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Flinders University

  • 19% international / 81% domestic

Bachelor of Public Health

  • Bachelor

Students can choose to study this course 100% online, or face to face.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time
Course Code
244341, 102949J
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Mar, Jul
Domestic Fees
$11,400 per year
International Fees
$34,600 per year

About this course

Study Public Health at Flinders

Students can choose to study this course 100% online, or face to face.

Public health graduates are in demand to address globally significant health challenges and benefit populations.

Follow your passion by choosing distinctive learning pathways, from biomedical, research, and social determinants of population health and equity, to Indigenous health, economic factors, and global approaches to health issues, such as obesity and heart disease. This degree will help you put theory into practice to prepare you for employment via industry placements, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and specific topics which develop skills in teamwork, leadership, and advocacy as an agent of change.

The focus on research development throughout the course also provides clear pathways to further learning and research experience.

Study locations

Bedford Park

Career pathways

Your career

Graduates can gain employment in public health policy, management and practice. For the highly regarded postgraduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) course at Flinders University, Bachelor of Public Health graduates are eligible to be considered under the admissions sub-quota for 30% of the places - therefore increasing their chances of securing a place in the MD.
Potential occupations include:
  • community development officer (e.g. women's heath, Indigenous health)
  • health promotions officer
  • clinical trials coordinator
  • public health research officer
  • epidemiologist/data analyst
Potential employers include:
  • World Health Organisation
  • government departments of health in policy, surveillance, health promotion, drug and alcohol services

  • research and higher education settings
  • community organisations such as Heart Foundation, Cancer Council

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at Flinders University.
79%
Overall satisfaction
83.3%
Skill scale
65.9%
Teaching scale
77.5%
Employed full-time
$65.4k
Average salary