Course results for Master of Public Policy

A unique course in Australia

Take a dual focus towards policy and social research. Learn how policy is shaped, before gaining skills to design and deliver your own. Use research to address sustainable communities, welfare, immigration, population health and more.

Formulate and evaluate public policy

Become a public policy expert and pursue executive career opportunities. Within the context of current challenges in the economy and society, you’ll build your research and analysis skills, and develop policy that contributes to the public good.

Design better regulation to keep economies safe

Understand how regulation and governance protects economies and what you can do to build on this. Cover international investment law, restorative justice and more. Graduate confident in your ability to design better regulation for the economy.  

Design and deliver better public policy

Learn critical thinking and problem-solving through case-based teaching. Reflect on the challenges of governing in an increasingly digital world. Get equipped with skills in analysing and researching public policy, and communicating persuasively. 

Address global population growth and decline

Gain demographic research skills to inform policy. In this specialisation you will learn to analyse and interpret demographic data so that you can develop policies that will help communities navigate the pressures of population change.  

Move into public finance leadership

Understand how taxes and expenditure impact decision-making in economies. Build confidence in benchmarks like efficiency, equity and redistribution so that you can debate on taxes and expenditure. Reach your goals as a public leader of finance. 

Influence decision making and policy design

Prepare yourself for, or boost your abilities, in policymaker and policy analysis roles. Develop deeper ability in analysis and critique of policy competencies. Cover cost-benefit analysis, statistical and stakeholder analysis and more.  

Use your passion for economics to carve out policy

Take a specialised approach to public policy using your zest for economics. With this course, you can carve out a leadership pathway in public finance, foreign investment, trade and development economics. 

Innovate policy to tackle contemporary issues in a complex world

Play a leading role in today’s contemporary public policy landscape and systems. You’ll build a solid foundation in regulation, compliance, and fairness, then deep dive into challenges including disruptive technology, global business, and climate.

Develop the skills to execute sound research

Gain skills to improve the policy-making process through research methods. Investigate how people act by developing theory-backed research questions. Launch a social research career in public or private sectors or build a foundation to start a PhD.