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Why study the Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics?

The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics will appeal strongly to medicine / nursing / health science graduates within 10 years of graduation (who have some Information and Communications Technology (ICT) foundation and are early enough in their career paths) who wish to acquire formal Health Informatics knowledge and competencies. It may also appeal to ICT, Engineering or Science graduates who are already working in the Health sector and wish to enhance their career options. It may further appeal to Health administration and management graduates who wish to develop or expand their capacity to take responsibilities in Health ICT services or projects.

	Local	International
Delivery Mode	On campus and external; both full-time and part-time	The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics is not available for International Application.
Location	Campbelltown, Parramatta and Penrith campus
Duration	0.5 year full-time /1 year part-time
Intake Information	Available Intake 2 (February) and Intake 5 (July-August)
Course Code	952447 [Intake 2 (February)]; 955447 [Intake 5 (July-August)]
Fee Information	Local Course Fees (opens in a new window)

Part time-study is only available to local students and is generally completed by day classes as there are limited night classes.

Career Opportunities

In addition to achieving a higher level of recognition in their usual health sector role, Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics graduates can become a health information officer/manager, clinical data coder/coordinator, Freedom of Information (FOI)/privacy officer/manager, health data custodian/liaison, analysis/design team member, clinical trials manager, or an information policy/strategy advisor.

How to Apply

All domestic applications for entry to UWS postgraduate courses must be made through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) (opens in a new window). Step by step instructions are available on the How to Apply pages.