Graduate Certificate in Biostatistics

Biostatistics is the application of statistical techniques to scientific research in health-related fields, including medicine and public health. Biostatisticians play essential roles in designing studies, analysing data and creating methods to solve research problems. Biostatistics can be used to show the most effective treatment, discover or isolate factors in the spread of diseases, or determine risk factors in genetic inheritance and mutation.

The Biostatistics program is offered at three award levels – graduate certificate, graduate diploma and master’s degree. It is only available part-time and fully online.

Applicants must have a proven strong aptitude for advanced mathematics and must have already passed an introductory course in statistics. You should upload a completed Student Contact, Choice of Units of Study & Credits/Waivers form with your application.

Why study Biostatistics with us?

Study in areas including epidemiology, design of randomised controlled trials, generalised linear models, longitudinal and correlated data analysis and survival analysis.

Learn a more sophisticated knowledge of statistics in health-related fields.

Learn a more thorough understanding of statistical applications in health and medicine.

Tailor your study schedule around your lifestyle with advanced online learning and part time study.



Completion of this Graduate Certificate program can be used as credit towards a Graduate Diploma or Masters degree. If you would prefer to study biostatistics at a less theoretical and mathematical level, and instead learn at a more applied level of data analysis, you may wish to consider a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology.