Overview

• Gain essential public health skills to boost your professional career.
• Strengthen your employment prospects across diverse health sectors.
• Create a clear pathway into the prestigious Master of Public Health program.

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health is designed to give you valuable skills that will prepare you for impactful public health practice. It will also significantly strengthen the professional skills you already have in healthcare practice, policy, and management. This certificate offers a wonderful "stepped pathway" directly into the University’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program, making it easy to continue your learning journey.

Graduate Certificate in Public Health careers

Public health professionals are vital, as the COVID-19 pandemic clearly showed, in keeping communities safe and healthy. Many of our students and alumni, for example, worked as 'disease detectives' to help the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), while our academic experts even helped shape public policy during the pandemic.

You could find a rewarding role in:

• Non-Government Organisations (NGOs): This includes international health agencies (both in Australia and overseas) and local disease-specific agencies, no matter their size.
• Government-affiliated organisations: Such as hospitals, primary healthcare organisations, and large international health organisations.
• Government: At Local, State, and Federal levels.
• Universities and Research Institutions
• Private companies: Often Australian-based, like larger consulting firms, smaller health-focused consulting firms, health communication companies, or even the pharmaceutical industry.

Within these sectors, public health professionals take on a variety of meaningful roles, including:

• Community Health and Wellbeing Officer
• Data Analyst
• Awareness Officer
• Epidemiologist
• Health Promotion, Planning and Evaluation Officer
• Public Health Associate
• Public Health Consultant
• Health Coordinator
• Health Economist
• Project Officer
• Policy Officer
• Ethics Officer
• Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
• Capacity Building Officer
• Quality Advisor
• Senior Research Assistant
• And many more, contributing to a healthier society!

Further study

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health provides a direct and seamless pathway into the University of Melbourne's Master of Public Health (MPH) program.

The subjects you successfully complete within this Graduate Certificate can be fully credited towards your Masters degree, allowing you to seamlessly continue and deepen your expertise in this vital field.