Public Health - Global Development

Overview

At Public Health - Global Development from James Cook University you will learn how to critically analyse, evaluate and generate solutions to complex public health and development problems for tropical, remote and inter-cultural settings through informed and evidence-based methodologies. Throughout this degree, you’ll learn to integrate and apply advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in public health and global development policy and practice, ensuring your ability to make a difference at both a community and policy level.

As a student at JCU, your studies can include national and international opportunities due to the University’s strong connections across the Asia Pacific region and the Tropics. Gain in-depth experience and benefit from networking opportunities through the work integrated learning, workplace-based projects, field exercises and service-learning available throughout this degree. Through extensive practical experiences, you will develop relevant technical and leadership skills to work in global development, public health, high-level research and effective practices that improve social, economic, cultural and environmental futures in the Tropics.

Careers

As a graduate of the Master of Public Health — Master of Global Development, you will have strong skills in project and resource management, leadership, planning, critical evaluation and advanced research as well as extensive practical experience. As the MPH-MGlobDev is the first of its kind in Australia, you will stand out from the crowd as a professional with a unique combination of expertise in both public health and development, knowledge which has become highly valuable in a world drastically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Master of Public Health — Master of Global Development prepares you for a career with unlimited potential. Your knowledge and skills are highly applicable in many areas of health, education, and development, allowing you to enter a wide variety of positions. Highly regarded by employers, health and development graduates are sought after within a range of national and international NGOs, government departments, local councils and private sector operators working in global development.