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Master of Public Health
Public health is a non-clinical field of health care that aims to prevent disease and injury, reduce health inequities and promote health across populations. Rather than working with individual patients, public health professionals are focused on enhancing health outcomes and improving health care solutions on a population level in developing and developed countries. A postgraduate public health degree is recognised worldwide as being invaluable for a career in public health. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to enhance your career prospects, the Master of Public Health will provide you with a grounding in public health that spans health data, education, promotion and policy. You will develop specialist knowledge and skills and graduate ready to develop public health programs at a local, national or global level.
Delivered in a flexible and convenient way, you can learn online, on-campus or combine online learning with intensive study days. Course content is based on contemporary research and has been developed in close consultation with industry. The curriculum comprises subjects that provide a solid grounding of knowledge and skills required in any public health career, whilst also offering a wide range of electives that you can tailor to your expertise and interests. You will learn and be supported by academic staff who are highly experienced experts and researchers, recognised as leaders in their chosen fields of public health.
Course aims
Upon completion of the course, graduates have an internationally recognised qualification. They have developed skills and acquired knowledge essential for the modern public health professional. Specifically, the course covers topics including:
- global public health
- communicable and infectious diseases
- health promotion
- health education
- reproductive and sexual health
- Indigenous health
- health policy
- management in health care
- primary health care
- health research methods
- epidemiology
- biostatistics
- health economics.
Typical study program
Example full-time and part-time programs are shown below.
First year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Foundations in Public Health | 96732 | 3 |
Social Perspectives in Public Health | 96704 | 6 |
Health Promotion | 96026 | 6 |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 92296 | 6 |
Indigenous Public Health | 96733 | 3 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | 96735 | 3 |
Planetary Health | 96731 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics | 96730 | 3 |
Global Health Systems | 96734 | 3 |
Select 12 credit points of options: | 12 |
Second year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 24 credit points of options: | 24 |
First year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Foundations in Public Health | 96732 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 92296 | 6 |
Indigenous Public Health | 96733 | 3 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Fundamentals of Biostatistics | 96730 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | 96735 | 3 |
Global Health Systems | 96734 | 3 |
Planetary Health | 96731 | 3 |
Second year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Health Promotion | 96026 | 6 |
Social Perspectives in Public Health | 96704 | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 12 credit points of electives: | 12 |
Third year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 12 credit points of electives: | 12 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 12 credit points of electives: | 12 |
First year
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Foundations in Public Health | 96732 | 3 |
Global Health Systems | 96734 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics | 96730 | 3 |
Indigenous Public Health | 96733 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | 96735 | 3 |
Planetary Health | 96731 | 3 |
Select 6 credit points of options: | 6 |
Second year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Health Promotion | 96026 | 6 |
Social Perspectives in Public Health | 96704 | 6 |
Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 92296 | 6 |
Select 6 credit points of options: | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 24 credit points of options: | 24 |
First year
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Foundations in Public Health | 96732 | 3 |
Indigenous Public Health | 96733 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics | 96730 | 3 |
Fundamentals of Qualitative Research | 96735 | 3 |
Second year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Fundamentals of Epidemiology | 92296 | 6 |
Health Promotion | 96026 | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Global Health Systems | 96734 | 3 |
Planetary Health | 96731 | 3 |
Select 6 credit points of options: | 6 |
Third year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Social Perspectives in Public Health | 96704 | 6 |
Select 6 credit points of options: | 6 |
Spring session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 12 credit points of options: | 12 |
Fourth year
Autumn session | Subject Code | Credit PointsA credit point is the unit of measure of workload for individual subjects. |
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Select 12 credit points of options: | 12 |
Course fees
For relevant fee information, please choose from the following:
Local student
In most cases, UTS offers domestic students entry to postgraduate courses on a fee paying basis.
Tuition fees are charged:
- based on the particular course in which you are enrolled
- based on the number of credit points in which you are enrolled
- at the rates set for the current year and revised annually
Fees for future year(s) published in the online calculator, whilst unlikely to change, are estimates only. UTS makes every effort to provide up to date future year(s) fee estimates and to limit any changes, however, UTS reserves the right to vary fees for future year(s) at any time.
Tuition fees can be found in the online calculator.
A small number of postgraduate courses offer government subsidised Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP). Find out whether there are CSPs available in this course by visiting our postgraduate fees page.
In addition to tuition fees, students are required to pay a Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). The purchase of textbooks and other course materials may also result in additional costs.
UTS Alumni save 10%: alumni.uts.edu.au/advantage
International student
Tuition fees for international postgraduate coursework students can be found using fees search.
Tuition fees must be paid in advance each session and are subject to annual increase. Fees for future year(s) published in fees search, whilst unlikely to change, are estimates only. UTS makes every effort to provide up to date future year(s) fee estimates and to limit any changes, however, UTS reserves the right to vary fees for future year(s) at any time.
For this course, the cost per credit point for 2020 is $735. The total credit points are 72.
All international students should familiarise themselves with the following documents:
- Protocol on fees and refunds for international students - contains the fee and refund conditions for international students
- Tuition Protection Service - designed to ensure that students receive the tuition they have paid for
In addition to tuition fees, students may be required to pay a Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). Textbooks and other course materials will also result in additional costs.
UTS Alumni save 10%: alumni.uts.edu.au/advantage
For further information on costs related to your study at UTS, visit the international students' fees information page.
Careers
Graduates are well equipped to work in a range of public health roles in government or private sectors, as well as in not-for-profit organisations; in disciplines such as: environmental health, epidemiology, health education, health policy, and health promotion.
Additional information
Course duration
The course duration is one-and-a-half years of full-time or three years of part-time study.
Full time, on campus
Part time, on campus
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree but who have extensive relevant work experience in a healthcare or human services field may be considered eligible.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64; or CAE: 176-184.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International studentsVisa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
If you don't meet the admission requirements for this course, there may be alternative pathways to help you gain admission.
Articulation with UTS courses
Scholarships and prizes
Scholarships
For Health students
Only for international students
- Australia Awards Scholarships (Australian Government Scholarships)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (KTP Master Degree)
- International Postgraduate Coursework Full Tuition Scholarship
- LATAM International Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship
- Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship
- UTS 30th Anniversary Study Abroad Accommodation Scholarship
- UTS Grant for Masters by Coursework Students
- UTS Nepal Scholarship (Postgraduate Coursework)
- UTS Study Abroad Excellence Scholarship
For all domestic students
- Advanced Sensing and Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Australian Indigenous Education Foundation - UTS Scholarship
- Diversity Access Scholarship (Institution Equity Scholarship)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (Exchange & Study Abroad)
- Endeavour Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program Scholarships
- FASS Undergraduate Regional Journalism Scholarship
Only for Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander students
Prizes and awards
For Health students
- Blanchfield Nicholls Partners Prize
- Business Deans Merit List (Postgraduate)
- Diabetes NSW High Achiever Award
- Emerson Health Outstanding Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Management) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Technical) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Industrial Relations Society of NSW Prize for Excellence in Industrial Relations Undergraduate Study
- Information Technology Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Lance Jolly Prize
- Pharmaceutical Defence Limited Prize
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Prize for Excellence in Pharmacy
- Robert Greenwood QC Memorial Prize
- SHPA NSW Branch Prize for Excellence in Clinical Practice
- The Carla Zampatti Foundation Design Award
- Trevor Buchner Design Prize
- Zonta Club of Sydney Prize for the Woman MBA Graduate of the Year
UTS: Handbook
Information for international students
Find out about support services, the Australian education system, accommodation and more to help you get the most out of your study at UTS.
Domestic students
Before you apply
Here are a few important things for you to check out before you apply:
- session dates
- admission requirements for postgraduate coursework at UTS
- required levels of English proficiency for the course you’re interested in.
- recognition of prior learning guidelines if you’ve undertaken previous study that might be credited towards your course at UTS.
How to apply
Domestic applicants can apply via the UTS Online Application System.
Intake
Autumn session 2020 intake for local students.
Spring session 2020 intake for local students.
Important dates
JANUARY 2020
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2
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Summer session 2019 classes recommence (to 14 February)
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31
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Final closing date for local postgraduate coursework applications for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2020
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FEBRUARY 2020
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14
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Summer session 2019 teaching ends (commenced 18 November 2019)
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17
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Orientation for main calendar Autumn session 2020 commences (ends 6 March)
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17 - 21
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Orientation for Calendar B Autumn 2020
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MARCH 2020
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6
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Orientation for main calendar Autumn session 2020 ends (commenced 17 February)
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9
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Last day to be admitted into a course and last day to enrol in (add) subjects for Calendar B Autumn session 2020
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9
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Main calendar Autumn session 2020 commences (ends 27 June)
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23
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Last day to be admitted into a course and last day to enrol in (add) subjects for main calendar Autumn session 2020
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APRIL 2020
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7
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Census date for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2020 – last day to withdraw from coursework subjects or apply for leave of absence
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13
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Applications for internal course transfer for main calendar Spring session and Calendar B Spring session 2020 open (close 28 June 2020)
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JUNE 2020
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28
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Applications for internal course transfer for main calendar Spring session and Calendar B Spring session 2020 close (opened 13 April)
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28
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Final closing date for local postgraduate coursework applications for main calendar Spring session and Calendar B Spring session 2020
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JULY 2020
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20 - 24
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Orientation for Calendar B Spring session 2020
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27
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Main calendar Spring session 2020 commences (ends 14 November)
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27
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Calendar B Spring session 2020 commences (ends 28 November)
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27 - 31
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Orientation for main Calendar Spring session 2020
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AUGUST 2020
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10
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Last day to be admitted into a course and last day to enrol in (add) subjects for Calendar B Spring session 2020
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10
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Last day to be admitted into a course and last day to enrol in (add) subjects for main calendar Spring session 2020
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25
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Census date for main calendar Spring session, Calendar B Spring session and August session 2020 – last day to withdraw from coursework subjects or apply for leave of absence
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TBC
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Applications open for non-award and cross-institutional subjects for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2021
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TBC
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Applications open for postgraduate coursework programs, specified direct undergraduate courses and honours courses for 2021
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TBC
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Applications for internal course transfer for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2021 open (close 15 November 2020)
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OCTOBER 2020
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31
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Final closing date for local postgraduate coursework applications for Summer session 2020
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TBC
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Enrolment opens for new postgraduate students for 2021
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NOVEMBER 2020
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13
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Applications for internal course transfer for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2021 close (opened 30 August)
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16
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Summer session 2020 commences (ends 27 February 2021)
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30
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Last day to be admitted into a course and last day to enrol in (add) subjects for Summer session 2020
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Need more information?
Scholarships, prizes and awards
Scholarships
For Health students
Only for international students
- Australia Awards Scholarships (Australian Government Scholarships)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (KTP Master Degree)
- International Postgraduate Coursework Full Tuition Scholarship
- LATAM International Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship
- Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship
- UTS 30th Anniversary Study Abroad Accommodation Scholarship
- UTS Grant for Masters by Coursework Students
- UTS Nepal Scholarship (Postgraduate Coursework)
- UTS Study Abroad Excellence Scholarship
For all domestic students
- Advanced Sensing and Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Australian Indigenous Education Foundation - UTS Scholarship
- Diversity Access Scholarship (Institution Equity Scholarship)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (Exchange & Study Abroad)
- Endeavour Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program Scholarships
- FASS Undergraduate Regional Journalism Scholarship
Only for Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander students
Prizes and awards
For Health students
- Blanchfield Nicholls Partners Prize
- Business Deans Merit List (Postgraduate)
- Diabetes NSW High Achiever Award
- Emerson Health Outstanding Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Management) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Technical) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Industrial Relations Society of NSW Prize for Excellence in Industrial Relations Undergraduate Study
- Information Technology Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Lance Jolly Prize
- Pharmaceutical Defence Limited Prize
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Prize for Excellence in Pharmacy
- Robert Greenwood QC Memorial Prize
- SHPA NSW Branch Prize for Excellence in Clinical Practice
- The Carla Zampatti Foundation Design Award
- Trevor Buchner Design Prize
- Zonta Club of Sydney Prize for the Woman MBA Graduate of the Year
International students
Before you apply
Here are a few important things for you to check out before you apply:
- session dates
- admission requirements for postgraduate coursework at UTS
- required levels of English proficiency for the course you’re interested in.
- recognition of prior learning guidelines if you’ve undertaken previous study that might be credited towards your course at UTS.
You can meet an international student advisor at one of our events worldwide to ask questions and submit an application.
How to apply
International applicants apply to study via UTS International.
Download an application formImportant dates
FEBRUARY 2020
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17
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Orientation for main calendar Autumn session 2020 commences (ends 6 March)
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17-21
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Orientation for Calendar B Autumn session 2020
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24
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Calendar B Autumn session 2020 commences (ends 27 June)
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MARCH 2020
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6
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Orientation for main calendar Autumn session 2020 ends (commenced 17 February)
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9
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Main calendar Autumn session 2020 commences (ends 27 June)
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APRIL 2020
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7
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Census date for main calendar Autumn session and Calendar B Autumn session 2020 – last day to withdraw from coursework subjects or apply for leave of absence
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30
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Closing date for applications for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework from international students based outside Australia for Spring session 2020
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MAY 2020
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31
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Closing date for applications for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework from international students based in Australia for Spring session 2020
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JULY 2020
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20-24
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Orientation for Calendar B Spring session 2020
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27
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Main calendar Spring session 2020 commences (ends 14 November)
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27
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Calendar B Spring session 2020 commences (ends 28 November)
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27-31
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Orientation for main calendar Spring session 2020
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AUGUST 2020
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25
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Census date for main calendar Spring session and Calendar B Spring session – last day to withdraw from coursework subjects or apply for leave of absence
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31
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Closing date for applications for admission to postgraduate coursework from international students based outside Australia for Summer session 2020
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SEPTEMBER 2020
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30
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Closing date for applications for admission to postgraduate coursework from international students based in Australia for Summer session 2020
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NOVEMBER 2020
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16
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Summer session 2020 commences (ends 27 February 2021)
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16-20
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Orientation for Summer session 2020
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30
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Closing date for application for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework from international students based outside Australia for Autumn session 2021
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DECEMBER 2020
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15
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Closing date for application for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework from international students based in Australia for Autumn session 2021
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TBC
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Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATARs) released by UAC (from 9am)
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TBC
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Closing date (midnight) for UAC change of preference for December Round 2 undergraduate offers
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TBC
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UAC December Round 2 undergraduate offers e-released (from 7.30am)
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Need more information?
Scholarships, prizes and awards
Scholarships
For Health students
Only for international students
- Australia Awards Scholarships (Australian Government Scholarships)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (KTP Master Degree)
- International Postgraduate Coursework Full Tuition Scholarship
- LATAM International Postgraduate Coursework Scholarship
- Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship
- UTS 30th Anniversary Study Abroad Accommodation Scholarship
- UTS Grant for Masters by Coursework Students
- UTS Nepal Scholarship (Postgraduate Coursework)
- UTS Study Abroad Excellence Scholarship
For all domestic students
- Advanced Sensing and Communications for Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Australian Indigenous Education Foundation - UTS Scholarship
- Diversity Access Scholarship (Institution Equity Scholarship)
- Dr Chau Chak Wing Scholarship (Exchange & Study Abroad)
- Endeavour Cheung Kong Student Exchange Program Scholarships
- FASS Undergraduate Regional Journalism Scholarship
Only for Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander students
Prizes and awards
For Health students
- Blanchfield Nicholls Partners Prize
- Business Deans Merit List (Postgraduate)
- Diabetes NSW High Achiever Award
- Emerson Health Outstanding Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Management) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Engineering (Technical) Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Industrial Relations Society of NSW Prize for Excellence in Industrial Relations Undergraduate Study
- Information Technology Postgraduate Achievement Prize
- Lance Jolly Prize
- Pharmaceutical Defence Limited Prize
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Prize for Excellence in Pharmacy
- Robert Greenwood QC Memorial Prize
- SHPA NSW Branch Prize for Excellence in Clinical Practice
- The Carla Zampatti Foundation Design Award
- Trevor Buchner Design Prize
- Zonta Club of Sydney Prize for the Woman MBA Graduate of the Year