Public Health Degrees in Victoria in 2025

Wikipedia states that public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". It goes on to say that public health aims to improve the quality of life through prevention and treatment of disease, including mental health. There are a few dedicated public health degrees offered by Victorian universities, and these are listed below.

Note: Public Health is often offered as a major in Health Science and some Biomedicine degrees.

For a comprehensive list of all courses offering studies (majors and minors) in public health, including the many other double-degree options, visit VTAC.

INSTITUTION	COURSE NAME	VCE PREREQs	MAJOR STUDIES	ATAR 2025
Deakin University GWF – Waterfront G – Waurn Ponds M – Melbourne Campus	Nursing/Public Health and Health Promotion	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.	Health promotion, Nursing, Public health.	71.10 (GWF) 73.95 (M)
	Public Health and Health Promotion		Disability and inclusion (Burwood), Environmental health (Burwood, Waurn Ponds), Exercise science (Burwood, Waurn Ponds), Family, society and health (Burwood), Food studies (Burwood), Health, nature and sustainability (Burwood), Medical biotechnology (Burwood, Waurn Ponds), Nutrition (Burwood, Waurn Ponds), Physical activity and health (Burwood, Waurn Ponds), Psychology for allied health (Burwood, Waurn Ponds).	L/N (G) 60.35 (M)
	Public Health and Health Promotion/Commerce		Accounting, Economics, Finance, Financial planning, Human resource management, Management, Management information systems, Marketing, Public health.	L/N (G) L/N (M)
La Trobe University M – Melbourne Campus	Health Sciences (Public Health major)	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.	Public health.	L/N (M)
Monash University C – Caulfield Campus	Public Health	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.	Epidemiology, Global Health, Health and Human Development, Health promotion, Health sciences, Public health, Public health science, Social science, Sociology.	80.15 (C)
University of Melbourne P – Parkville Campus	Biomedicine	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in Chemistry; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics.	Biochemistry and molecular biology, Biomedical engineering systems, Biotechnology, Cell and developmental biology, Genetics, Human nutrition, Human structure and function, Immunology, Infection and immunity, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychology, Public Health and Epidemiology.	91.00 (P)

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