HETI Higher Education

What HETI Higher Education does

HETI Higher Education is a TEQSA-accredited higher education provider operating as a NSW Government Statutory Health Corporation, delivering postgraduate mental health education exclusively online. The institution was established in January 2017 when the 50-year-old NSW Institute of Psychiatry (NSWIOP) completed staged integration into the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), inheriting that legacy's curriculum depth. It serves primarily NSW Health's 110,000+ clinical and non-clinical workforce, RANZCP-accredited psychiatry trainees across Australia and New Zealand, GPs, rural and remote medicine specialists, and overseas students pursuing Australian-recognised postgraduate qualifications.

The product portfolio comprises two main frameworks: the Applied Mental Health Studies framework (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Masters with six lifespan-stage specialisations — Perinatal and Infant, Child and Youth, Adult, Older Persons, General, and Medical Mental Health) and the Psychiatric Medicine framework (Psychiatry for Junior Medical Officers, Postgraduate Course in Psychiatry, Introduction to Leadership in Psychiatry, and Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). All courses are delivered through the myHETI Moodle-based learning management system with Zoom for synchronous sessions, supplemented by a Moodle-hosted student management portal (myHETIconnect). Over 80 academics and clinicians from major Australian universities contribute to teaching. Credentials are issued via the My eQuals platform.

Revenue is generated primarily through tuition fees on a per-unit or per-semester basis ($500–$2,270 per unit for AMHS; $3,000–$11,502 for full Psychiatry programs depending on NSW Health affiliation), supplemented by NSW Health operating funding for free-of-charge offerings such as the Psychiatry for JMOs course. The institution earned TEQSA's maximum 7-year accreditation period in 2016 — a first for an Australian public health entity — and holds concurrent accreditations with RANZCP, RACGP, and ACRRM. Student enrolments grew from 193 (end-2018) to 663 (end-2023), with microcredential uptake scaling from 2 to 160 students over the same window.

Name

HETI Higher Education

Legal name

Health Education and Training Institute (HETI)

Website

https://heti.edu.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HETI Higher Education is a NSW Government-accredited online higher education provider delivering TEQSA-recognised postgraduate mental health programs (Graduate Certificate through Masters) to NSW Health staff, RANZCP psychiatry trainees, GPs, and international students, with stackable microcredentials.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Postgraduate Mental Health Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (61), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Psychiatry & Medication Management (EDALAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

College & Career Transition Services (Bridge Programs, Dual Enrollment Pathways) (EDAAABAK), Graduate & Professional School Admissions Counseling (MBA/MD/JD/MS) (EDANAEAD)

Keywords

• Mental health education
• Postgraduate psychiatry training
• Healthcare microcredentials
• Online tertiary education
• Psychiatric medicine courses

Headquarters

HQ city

St Leonards

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees - Applied Mental Health Studies: HETI Higher Education generates revenue primarily through tuition fees charged per unit of study. For Applied Mental Health Studies, Knowledge Units (50-hour) are priced at $500 each, while Foundation and Enhance Units (50-hour) are $885 each. Masters-level units (150-hour) are $2,270 per unit. Students can pay per unit or use FEE-HELP loan arrangements for award course enrolment.
2. Tuition Fees - Professional Development / Microcredentials: Non-award professional development units are charged at the same per-unit rates as award courses: $500 for Knowledge Units and $885 for Foundation and Enhance Units. These units are stackable for credit towards award qualifications.
3. Tuition Fees - Postgraduate Course in Psychiatry: NSW Health doctors in training pay $500 per semester (total $3,000 for the three-year course). Non-NSW Health doctors pay $1,917 per semester (total $11,502). The course is available via both award (FEE-HELP eligible) and non-award professional development pathways.
4. Tuition Fees - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Advanced Training: The two-year Advanced Training program charges $4,392 per semester, totalling $17,568 for the full course.
5. Psychiatry for Junior Medical Officers (Free for NSW JMOs): This course is provided free of charge for NSW Junior Medical Officers and their supervisors, suggesting a funded arrangement through NSW Health rather than direct student fee revenue.

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Core offering

HETI Higher Education provides TEQSA-accredited, fully online postgraduate education in mental health and psychiatric medicine to qualified healthcare professionals. Its portfolio comprises the Applied Mental Health Studies suite (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master of Mental Health) with six specialization streams, the Psychiatric Medicine Framework covering psychiatry registrars and junior medical officers, and standalone Professional Development Units / microcredentials for continuing professional development. Programs are delivered through the myHETI learning platform and myHETIconnect enrolment portal, with FEE-HELP assistance available to eligible domestic students.

Product overview

HETI Higher Education offers a portfolio of TEQSA-accredited online postgraduate mental health education programs. The main offerings include the Applied Mental Health Studies framework (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Masters with specializations in Perinatal and Infant, Child and Youth, Adult, Older Persons, General, and Medical Mental Health) and the Psychiatric Medicine framework (Psychiatry for Junior Medical Officers, Postgraduate Course in Psychiatry, Introduction to Leadership in Psychiatry, and Advanced Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). Both frameworks are accredited by RANZCP for psychiatric medicine and TEQSA for higher education. Additionally, Professional Development Units/Microcredentials provide 50-hour stackable units that can credit towards degree programs. All courses are delivered online with flexible study options including live video conferencing and delayed participation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Applied Mental Health Studies (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Master of Mental Health)

Quantifiable outcome

• Student enrolments grew from 193 (end of 2018) to 663 (2023 year-end)
• +2 more outcomes

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Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• NSW HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI Higher Education is uniquely embedded within NSW Health, Australia's largest health system. This integration provides access to emerging sector developments, clinical expertise, and direct pathways to over 110,000 NSW Health clinical and non-clinical staff. The relationship enables curriculum design informed by real-world health system needs and supports student clinical learning pathways.
• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI is registered with TEQSA as a higher education provider (awarded 27 October 2016, maximum 7-year registration). TEQSA is the Commonwealth regulator for Australian higher education, and this registration is the foundational regulatory relationship enabling HETI to confer degrees.
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Psychiatric Medicine program is accredited with RANZCP as a Formal Education Course (FEC), which is mandatory for RANZCP trainees in Stages 1 and 2. HETI also offers RANZCP-accredited leadership training for Stage 3 trainees. This accreditation positions HETI as an approved provider for psychiatry specialist training in Australia and New Zealand.
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Psychiatric Medicine program for General Practitioners is registered and accredited with the RACGP Quality Improvement and Continuing Professional Development Program. The Graduate Certificate is allocated 60 Category 1 points. This accreditation enables GPs and GP Registrars to use HETI courses for mandatory CPD requirements.
• Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Psychiatric Medicine program for Rural and Remote Medicine Specialists is accredited for professional development by ACRRM, meeting advanced specialised training requirements in mental health as defined in ACRRM's Mental Health Advanced Skills Training Curriculum.
• Over 80 Academic and Clinical Teaching PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI Higher Education draws on expertise from over 80 academics and clinicians from institutions including University of Sydney, UNSW, University of Newcastle, Macquarie University, Monash University, Western Sydney University, University of Queensland, and clinical services across NSW Health. These experts contribute as teaching partners, unit facilitators, guest lecturers, and supervisors.
• ITECA (Independent Tertiary Education Council of Australia)minorOthersHETI Higher Education is a member of ITECA, the peak body representing independent tertiary education providers in Australia.
• Consumer and Carer RepresentativesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHETI Higher Education acknowledges and values the lived experience of consumers and carers, drawing on their expert knowledge to inform education and training. Consumer and carer representatives contribute to curriculum design and student governance through representation on Academic Board, Teaching and Learning Committee, and External Advisory Committee.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP): RANZCP is the principal specialist medical college for psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand; it sets training standards, accredits formal education courses (HETI's Postgraduate Course in Psychiatry is one such FEC), and is therefore both regulator and indirect competitor for trainee education.

Emerging players

• Orygen: Orygen is Australia's centre of excellence in youth mental health, offering training and clinical education for clinicians working with young people; overlaps with HETI's Child and Youth Mental Health specialisation in target learner segment.
• Black Dog Institute: Black Dog Institute (UNSW-affiliated) provides online professional development, microcredentials and clinician education in mood disorders and mental health; overlapping audience of GPs and allied health professionals with HETI's microcredential and AMHS offerings.

Direct peers

• Monash University: Monash University offers postgraduate mental health programs (including Graduate Certificate and Masters pathways) and is one of HETI's contributing teaching institutions; both compete for clinician upskilling in Victoria and nationally.
• Deakin University: Deakin University offers postgraduate mental health and psychiatric medicine programs aimed at nurses, psychologists, and allied health clinicians, competing for the same online learner pool as HETI's Applied Mental Health Studies framework.
• University of Sydney: The University of Sydney offers a Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) and related postgraduate mental health programs aimed at clinicians; it is also a significant contributor of academics to HETI's teaching bench, making it both a competitor and an academic partner.
• Australian Catholic University (ACU): ACU offers postgraduate mental health nursing, counselling and related programs delivered online to national cohorts, with a values-based orientation that overlaps HETI's Applied Mental Health Studies target audience of nurses, psychologists and allied health professionals.
• UNSW Sydney: UNSW's School of Psychiatry and Faculty of Medicine deliver postgraduate mental health qualifications and CPD modules for clinicians, including Master of Mental Health programs aimed at allied health and nursing professionals in NSW and beyond.
• University of Melbourne: The University of Melbourne's Department of Psychiatry and Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education offers postgraduate certificates, diplomas, and masters in mental health and psychiatry, competing for the same pool of Australian clinicians seeking advanced mental health qualifications.

Regional players

• Flinders University: Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health delivers postgraduate psychiatry and mental health programs, primarily serving South Australia and rural/remote clinicians; comparable in target audience but regionally differentiated.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/heti-higher-education

Compliance5 records

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