Handbook

The Master of Global Health (Extension) (MGHext) equips graduates with the knowledge and skills in public health required to overcome a broad range of highly complex population health issues in local and global settings. The MGHext fosters careers in research and supports scholarly, evidence-based professional practice in global health.

Through the MGHext you will learn an interdisciplinary approach to global health education. You will have the opportunity to extend your knowledge and skills in global health research by completing additional research methodology courses and/or an advanced research project in a global health-related topic. With an underpinning in public health, the program examines disease control, comparative analysis of global health systems, health promotion, and health policy across a wide range of populations and countries. In addition, the program examines power and politics in global health, key global health debates and philosophy. It addresses issues around globalisation and health, decolonisation, health and human rights, the environment, urban expansion and population growth.

The MGHext program trains global health leaders of tomorrow, who are work-ready, robust and flexible to work across many settings and jurisdictions. You will graduate with a firm understanding of global health issues, advanced disciplinary knowledge and technical capacities, as well as the passion to drive solutions in global health. The MGHext provides graduates with additional specialised research skills required not only for the execution of research, but for its commissioning, funding, assessment and evaluation. These skills are highly valued in research and population health-based roles, which help to shape global health priorities. 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.

Our MGHext graduates typically find work through a range of employers, including government Ministries and Departments of Health, bilateral and multilateral international aid organisations, civil society and other NGOs, academia, primary care and community healthcare services in the public and private sectors in Australia and internationally.