About Master Of Clinical Epidemiology in University of Newcastle

What you will study

The Master of Clinical Epidemiology will provide you with an advanced knowledge base to begin your career as an epidemiologist. You will study six core courses and then select six elective courses, enabling you to tailor your education to best suit your career objectives.

Depending on your background, you will be enrolled in one of two specialisations:

• Coursework Specialisation – in this specialisation, you will study 60 units of core courses and 60 units of directed courses.
• Research Specialisation – in this specialisation, you will study 60 units of core courses, 20 units of directed courses and one 40 unit Research Project course.

Key areas of study include:

• Biostatistics
• Clinical Statistics
• Epidemiology
• Health Economics
• Randomised Control Trials
• Research Protocol Design
• Applied Research

Career opportunities

As a clinical epidemiologist, you will work with the fundamental objective of finding ways to reduce the burden of disease, and control communicable disease epidemics.

Possible career paths may include:

• epidemiology research
• academia
• policy advisor
• health related industries

Academic qualification equivalents

Students are required to have a completed bachelor degree in a relevant discipline.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• TOEFL : 79 Overall score between 79-93 with the following scores in each band-

• Reading= 13-18
• Listening= 12-19
• Speaking= 18-19
• Writing= 21-23

• IELTS : 6.5 With minimum of 6.0 in each band 

• PTE : 58 Overall score of 58-64

University of Newcastle Highlights

University of Newcastle The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The tuition fee at the University of Newcastle differs depending upon the degree level and whether one is receiving commonwealth assistance, international education or studying part-time.
• Program cost for some popular undergraduate courses is given below-

• Program cost for some popular graduate courses is stated below-

Accommodation Cost

The institute provides its applicants with an option of choosing a mode of accommodation that suits their needs and requirements best. The cost of different types of accommodation available to aspirants seeking admission to UON is as follows: 

Other expenses

Estimated overall expenditure of a year (excluding tuition fee): 20,290 AUD.

English Proficiency Test Scores For International Students

English Language Proficiency Test scores are a measure of the English Language fluency of the applicants. The University of Newcastle expects all students to fulfill these test score requirements, including students whose first language is English or have studied in an educational institution whose language of instruction is English for at least 4 years. These tests are conducted to provide a structural base so that there is no hindrance to cope with the syllabi.

Note: These scores are course dependent and may vary from course to course and hence, students are advised to be well aware of the minimum score requirements.