Master of International Public Health (Extension)

Course Details

The Master of International Public Health (Extension) provides students with the advanced disciplinary knowledge and technical capacities to contribute to disease control, health promotion, health services development, and public health research across a wide range of populations and countries. The program fosters sophisticated knowledge and skills that can be applied to a broad range of highly complex public health issues in global health. Graduates are equipped with specialised professional skills needed for research and professional practice to work globally in health departments, with government and non-government organisations, and with international and bi-lateral aid agencies in both the public and private sectors. The program fosters judgment-ready practitioners who can contribute to improving public health outcomes in specific and diverse settings drawing on a global health perspective.

Qualification: Master Degree (By Coursework)

Course structure: Master of International Public Health and an additional semester where students complete a Research Project to the value of 6 or 18 units of credit and additional electives. A specialisation in Infectious Diseases Control area is available in the Master of International Public Health (Extension) to be completed in the first 48 UOC of the program.

This degree is available in face to face mode, in distance mode or a mixture between face to face and distance mode.