GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Master of Public Health
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Master of Public Health at the University of Sydney builds the knowledge and skills needed to manage community health problems and improve population health outcomes, for students from medical, non-medical, academic and professional backgrounds. Core units cover epidemiology, biostatistics, health promotion, research and ethics, and students can use their elective allowance to complete an optional area of specialisation.
Graduates take on hands-on and research-oriented public health roles, including government health officer, health educator, health promotion officer and clinical researcher. Sydney is ranked first in Australia and tenth globally for public health.
Fees & duration
English test scores
Verified sydney.edu.au ↗
Career & PR pathway
Which careers in Nursing & Health Sciences lead to skilled migration depends on the occupation, not the degree title. See the skilled occupation lists guide for which occupations are on each list, and the points calculator to check where you stand.
Admissions
Admission to the Master of Public Health requires: completion of the requirements for the embedded Graduate Diploma with at least a credit average in the core units of study; or a bachelor’s degree in public health, medicine, medical science, nursing, allied health (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, optometry), dentistry, veterinary science, education, communication and journalism, science, arts, psychology, social science, political science, policy analysis, government, international relations, engineering, architecture, mathematics, law, economics, commerce, business, accounting and marketing from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification.
More Nursing & Health Sciences programs
Bachelor of Human Sciences (Pharmaceutical Health) and Doctor of Pharmacy
University of Western Australia · Graduate
Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine
Monash University · Graduate
Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) and Doctor of Pharmacy
Monash University · Graduate
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
Griffith University · Graduate
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
University of Western Australia · Graduate
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry
University of Melbourne · Graduate
Why trust Where To Apply
- Official sources onlyEvery deadline, fee, and requirement traces to a university, government, or admissions-body page.
- Dated and re-checkedEach fact carries the date it was last verified, on a quarterly re-verification cadence.
- IndependentNo university pays for inclusion, a better write-up, or a higher rank. We are not an education agent.
- Named editor, public methodWritten and maintained by a named operator against a published methodology.