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University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Kensington , New South Wales ,Australia

Master of Health Leadership and Management (Extension)

The Master of Health Management (Extension) provides you with advanced disciplinary knowledge and capacities for tackling challenging senior managerial roles in health services in Australia or internationally. The degree is designed to develop judgement-ready, critically reflexive practitioners who can improve health service systems and outcomes. You will gain a sophisticated understanding across the complex body of multidisciplinary knowledge of health management, including financial and economic management, quality and safety improvement programs, leadership and human resource management, strategic planning and change management, and policy and health program design, implementation and evaluation.
Many of our graduates occupy key positions in health services and universities in Australia and across the globe.

Campus Information

Kensington

High St Kensington, NSW 2052 Australia

Intakes

  • Feb
  • May
  • Sep Deadline: Nov

Application Processing Time in Days: 21

Application Process

Application Processing
21 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Career Opportunities

  • Medical administrator
  • Medical manager
  • Health management academic career

PSW Opportunity

  • 2 years Post Study work visa for international students completing a Masters at Sydney campus.
  • 3 years Post Study work visa for international students completing Masters at Canberra campus.
  • 3 years for Masters by Research.

 

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Applicants are required to have either:

  • An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below).
  • and two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, MD)
    OR
  • An undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)

[Examples include, but are not restricted to, medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, dentistry, social work, 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 and development studies.]