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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  • 17% international / 83% domestic

Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Public Health

  • Bachelor

Combine nursing and public health to work in areas such as nursing, Indigenous health, community health, or developing programs to improve population health.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
425282, 077687E
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb
ATAR
84

About this course

Highlights
  • Apply nursing knowledge and skills to priority public health areas including Indigenous health, aged care, and risk factors for illness.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
  • All students are scheduled for 840 hours of clinical practice with a minimum of 800 hours required for registration
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  • Choose electives in areas of interest including womens' health, international health, Indigenous health, domestic violence and more.
Highlights
  • Apply nursing knowledge and skills to priority public health areas including Indigenous health, aged care, and risk factors for illness.
  • Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
  • Complete more than 800 hours of professional placement
  • Choose electives in areas of interest including womens' health, international health, Indigenous health, domestic violence and more.

Entry requirements

Additional entry requirements

You must have attended and satisfactorily completed at least 6 years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English. At least two years of this education must have been between grades 7 and 12. This education must have been completed in one of the following countries:

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • Republic of Ireland
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

If you have not met these educational requirements you are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test (refer below).

English language proficiency

QUT requires students to demonstrate that they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.

QUT's English proficiency requirements for this course are:

  • IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no sub-score below 7.0
  • PTE: 65 or better overall with no sub-score below 65
  • TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing sub-score of 27 or better listening and reading sub-scores of 24 or better and speaking sub-score of 23 or better
  • Occupational English Test (Nursing Profession) with a minimum score of 350 in each component.

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

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Graduates of this course can apply nursing knowledge and skills to public health areas such as Indigenous health population health issues and risk factors for illness. Professionals who are skilled across these disciplines can choose to work as a nurse in the clinical environment or as a public health professional implementing new ways to improve community health.

Graduates may also work in non-government and community organisations in roles that focus on advocacy for minority groups or as consultants and project officers in international health agencies. Roles may include health promotion officers school health educators assistant epidemiologists researchers state and national health program managers and health policy officers.

Professional recognition

This course is subject to accreditation from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.
Graduates are eligible to apply for registered nurse status with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Graduates are eligible for membership to the Public Health Association of Australia and the Australian Health Promotion Association.

Student registration

QUT automatically registers students enrolled in this course with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009. Details about student registration are available from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

Possible careers
  • Clinical nurse
  • Community health officer
  • Health promotion officer
  • Public health officer

Course structure