings and jurisdictions. The Master of Global Health will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to overcome a broad range of highly complex population health issues in local and global settings.

Gain confidence in your skills and learn to lead and work with people from diverse backgrounds. Learn from our experienced multidisciplinary team of research active academics who work across the Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan African regions and beyond. You’ll graduate with a firm understanding of global health issues, advanced disciplinary knowledge and technical capacities, as well as the passion to drive solutions in global health.

With an underpinning in public health, this program examines:

  • disease control
  • comparative analysis of global health systems
  • health promotion and health policy
  • power and politics in global health
  • key global health debates and philosophy
  • issues around globalisation and health, decolonisation, health and human rights, the environment, urban expansion, health equity and population growth

Programme overview

Main Subject

Health/Healthcare

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

Become a work-ready, robust and flexible global health leader, ready to work across many settings and jurisdictions. The Master of Global Health will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to overcome a broad range of highly complex population health issues in local and global settings.

Gain confidence in your skills and learn to lead and work with people from diverse backgrounds. Learn from our experienced multidisciplinary team of research active academics who work across the Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan African regions and beyond. You’ll graduate with a firm understanding of global health issues, advanced disciplinary knowledge and technical capacities, as well as the passion to drive solutions in global health.

With an underpinning in public health, this program examines:

  • disease control
  • comparative analysis of global health systems
  • health promotion and health policy
  • power and politics in global health
  • key global health debates and philosophy
  • issues around globalisation and health, decolonisation, health and human rights, the environment, urban expansion, health equity and population growth

Admission Requirements

90+
176+
6.5+
64+

For entry into this program, you must have one of the following:

  • An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management and two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of four or more years duration (e.g., MBBS, MD).
  • An undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management.
In exceptional circumstances, applicants with extensive relevant professional work experience (e.g., hospital-trained nurses, paramedics, Aboriginal health workers) may be considered. A minimum of five years full-time relevant professional experience is required and an interview with the School of Population Health may be conducted.

Relevant fields

Examples of relevant fields include, but are not restricted to:

  • medicine
  • nursing 
  • allied health
  • health sciences
  • biomedical sciences
  • dentistry
  • sociology
  • behavioural and social sciences
  • psychology
  • marketing
  • human services
  • emergency services
  • environmental health
  • veterinary science
  • health administration
  • business
  • management
  • engineering 
  • law 
  • science 
  • mathematics and statistics
  • economics
  • policy studies
  • development studies.

1 Year
Feb
Jun

Tuition fees

Domestic
10,000 AUD
International
60,500 AUD

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