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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology

  • Bachelor

Assess, prescribe and deliver exercise programs to help clients. Graduate with 500 hours of professional placement.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
425422, 070085K
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb
ATAR
78

About this course

Highlights
  • Exercise physiologists develop programs for patients for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of chronic medical conditions. They can also provide advanced injury prevention and exercise programming advice.
  • Graduates work alongside other health professionals in hospitals and private practice, providing Medicare services in exercise therapy.
  • As a student, you have access to the industry equipment in biomechanics, motor control, exercise physiology and strength conditioning laboratories, and in QUT Health Clinics.
  • Complete more than 500 hours of clinical placement for valuable work experience that prepares you for the transition to employment.
Highlights
  • Exercise physiologists develop programs for patients for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of chronic medical conditions. They can also provide advanced injury prevention and exercise programming advice.
  • Graduates work alongside other health professionals in hospitals and private practice, providing Medicare services in exercise therapy.
  • As a student, you have access to the latest industry equipment in biomechanics, motor control, exercise physiology and strength conditioning laboratories, and in QUT Health Clinics.
  • Complete more than 500 hours of clinical placement for valuable work experience that prepares you for the transition to employment.

Entry requirements

Overseas qualifications

QUT will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If you have tertiary qualifications from countries where English is not the standard language of instruction you must provide evidence of English language proficiency.

English language proficiency

We require students to demonstrate they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.

Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:

  • IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no subscore below 7.0
  • PTE: 65 or better overall with no subscore below 65
  • TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with listening and reading subscores of 24 or better a writing subscore of 27 or better and a speaking subscore of 23 or better
  • Cambridge English Score: 185 or better overall with no subscore below 185

The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

What you will learn

Clinical exercise physiologists have expert knowledge about how exercise can improve health and fitness or reduce the onset of chronic disease and its related symptoms. They are skilled in developing rehabilitation programs for patients with acute and chronic medical conditions such as diabetes arthritis and cardiovascular disease. With their extensive understanding about the effects of exercise on the body's systems they can also provide advanced injury prevention and exercise programming advice. Medicare and many private health insurers recognise and cover services supplied by accredited exercise physiologists.

Career pathways

Honours pathway

This course offers an honours pathway at the end of the second year into the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology (Honours). You will complete an honours research project that extends your knowledge of the professional field offering a competitive advantage in your career.

Entry into the program is competitive and based on grade point average. On entry to the course you will retain all of the credit you have successfully completed in the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and will complete a further two years of full-time study.

Careers and outcomes

Accredited exercise physiologists have skills that can be applied to a variety of clinical professions. Many graduates are employed by hospitals and clinics for prevention and rehabilitation of patients with injuries and a range of cardiac musculoskeletal occupational neurological and psychological disorders. Graduates can also move into private practice and work as specialists in clinical diagnostics exercise programming and health promotion.

Professional recognition

This course is accredited with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and gives graduates professional recognition as an accredited exercise physiologist.

Possible careers
  • Cardiac scientist
  • Exercise physiologist
  • Exercise scientist
  • Rehabilitation professionals

Course structure

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).
84.8%
Overall satisfaction
85.1%
Skill scale
68.6%
Teaching scale
69.7%
Employed full-time
$65.4k
Average salary