The 2-year Master International Public Health / Master of Public Health (Extension) dual program is an innovative approach to postgraduate health education enabling candidates to specialise in public health in international developing country contexts as well as Australia and other developed countries. The dual program meets a well-recognised need to strengthen public health capacities within Australia and internationally.

The Master of International Public Health (MIPH) is recognised as a sought after qualification in international health. Many graduates of MIPH or similar programs have found employment with international aid organisations. The Master of Public Health (MPH) is widely recognised as essential for a career in population health, including health promotion, primary health care, policy formulation, research, and management of health programs. The MPH (Extension) will provide an opportunity for high achieving students to extend their studies by completing additional courses and a research project in public health.

Graduates of the dual MIPH / MPH (Extn) program are equipped with specialised professional knowledge and skills to work in health departments, with non-government organisations, and with international and bi-lateral aid agencies both internationally and in Australia. The program cultivates 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 including resource constrained, middle income and developed countries. Graduates acquire a complex body of multidisciplinary knowledge of public health including epidemiology, biostatistics, social determinants of health, health promotion, population health research methods, and health program and policy design, implementation and evaluation, and research skills. The program fosters judgment-ready critically reflexive practitioners who are able to contribute to improving public health outcomes in diverse settings drawing on a global health perspective.

Candidates must complete 96 Units of Credit (UOC) comprising:

MPH core courses: PHCM9041, PHCM9498 and PHCM9012

International Health Prescribed Electives
Students must complete a minimum of three (18 UOC) of the following courses:

Electives (30 UOC)

Students choose 5 elective courses (30 UOC) from the list below.

PHCM9498 is a pre-requisite core course for PHCM9517, PHCM9518, PHCM9520 and PHCM9521

Note: The 48 UOC MPH requirements to be completed with a minimimum average mark of 65% to progress to the Extension component of the MPH are the 3 MPH core courses and 5 other SPCHM (which may be a MIPH core or international health elective courses).

* Extension (24 UOC)

Choose from one of the following options:

Streams (Areas of Specialisation)

The following streams are available in the Master of Public Health (Extension). These allow students to focus their studies on areas where the School has considerable expertise.

Students considering enrolling in a stream must seek advice from the MPH Program Director to ensure that they select the correct courses to meet the requirements of the stream as well as the rules of the dual Masters Extension program.

Additional course requirement

Students from non-English speaking countries who have not previously completed a degree in Australia or other English-speaking country are required to take the following additional preparatory course in their first semester. This course is available for all students to assist to gain maximum benefit from their study. The course is made available at no charge to students and does not contribute to the UOC requirements of the degree.

Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the school office for further information.

Students enrolled in the MIPH / MPH (Extn) program will be required to exit with the MIPH/MPH on completion of 72 UOC that meet the requirements of the MIPH/MPH program if they fail to achieve an average mark of 65% to meet requirements to progress to the Extension component of the program. Students may also exit early with the 48 UOC MIPH or 48 UOC MPH, or with a Graduate Diploma (36 UOC) or Graduate Certificate (24 UOC) in either International Public Health or Public Health on completion of courses that meet the requirements of the relevant program.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

Applicants are required to have either an undergraduate degree or higher degree in a health-related or public health-related discipline* and one of the following: