Public Health

There has never been a better time to embark on or advance your career in public health

Start studying in February or July!

Become a leader

Be empowered to lead change in your community.

Flexible study options

Study to suit your lifestyle and commitments, either on-campus or online.

Learn from industry

Learn from leading researchers in the field.

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Learn how to tackle contemporary and emerging public health challenges.

Our courses will provide you with the tools necessary to make a difference in your community. You’ll learn to practise in a way that leverages the factors affecting health and wellbeing, including social, environmental, cultural, economic, political, and structural issues.

You’ll graduate qualified to lead in the fields of disease prevention, health promotion, health research and evaluation, health policy, environmental health, and health systems.

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Career opportunities

The healthcare industry is expected to grow by over 15 per cent over the next five years.* Career outcomes are focused on fields relating to:

  • improving health
  • protecting health
  • maintaining and raising standards of health and social care
  • working with information (health intelligence)
  • working in academic public health (teaching and researching)
  • leading strategic planning, management, and policy development
  • designing and evaluating public health interventions.

*Australian Bureau of Statistics data

25.8%

Projected employment growth in health professionals

Ten years to 2033

43.0%

Share of the part-time role employment market

in the healthcare industry

16.0%

Share of Public Health roles in healthcare industry

to May 2028

* Jobs and Skills Australia Employment Projections to May 2028

Public Health student Tim Kariotis

Student experience - Passion for health begins at home

It wasn’t until he studied at university that Timothy Kariotis fully gained an understanding of why people from his hometown in Devonport, Tasmania were experiencing poor health.

Learn more about Tim's story