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Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics at the University of Melbourne equips students with essential analytical skills to interpret health data and address real-world challenges. The program emphasizes experiment design, data analysis, and communication, preparing graduates for impactful roles in research, healthcare, and public health sectors.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course Code
GD-BIOSTAT
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Mar, Jul
International Fees
$36,000 per year

About this course

OverviewCourse overview

Develop essential analytic skills to understand and apply health data to real-world problems

Learn from leading biostatisticians across Australia through flexible, hybrid teaching

Fast-track your qualification and prepare for a career as a professional biostatistician

The Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics at the University of Melbourne offers you a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and analytical skills needed to make sense of today's ever-growing amount of quantitative data in the health sciences. This means you'll be able to generate and apply new solutions to real-world health challenges.

The course covers the important aspects of designing experiments, and how to collect, summarise, and analyse data. Crucially, you'll also learn how to interpret and clearly communicate your data analysis to other health professionals, all while using real-world datasets.

Who is the Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics for?

This course is a great fit for you whether your professional background is in health sciences or mathematics - it suits both! However, you do need to have a natural aptitude for mathematics.

This diploma is perfect for those who want to:

  • Gain the required skills for employment as a biostatistician
  • Fast-track their qualification, completing it full-time in just one year
  • Benefit from interaction with local biostatistics experts and have access to academic biostatisticians located throughout Australia via our affiliation with the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia
Why study the Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics?

Studying the Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics means you'll be stepping into a vital role that helps translate complex health data into meaningful insights. Biostatisticians are crucial for understanding disease patterns, evaluating treatments, and informing public health decisions.

Attain the valuable skills for employment as a professional biostatistician in a variety of impactful settings, including:

  • Medical and public health research centres
  • Universities
  • Hospitals
  • Government departments
  • Pharmaceutical industry

This course is accredited by the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA) and is an affiliated program of the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia, ensuring the quality and relevance of your education.

Study locations

Parkville

What you will learn

Overview

Overview

  • Develop essential analytic skills to understand and apply health data to real-world problems
  • Learn from leading biostatisticians across Australia through flexible, hybrid teaching
  • Fast-track your qualification and prepare for a career as a professional biostatistician

The Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics at the University of Melbourne offers you a comprehensive understanding of the concepts and analytical skills needed to make sense of today's ever-growing amount of quantitative data in the health sciences. This means you'll be able to generate and apply new solutions to real-world health challenges.

The course covers the important aspects of designing experiments, and how to collect, summarise, and analyse data. Crucially, you'll also learn how to interpret and clearly communicate your data analysis to other health professionals, all while using real-world datasets.

Why study the Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics?

Studying the Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics means you'll be stepping into a vital role that helps translate complex health data into meaningful insights. Biostatisticians are crucial for understanding disease patterns, evaluating treatments, and informing public health decisions.

Attain the valuable skills for employment as a professional biostatistician in a variety of impactful settings, including:

  • Medical and public health research centres
  • Universities
  • Hospitals
  • Government departments
  • Pharmaceutical industry

This course is accredited by the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA) and is an affiliated program of the Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia, ensuring the quality and relevance of your education.

Career pathways

Attain the valuable skills for employment as a professional biostatistician in a variety of impactful settings, including:

  • Medical and public health research centres
  • Universities
  • Hospitals
  • Government departments
  • Pharmaceutical industry

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Engineering courses at University of Melbourne.
72.5%
Overall satisfaction
85.4%
Skill scale
54.7%
Teaching scale
78.8%
Employed full-time
$66k
Average salary