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Graduate Certificate in Health Protection (Online)

Graduate Certificate.
University of Tasmania

300

in world overall ranking*

32

in local overall ranking*
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About the course

The Graduate Certificate in Health Protection builds professional capability in health protection, focusing on surveillance and response to public health incidents in Australia and globally. You’ll develop skills to investigate outbreaks of communicable disease and manage environmental health risks, with coverage of public health surveillance systems, legislation and regulation. Delivered fully online with practical assessments and real-world examples, the course is designed with Public Health Services, Tasmania.

Career outcome

Graduates may pursue roles supporting health protection functions across government and health services, including communicable disease control and outbreak investigation, public health surveillance, and environmental health risk management. The course is suited to professionals working with public health legislation and response systems who want practice-ready skills for incident preparedness and response. This Graduate Certificate supports careers in public health and health protection practice.


Average Salary***


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*Source: QS World University Subjects Rankings (2026)
**Source: numbeo.com
***Source: PayScale.com (2026)

Costs

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A$8,475 per year

tick icon Local:

A$4,656 per year

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Information

tick icon Duration

1 years

tick icon Upcoming Intakes

February

campus icon Campuses

Online

tick icon Course Code

H5P

hotline icon Hotline

+61 3 9663 5333

email icon Email

australia@augstudy.com

Scholarships

tick iconASEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE MERIT SCHOLARSHIP

50% of tuition fees

tick iconTASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP (TIS)

25% of tuition fees

tick iconFSP TO DEGREE SCHOLARSHIP

10% of tuition fees

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