Master of Public Health (1.5 years)

Entry Requirements

Applicants for the Master of Public Health must normally have completed a bachelor degree.

Advanced entry (1.5 years)

Applicants who have completed a qualification listed below may be eligible to complete a program of 54 units. Applicants must normally have completed:

a bachelor degree in a health-related field or
a bachelor degree and no less than two-years work experience in a public health-related field.

Students will receive a maximum of 18 units credit for topics already undertaken in the Flinders University graduate certificate courses listed above. Students who also meet the criteria for advanced entry to the Master of Public Health may be eligible to complete the Masters award with 36 units of additional study.

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic): 6.0 Overall with 6.0 Speaking, 6.0 Writing; TOEFL iBT: 72 Total score with 18 Speaking, 21 Writing; Pearson PTE Academic: 50 Overall with 50 Speaking, 50 Writing; Cambridge C1 Advanced: 169 Overall with 169 Speaking, 169 Writing; Occupational English Test (OET): 300 Speaking, 300 Writing, 300 Reading, 300 Listening; Duolingo (Up to and including Semester 2, 2024): Overall 95-100

Course Details

Explore and redefine public health practice to promote health in light of contemporary knowledge. The courses are founded on a commitment to the advancement of quality and integrity in multidisciplinary practice, and principles of equity, inclusiveness, promoting health and disease prevention, accountability and community participation. The courses create opportunities for health professionals to examine workplace issues and to formulate new ways of addressing them and putting them into practice in order to reduce inequalities in health care access and health outcomes. The teaching and learning focuses primarily on helping health professionals change their practice in light of new insights. Topic assignments may be related to workplace issues and problems.