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The postgraduate health policy program provides students with a comprehensive and practical understanding of health systems and policy making processes. It offers a critical perspective on how health systems operate and the forces that shape the health policy environment.
The program is offered at three award levels graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master's degree; completion of this graduate certificate program can be used as credit towards a graduate diploma or master's degree.
Why study health policy with us?
Who should study this course?
There are no specialisations in this course
The Graduate Certificate in Health Policy consists of 24 credit points (cp), including three core units (18cp) and one elective unit of study (6cp). You may be allowed to undertake elective units outside the prescribed list with the approval of the course coordinator and unit cordinator. The Graduate Certificate is a one-year part-time course and classes are conducted in intensive mode, including weekend workshops and web-based learning.
Please note: This is a part-time course and it does not have a CRICOS code. Therefore, international applicants will not be eligible for a student visa for this course. However some temporary Australian visas allow you to study, so international applicants who are already based in Sydney may be eligible to apply for this course. Please check your visa restrictions before applying for this course.
Explore the Medicine and Health Postgraduate Handbook to learn more about what you will study as part of this degree:
View the health policy course structure diagram (PDF, 44KB).
A successful applicant for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Health Policy will:
In exceptional circumstances the dean may admit applicants without this qualification who, in the opinion of the school, have qualifications and evidence of experience and achievement sufficient to successfully undertake the award.
In addition to the above criteria, please be advised that a statement of intent is a mandatory document for this program. For statement of intent, please specify the reason(s) why you would like to apply for this program and how do you think it will be beneficial to you after completing the program?
