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For more than a century, The University of Queensland (UQ) has delivered knowledge leadership for a better world. The most prestigious and widely recognised rankings of world universities consistently place UQ among the world's top universities. UQ has also won more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. This commitment to quality teaching empowers our 56,000 current students, who study across UQ’s three campuses, to create positive change for society.
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Degree details
- Prepare yourself for a wide variety of roles and responsibilities across a number of employment sectors.
- Learn from a broad range of UQ experts while undertaking courses tailored to your specific needs.
- Choose the flexible delivery option that suits you best, including full-time, part-time or online.
- Environmental systems specialist
- Environmental scientist
- Senior research technician
- Environment reporting and analysis specialist
- Environment consultant
- Sustainability manager
- Sustainability adviser
- Community and sustainability manager
- Regulatory affairs associate
- Principal environmental officer
Higher education
To be eligible for entry, you'll need:
- an approved degree; or
- a degree (or equivalent) in a different discipline and a minimum of 12 months full-time (or equivalent) work experience in an environmental health-related setting, as approved by the Executive Dean; or
- a graduate certificate or graduate diploma (or equivalent) in environmental health sciences from this university.
A degree in one of the following disciplines would normally meet the 'approved degree' requirement:
- Nursing
- Paramedicine
- Environmental technology
- Medicine
- Environmental Management
- Public Health Management
- Environmental Science
- Science
- Health Sciences
You must have a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7-point scale in your previous qualification.
English Proficiency Requirements
All applicants must satisfy the UQ English language proficiency requirements for admission.
If you've completed previous study, you may be eligible to receive credit for – or exemption from – certain subjects in a UQ program. Assessment of prior learning and the granting of credit or exemption will be consistent with the Recognition of Prior Learning Policy (limits in section 2.4).
Physical, chemical and microbiological hazards present constantly changing health challenges. Coupled with population growth, globalisation, and climate change, the potential for emerging or re-emerging environmental health risks and threats to human health puts governments, industry and communities under pressure to adapt and apply sustainable solutions.
The Master of Environmental Health Sciences (MEnvHlthSc) is an interdisciplinary program that teaches courses relevant to environmental health practice and research. The program is a collaboration between UQ School of Public Health and the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences, an internationally renowned research centre incorporating the former National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox).
The MEnvHlthSc aims to develop public health leaders who can effectively manage complex environmental health challenges. Such challenges require graduates to be skilled in developing anticipatory and integrated responses, which in turn rely on an understanding of the interrelationship among risk factors related to a broad range of hazards and contexts, skills in coordination across sectors and jurisdictions, as well as risk communication with communities, the private sector and government agencies.