Specialist Certificate in Public Health
- #2 in Australia for Public Health (ShanghaiRanking)
- #17 in the world for Public Health (ShanghaiRanking)
Course code: SC-PUBHLTH
This course is available to domestic students only
February, July
AUD $9,000 (2026 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available
Student experience
Overview
- Gain essential skills for public health practice, enhancing your professional abilities.
- Strengthen your career path and help address Australia's urgent need for public health professionals.
- Receive full credit towards the Graduate Certificate in Public Health and/or the Master of Public Health.
The Specialist Certificate in Public Health is designed to give you valuable skills that will prepare you for impactful public health practice. It will also significantly boost your existing professional skills in healthcare practice, policy, and management. This program directly addresses a pressing, Australia-wide need for health professionals with strong public health training.
Highlights of the public health experience
Expert academics
This program is designed to provide you with the essential skills for public health practice, taught by experts who bring real-world challenges and solutions into the classroom. While this specific certificate focuses on applying your knowledge, you'll benefit from the expertise that underpins all public health programs at the University of Melbourne.
Flexible learning
The Specialist Certificate in Public Health offers a practical, applied learning experience. You'll gain skills that prepare you for public health practice and strengthen your professional abilities.
One of the key ways you'll learn is through the "Public Health in Practice" elective subject. In this subject, you'll apply the knowledge and skills from your other courses to real-world scenarios using a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approach. You'll be presented with various contemporary public health issues and tasked with figuring out the most appropriate population health response. These scenarios will expose you to a range of public health roles, perspectives, and problems that you, as a future public health practitioner, might encounter in the real world. This hands-on, problem-solving approach ensures deep learning and practical application of your knowledge, truly preparing you for the realities of a public health career.