Master of Public Health

The Master of Public Health at Macquarie University provides students with a unique opportunity to gain valuable skills and training in the field of modern public health. Committed to practice, teaching and research our goal is to train and equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent disease, promote health, and address population health related issues in our globalised world. The focus is upon training students in a way that is innovative, integrated and outcomes focused; with content and experiences that are 'informative', 'formative' and 'transformative'; using authentic activities designed to develop the core competencies required of local and global public health practioners. The Master of Public Health aims to ensure graduates have the following overarching capabilities: Capability 1. Scientist & Scholar: Graduates will be scientists and scholars with advanced knowledge and skills to design and deliver public health initiatives and rigorously evaluate research and practice. Capability 2. Public Health Practitioner: Graduates will be effective communicators and highly skilled, competent public health practitioners capable of interacting in a wide array of public health settings. Capability 3. Engaged Global Citizen: Graduates will be socially and culturally responsive public health practitioners with awareness of local and global public health issues, and who are able to operate effectively in a range of health systems. Capability 4. Professional: Graduates will be ethical and reflective public health practitioners able to lead and work collaboratively within teams.