Handbook

Please note:

• This program is part of a suite of postgraduate offerings offered by the School of Population Health.
• It is not available for direct entry. See Master of Global Health / Master of Public Health (Extension) (9054) for direct entry
• Students currently enrolled in the Master of Global Health/Master of Public Health (Extension) (9054) may transfer their extension to the Master of Global Health (9052) in accordance with the UNSW Academic Progression Procedure.

The two-year Master Global Health (Extension) / Master of Public Health is an innovative approach to postgraduate health education. Through this dual extension program, students develop knowledge and skills required to work across diverse global health settings and contexts, including Australia. The program is designed to meet the continuing education needs of current and aspiring leaders in public health and global health and meets a well-recognised need to strengthen public health capacities within Australia and internationally. The MGHext gives you the opportunity to extend your knowledge and skills in public health by completing additional research methodology courses and/or an advanced research project in a global health-related topic.

Cultivate sophisticated knowledge and skills in public health that can be applied to a broad range of highly complex population health issues in local and global settings. You will gain core public health skills including epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, health policy planning and management and those required to address the challenges of the social determinants of health. This is complemented by the capacity to draw on interdisciplinary knowledge and research to address global health challenges, including the politics of global health, globalisation, decolonisation, human rights and the environment.

The research component provides you with additional specialised research skills required not only for the execution of research, but for its commissioning, funding, assessment and evaluation – skills that are highly valued for those involved in shaping and directing global health priorities in research and population health roles. The program fosters judgement-ready, critically reflexive practitioners who can contribute to improving public health outcomes in diverse settings drawing on a global health perspective and supported by scholarly evidence-based professional practice in global health.

You will be taught by our experienced multidisciplinary team of research active academics who work across the Asia-Pacific and sub-Saharan African regions and beyond. Graduates typically find work through a range of employers in Australia and globally, including government Ministries and Departments of Health, bilateral and multilateral international aid organisations, civil society and other non-government organisations, academia, primary care and community healthcare services in the public and private sectors in Australia and internationally.