About Public health
Learn from a network of skilled professionals in leading researchers and hospitals in our state-of-the-art facilities in the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct.
Undertake clinical education and fieldwork placements giving you invaluable practical experience.
Choose from a wide variety of disciplines including healthy ageing, infectious disease epidemiology, biostatistics, gender and women’s health, global health, health economics and economic evaluation, health policy, health social sciences, Indigenous health, primary care and sexual health.
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Why study at the University of Melbourne
A meaningful career
Study at the #1 University for Public Health in Australia and #12 globally and be at the cutting edge of global health practice and research.
Industry engagement
Benefit from strong interdisciplinary collaborations across the University, and our hospital and research institute partners.
Taught by leading experts
Learn from academics doing groundbreaking research across health fields.
Hear from our students
Find out what motivated our current students to choose Melbourne, and the impact studying with us has had on their lives and careers.
The teaching faculty are brilliant. They come with experience from all around the globe and they’ve worked in the field for many years.
Jomy, Public Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health. Master of Public Health (2020)