Bachelor
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:
If you have not met these educational requirements you are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test (refer below).
English language proficiencyQUT 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:
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
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.
Graduates are eligible for membership to the Public Health Association of Australia and the Australian Health Promotion Association.
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.