The Graduate Diploma in Health Leadership and Management provides students with the theoretical and technical capacities for leadership roles in health service management in Australia or internationally.

The program provides the opportunity for health professionals to upskill, push their career forward, and improve their employability.

You will develop your professional judgement, and graduate with the essential knowledge and skills required to improve health services across a range of settings. The program fosters essential skills required for health management and leadership roles including strategic leadership, change management, workforce management, quality enhancement and decision making.

Through the graduate diploma, you can continue on to study the Master of Health Leadership and Management and associated dual and extension programs.

Key features

• Pathway to further study
  Students can articulate from the graduate diploma to the Master of Health Leadership and Management. You can elect to further your studies by adding an extension to gain research experience through additional research methodology courses and/or an advanced research project. You can also combine your master’s degree with public health, global health or infectious diseases intelligence through our dual or dual extension options. Studying two programs concurrently enhances your career prospects and gives you the opportunity to combine knowledge and skills from two related disciplines. Opportunities are also available to progress from a coursework master’s degree that includes a research component to enrolment in a PhD.

• Industry relevant program
  This program is designed to be relevant to the workplace, with many opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge to practice. One such opportunity is our internship program, where you’ll gain practical experience in relevant health organisations. We offer a range of domestic and international internship placements in Australia, Asia and the Pacific.

• Flexible delivery
  Complete your study from anywhere in the world. This program provides flexible learning options so you can complete the degree according to your needs and commitments. Courses can be taken online or face-to-face, full-time or part-time. Our online learning spaces facilitate collaborative learning so you can connect with fellow students and course convenors in real-time.