Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health
Build the expertise to protect and promote community health in a changing world.
The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health equips you with the knowledge, practical skills and industry-aligned experience to identify, assess and manage environmental hazards that impact human health, including climate change, pollution, food safety and communicable diseases.
Designed for graduates and professionals from health, public health, environmental science and related fields, this fully online program provides a pathway to professional practice as an Environmental Health Officer.
In this program you will:
- Apply scientific, systems-thinking and sustainability principles to contemporary environmental health challenges.
- Assess and manage risks to human health using multidisciplinary evidence and environmental health risk assessment frameworks.
- Interpret and apply environmental health legislation, policy and regulatory requirements.
- Design strategies to prevent and reduce environmental health risks in partnership with communities and stakeholders.
- Gain professional experience through work-integrated learning and develop the skills required for environmental health practice.
This program is new in 2027
Location
CRICOS code
Duration
Full-time or equivalent part-time Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.Indicative fees
Indicative 2026 fees (A$)
CSP / Fee-paying Annual fee / Estimated total feeStart
- Session 1
- Session 3
Session 3 intake part-time only
Career opportunities
- Environmental health compliance officer
- Environmental health consultant
- Environmental health officer
- Environmental health risk management specialist
- Food safety officer
- Sustainability advisor
Accreditation
This program has been designed for eligibility for accreditation by Environmental Health Australia (EHA), providing a pathway to professional practice as an accredited Environmental Health Officer.
- Start
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- Session 1
- Session 3
- Delivery mode
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- Online
- Total courses
- 8
- Total units
- 96
- Duration
- 1 year 1 year
- CRICOS code
- N/A
- UniSC program code
- GD009
Specialised courses
96 units
PUB701 Foundations of Epidemiology
PUB705 Health Promotion Community Assessment and Planning
PUB707 Public Health Foundations
PUB714 Climate, Justice, and Health
PUB717 Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment??
PUB718 Environmental Health Policy, Planning and Law
PUB719 Food Safety: Science and Regulatory Management
PUB720 Environmental Health Work Integrated Learning
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all UniSC courses are available on every UniSC campus.
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 96 units as outlined in the Program Structure.
Program notes
- This program is available to Offshore international students. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- Students eligible for course exemption will be required to replace the relevant course/s with an alternative post graduate course option. A list of recommended options will be provided.
WIL notes
- Students will complete 75 hours of suitable work experience.
- Students will be required to secure their own placement with an appropriate environmental health agency.
- Students may require vaccinations depending on placement workplace requirements.
- If a placement site is co-located with a clinical setting students may be required to complete a 'Fit Test' in accordance with placement workplace policy and procedures.
- UniSC require students hold a valid Blue Card from the Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA). Twelve weeks should be allowed for issue of PSBA card.
- A National Criminal History check (by Queensland Police Service or other state / territory authority) may be required by some placement workplaces.
Completion of a three-year Bachelor’s degree (AQF Level 7), or equivalent, from a recognised higher education institution.
A minimum of 48 credit points of recognised basic science courses completed in a recognised Bachelor's degree (AQF Level 7) including 12 credit points of foundation chemistry and 36 credit points in other relevant physical, life, earth or health sciences, for example, biology, micro-biology, ecology, epidemiology, pharmacy.
English language requirements
Additional entry information
Applicants from a non-English speaking background should refer to the English language requirements for further information.
Credit precedents
Students who have completed equivalent undergraduate degree courses may be considered for exemptions and will be required to select alternative courses in consultation with the Program Coordinator.
- CSP estimate
- TBC
- Fee-paying estimate
- TBC
- Annual tuition fee (A$, 2026)
- TBC
- Estimated total tuition fee (A$, 2026)
- TBC
Additional student costs
Estimated costs incurred by students may be required to purchase a microphone headset for web conference assessment requirements.
Commonwealth supported places
Commonwealth supported places are substantially subsidised by the Australian Government so that students only pay 'student contribution" amounts. The student contribution amount will vary depending on the course you are studying and how much funding the Government provides.
If you accept a Commonwealth supported place you are a Commonwealth supported student. As a Commonwealth supported student you must make a contribution towards the cost of your education (unless you are enrolled in Enabling or Tertiary Preparation Pathway courses) with the majority of the cost met by the Commonwealth Government.
Commonwealth supported places are only available to domestic students. As a domestic student you are entitled to a Commonwealth supported place in an eligible program if you:
- meet the citizenship and residency requirements
- complete an electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form (eCAF)
- meet the University's entry requirements for your chosen program.
Fee-paying places
A fee-paying place is not covered by any government subsidy, and you are required to pay the full cost of the courses you are studying.
If you accept a fee-paying place, you can defer the cost of your studies via a FEE-HELP loan. Eligibility for a FEE-HELP loan is the same as for a Commonwealth-supported place. You must:
- meet the citizenship and residency requirements
- complete an electronic Commonwealth Assistance Form (eCAF)
- meet the University's entry requirements for your chosen program.
Domestic applicants apply for admission direct to UniSC.
Find out about how to apply and key application closing dates.
Note: All programs are regularly reviewed and may be subject to change. Applicants are encouraged to review the program information before enrolling at UniSC.
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Note: All programs are regularly reviewed and may be subject to change. Applicants are encouraged to review the program information before enrolling at UniSC.
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