Study biostatistics

Design and lead the studies that shape public health in this rapidly growing field, turning data into discoveries that drive global change.

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Turn data into discovery

Biostatistics courses and electives equip students with practical skills to analyse real-world health data and apply contemporary thinking to drive population health improvement.

These skills translate across public and clinical health research in both Australian and international settings, from mental and sexual health to infectious diseases.

Watch how Megha Rajasekhar, Biostatistician and Research Fellow, is using her postgraduate education in biostatistics to advance the treatment and the eradication of vivax malaria.

*Impact story reference: Megha Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines (2022) Plasmodium vivax: the potential obstacles it presents to malaria elimination and eradication.

Biostatistics courses

Master of Biostatistics

Learn from leading industry professionals and become an accredited biostatistician, with access to a vast network for global career opportunities.

Master of Biostatistics (Enhanced)

Access advanced biostatistics training, with extra electives to specialise in the health areas that matter most to you.

Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics

Gain the analytical skills needed to make sense of today's ever-growing amount of quantitative data in the health sciences.

Why study with us?

  • Engage with the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the award-winning research unit at the forefront of a preventative health revolution.
  • Learn how to inform Australian and international government policy and assess the impacts of public health interventions to control infection transmission at the Centre of Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases Modelling to Inform Public Health Policy.

Biostatistics graduates often find themselves in roles within organisations such as:

  • National, state and regional governments
  • Large healthcare services providers
  • Research institutions
  • Academic institutions

Career outcomes include:

  • Biostatistician
  • Health Data Analyst
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Fellow
  • Burnet Institute
  • CSL Limited (CSL)
  • Denteric
  • Immuron
  • Melbourne Bioinformatics
  • Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Monash University
  • Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Nossal Institute for Global Health
  • The Royal Children’s Hospital
  • UoM @ Royal Melbourne Hospital, City Campus
  • Hepatitis Victoria (LiverWELL)
  • Royal Women’s Hospital

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