Overview

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

Key features

Research extension options
The Master of Global Health (Extension) gives you the opportunity to extend your knowledge and skills in public health research through additional research methodology courses and/or an advanced research project. Opportunities are also available to progress from a coursework master’s degree that includes a research component to enrolment in a PhD.

Dual degree options
Make the most of your studies by completing two master’s degrees within 1.7 years. You can combine this degree with the master’s programs in health leadership and management, public health or infectious diseases intelligence. Studying two programs concurrently enhances your career prospects and gives you the opportunity to combine knowledge and skills from two related disciplines.

Flexible delivery
Complete your study from anywhere in the world. This degree provides flexible learning options so you can complete the degree according to your needs and commitments. Courses can be taken online or face-to-face, full-time or part-time. Our online learning spaces facilitate collaborative learning so you can connect with fellow students and course convenors in real-time.

Future careers

There’s strong demand for global health professionals in the public and private health sectors, both within Australia and internationally. Our graduates typically find work through a range of employers, including bilateral and multilateral international aid organisations, UN-based organisations, civil society and NGOs, private foundations, health departments, academia and development-based organisations.

The Master of Global Health can lead to a career in:

government departments and ministries of health
public health networks
local area health services
universities and research institutes
international health policy and funding institutions
non-governmental agencies
mental health services
Indigenous health organisations.