GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Master of Philosophy (Medicine)(Public Health)
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
This is UWA's Master of Philosophy research degree undertaken in the field of public health, distinct from the coursework based Master of Public Health. It is a two year higher degree by research based in the School of Population and Global Health, allowing candidates who have already built a foundation in public health (commonly through a Master of Public Health with a substantial dissertation component) to pursue an original, supervised research project examining a public health question, such as epidemiology, health policy, biostatistics or population health topics, culminating in a thesis.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- The program has no formal coursework component and is structured entirely around a supervised research project and thesis
- examined by written report and a viva voce (oral) examination. Standard full time candidature is 2 years
- with typical milestones of a research proposal at around 6 months
- an annual progress review at 12 months
- thesis submission at around 21 months
- and examination and completion by 24 months. Theses may be submitted as a monograph
- a series of papers
- a hybrid format
- or creative work with a scholarly exegesis
- and are limited to approximately 40
- 000 to 50
- 000 words including footnotes
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Admissions
Applicants must hold a relevant degree, generally an Honours degree (or equivalent research preparation, such as a Master of Public Health with a substantial dissertation component) in public health, medicine, epidemiology or a closely related discipline, satisfying UWA's Adequate Research Preparation Policy. Applicants must identify and secure agreement from an eligible academic supervisor in the School of Population and Global Health before applying.
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