Bachelor of Public Health

Entry Requirements

Flinders University recognises international secondary schooling for direct entry to undergraduate programs.

English language requirements

• IELTS (Academic): 7.0 Overall with 7.0 Speaking, 7.0 Writing, 7.0 Reading, 7.0 Listening;
• TOEFL iBT: 94 Overall with 23 Speaking, 27 Writing, 24 Reading, 24 Listening;
• Pearson PTE Academic: 65 Overall with 65 Speaking, 65 Writing, 65 Reading, 65 Listening;
• Cambridge C1 Advanced: 185 Overall with 185 Speaking, 185 Writing, 185 Reading, 185 Listening;
• Occupational English Test (OET): 350 Speaking, 350 Writing, 350 Reading, 350 Listening
• Duolingo: Not accepted

Course Details

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; 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.

Your career

Graduates can gain employment in public health policy, management and practice. Graduates of this course also increase their chances of entry into the highly-regarded postgraduate Doctor of Medicine, with priority and reserved positions for up to 25 students from the College.

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