Why study healthcare leadership with SCU?
Achieve your study goals
Dedicated, one-on-one student support
Made for ambition
Gain the skills to remain relevant in an evolving health system
Improve your practice
Apply evidence-based thinking to a range of disciplines
Professional recognition
Broaden your opportunities beyond frontline care
Lead with confidence
Develop strong, strategic leadership capabilities
Balance work and study
Designed for busy healthcare professionals
How does online study work with SCU?
- With no exams, you’ll learn through quizzes, videos, interactive presentations and more.
- Connect with academics and students through online chat platforms and discussion boards.
- Access support throughout the course, including feedback from a learning coach and a dedicated student success advisor from enrolment through to graduation.
- Live classes are optional but encouraged for networking, while the course is self-paced.
- To make the most of your learning experience, we recommend dedicating around 20 hours per week to your studies.
A typical study period at SCU Online
Early exit option
If you need to leave your study early because home or work demand your attention, our Master of Healthcare Leadership has flexible exit options, so you still gain your postgraduate qualification upon successful completion of required units. You could receive a Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership by completing four core units.
Graduate Certificate
4 Units, or continue studying
Masters Degree
+ 8 Units
Our healthcare courses
At SCU Online, we offer 100% online postgraduate courses in healthcare leadership, designed for busy shift workers. Follow your ambition, learn more about our postgraduate study options below.
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership
Start your journey towards a Masters.
A Graduate Certificate in healthcare leadership will extend your knowledge in evidence-based care, and learn how to lead teams of health professionals. Use contemporary theory to drive change, laying the foundation to become a strategic healthcare leader with 100% online, shift work-friendly learning.
Master of Healthcare Leadership
Prepare for emerging opportunities in healthcare.
Set yourself apart with a postgraduate qualification in healthcare. You can translate your years of experience in direct care, supervision, training, management and implementing change, into the credentials you need to progress into management and leadership. Use it to move up within nursing, midwifery or allied health, or take a leap into a completely new health arena. You’ll learn management and leadership, clinically applicable and rigorous research skills alongside other healthcare professionals in units taught by highly qualified industry experts.
