There’s strong demand for health management and infectious diseases professionals in the public and private health sectors, both within Australia and globally. You’ll develop transferable leadership skills that can be applied throughout your career into senior management positions at health service and health system levels. Many of our graduates occupy senior executive, general management, health ministry and other health leadership roles in Australia and across the world. Our graduates have successful careers and play crucial roles in infectious disease control and response around the world.

This program is ideal if you’re looking at a career in:

• health services general management
• health services c-suite roles
• government and non-government policy
• medical communications
• medical insurance management
• non-government health service management
• health economics
• health program management
• health care consultancy
• government ministries and departments of health
• International health organisations and NGOs 
• international aid agencies
• military and first responder organisations
• health education and advocacy
• research.

• 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.

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, sociology, behavioural and social sciences, social work, 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.]