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The Graduate Certificate in Infectious Diseases Intelligence equips healthcare professionals with advanced skills for managing and controlling infectious diseases, or for starting a career in disease intelligence. You'll gain core competencies in preventing and containing infectious diseases, with emphasis on epidemiology, outbreak investigation, and disease surveillance. The program offers specialized elective courses covering topics like HIV management, vaccination policies, and healthcare-associated infection control. This certificate also serves as a pathway to the Master of Infectious Diseases Intelligence and related dual or extended degree programs.
Applicants are required to have either:
An undergraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below) and two years full-time professional or volunteer experience. This may also include equivalent professional experience acquired as part of a degree of 4 or more years duration (e.g. MBBS, MD)
OR
An undergraduate degree plus an honours or postgraduate degree in a field relevant to public health or health management (see list below)
Examples include, but are not restricted to, medicine, nursing, allied health, health sciences, biomedical sciences, dentistry, social work, sociology, behavioural and social sciences, psychology, marketing, human services, emergency services, environmental health, veterinary science, health administration, business, management, engineering, law, science, mathematics and statistics, economics, policy studies and development studies.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS: 6.5 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest); TOEFL IBT (Internet Based): 90 overall (min. 23 in writing, 22 in reading, listening and speaking); Pearson (PTE - Academic): 64 overall (min. 54 in each subtest); C1 Advanced Cambridge: 176 overall (min. 169 in each subtest); C2 Proficiency Cambridge: 180 overall (min. 180 in each subtest); UNSW Global University English Entry Course (UEEC): Successful completion with a minimum overall grade of C+ and a minimum grade of C in the writing component.