Handbook

The Bachelor of International Public Health (BIPH) aims to provide students with an understanding of the key issues impacting on the health of populations around the world and to support the development of in-demand job skills needed to design, develop and implement solutions to these global challenges and to ensure that they have social impact.  The UNSW BIPH program is a three-year degree, which can be taken partily on campus in Sydney or fully online, at a flexible pace (full or part time). The course material has been developed by the world's leading universities; UNSW Sydney, and Arizona State University (USA).

The BIPH program covers the scope and methods of global public health and prepares students to design and implement new public health approaches for emerging health issues related to infectious and non-infectious diseases, women’s and children’s health, mental illness, Indigenous health and environmental health.

Global public health involves taking a worldwide perspective. Public health issues and responses are considered in the context of changing patterns of disease and injury of populations within and across countries. By taking a global approach, BIPH students gain a critical awareness of priority health issues within and between countries and will gain skills in developing both culturally and socially appropriate health interventions.

A highlight of the program is the Capstone course which is designed to provide students with an opportunity to bring together learning developed during their courses and to apply and further develop public health knowledge and skills through a research project, internship or public health study  abroad tour.

The BIPH is open to domestic and international students, either school leavers or mature age entrants, and is designed for those who are interested in rewarding international opportunities in the health sector particularly in public health, health administration, health management and community development.  It is designed to be completed fully online and undertaken full time or part-time and to meet the needs of students wherever they are located.

Through the unique course offerings from UNSW Sydney, and Arizona State University and the opportunity to put their skills into practice via the capstone course, BIPH graduates will stand out amongst their peers and gain a perspective on global public health which is truly valued by key employers. There are a large and diverse number of occupations which fall within the span of public health. Those wishing to pursue a career in public health can work in government agencies (state and federal), international organizations, community or healthcare centres, educational and research institutions, for profit and non-profit organizations and a variety of other workplaces.