University of Newcastle
Graduate Certificate in Health Economics, Management and Policy
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Discover your potential to become a future health leader.
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate in Health Economics, Management and Policy is designed to develop skills in strategic health leadership and management, healthcare policy and governance, and health economics for current and future health management professionals, such as healthcare managers, policymakers, or analysts, to utilise in response to challenges faced by the health sector.
This program prepares graduates to meet the growing demand for health professionals who understand the broader context of the sector. It will prepare you to work in healthcare's evolving landscape, successfully navigating complexities such as digital-health, personalised medicine, big data and analytics.
Key facts
What you will study
The Graduate Certificate in Health Economics, Management and Policy requires students to successfully complete 40 units, comprised of:
- 10 units of core courses.
- 30 units of elective courses.
Core courses (10 units each)
- Health Economics and Finance
Electives (10 units each)
- Health Plan Design and Payments: Theory and Practice
- Applied Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
- Health Systems, Policy and Governance
- Strategic Health Leadership and Management
- Health Law
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To be considered for admission into this course, you will need to have one of the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) or higher in any discipline.
- Diploma qualification (or equivalent) in any discipline plus two years’ relevant work experience.
- Minimum five years’ relevant work experience.
English language requirements
All applicants must demonstrate that they meet the following English proficiency requirements:
- IELTS Overall Minimum: 6.5
- IELTS Sub Test Minimum: 6
Contact the university for further information.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
Career opportunities in healthcare span the globe. Work in health economics, policy or research. The skills and knowledge you will gain in this program underpin many senior roles including:
- Chief health economics/policy officer
- Health policy/systems analyst
- Health economics and outcome research analyst
- Market access and government affairs
- Health program and services manager/director
- Health economics/policy/services researcher
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the program students will have:
- Demonstrate effective oral and written skills to communicate complex health economics, management and policy information to a variety of audiences.
- Demonstrate effective independent or collaborative work skills to apply specialised knowledge and expert judgement to health economics, management and policy tasks.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills to be able to justify sound health economics, management and policy solutions.
- Have applied specialised knowledge of theories, models and concepts relevant to health economics, management and policy.
- Have demonstrated skills to apply relevant principles and methodologies to research in health economics, management and policy.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2025: $15,675 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Indicative annual fees are based on a full-time study load of 40 units.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of courses studied per trimester.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.