Program Overview

Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Health is designed to equip students with the professional skills to identify, assess, evaluate, and control environmental hazards that could impact human health. The course covers the core aspects of environmental health, including environmental health management, law, food safety, and risk assessment.

Admission Criteria

• A bachelor degree in a related discipline, including public health, human biology, food technology, environmental science, biology, chemistry, and allied health.
• The Environmental Health Australia Accreditation Framework stipulates that applicants are required to have at least one full-time semester in core science subjects such as chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy and physiology, life science, and microbiology.
• Graduates without these core units, or graduates with a degree from other disciplines, may be admitted following successful completion of prescribed units.

English Requirements

• IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
  • Writing: 6.0
  • Speaking: 6.0
  • Reading: 6.0
  • Listening: 6.0
  • Overall band score: 6.5

Fees and Scholarships

• Australian and New Zealand student indicative fees
  • 2025 Fee year: $10,300* (Commonwealth supported), $27,236* (Domestic)
  • *Fees are indicative first year only and are subject to passage of legislation.

Location

• Curtin Perth
• Online (2025 and 2026)

How to Apply

• Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice
• Curtin Perth: Apply now
• Each campus has different application deadlines. View our application deadlines page for further information.

Professional Recognition and Accreditation

• This course is fully accredited by Environmental Health Australia and also the Western Australian Environmental Health Officers Professional Review Board.

What You'll Learn

• Apply sustainable environmental health principles and practices to enhance the health and well-being of populations
• Apply logical and rational processes to critically analyze issues relevant to environmental health; think creatively to generate innovative solutions
• Access, evaluate, and synthesize relevant information and evidence from a range of sources applicable to practice
• Communicate at an advanced level with individuals and groups and advocate for the improvement of health conditions
• Effectively use new and existing technologies relevant to environmental health practice
• Take responsibility for own learning and professional development in environmental health practice
• Recognize and apply international perspectives to environmental health
• Demonstrate understanding and respect for individual human rights and cultural diversity
• Work professionally and ethically across a range of settings

Career Opportunities

• Environmental Health Officer in local government
• Various positions in state and federal government
• Private industry, including food and resource sectors

Duration

• 1 year full-time
• 2 semesters full-time or equivalent part-time study

Credit

• A full-time study load usually consists of 200 credits (approximately eight units) per year, with 100 credits (approximately four units) in each semester.