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Graduate entry masters degrees in health

Gain a professional health qualification in nursing, pharmacy or allied health

Whether you want to change your career direction, gain a new professional qualification or pursue a passion to make a difference, our accelerated graduate entry masters courses will get you there.

What is a graduate entry masters degree?

A graduate entry masters (GEM) is an accelerated study program that allows you to earn a professional health qualification in two or three years.

Who is eligible?

Those with an undergraduate degree in any discipline. GEM students come from a wide range of non-health backgrounds: from business to arts to science and beyond. For the majority of our GEM degrees, you don't need a background in health to apply for admission.

If you're looking to make a career change, this is the perfect way to enter the professional health sector.

Learn more about entry requirements for individual courses via the links below.

What can I study?

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Diagnostic Radiography

Become a registered diagnostic radiographer and work with innovative imaging tech to provide diagnosis and treatment options for patients.

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Exercise Physiology

Study exercise physiology and gain the knowledge and experience required to deliver safe and effective clinical exercise practice.

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Nursing

Enhance your skills and competencies to thrive in complex health environments and provide the highest quality care.

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Occupational Therapy

Graduate as an accredited occupational therapist and help people with disabilities, recovering from injury or with ongoing conditions to overcome barriers.

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Pharmacy

Discover a career in pharmacy with exposure to modern clinical settings and access to the latest technology, facilities and teaching laboratories.

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Physiotherapy

Develop your ability to use highly-developed clinical reasoning skills to assess, diagnose, treat and prevent injury from movement.

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Speech Language Pathology

Change lives for people with communication and speech difficulties by becoming an accredited speech pathologist.

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Nutrition and Dietetics

Discover the concepts of human biochemistry and physiology to discuss the roles of nutrients, nutritional contents of food and diet in health and disease.

Have you thought about a postgraduate public health degree?

Like GEM students, those who undertake public health degrees come from a range of health and non-health backgrounds.

If you're passionate about promoting better health and wellbeing, and reducing inequality across communities, explore our range of public health study options.

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