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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Radiation Therapy

  • Bachelor

A rewarding career in cancer treatment and patient care. Queensland's only radiation therapy degree offers professional placements from your first year.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
418192
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb
ATAR
97.2

About this course

Highlights
  • Learn about the interaction of radiation on body tissue, treatment planning using clinical software, and treatment delivery.
  • Clinical placement begins during first year and allows you to practise your communication, caring and technical skills with real patients.
  • Prepares you for a career as a radiation therapist, treating cancer patients and planning and delivering prescribed radiation doses.
Highlights
  • Learn about the interaction of radiation on body tissue, treatment planning using clinical software, and treatment delivery.
  • Clinical placement begins during first year and allows you to practise your communication, caring and technical skills with real patients.
  • Prepares you for a career as a radiation therapist, treating cancer patients and planning and delivering prescribed radiation doses.

Entry requirements

Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank

Adjustments from the Year 12 Subject Scheme do not apply to this course. Any other adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.

Find out if you're eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank

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 6.5
  • PTE: 65 or better overall with no subscore below 58
  • TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing subscore of 24 or better and other subscore below 20
  • Cambridge English Score: 185 or better overall with no subscore below 176

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

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Radiation therapy is a rewarding career and is a combination of patient care emotional support science and technology. As part of a multidisciplinary medical team radiation therapists plan and deliver highly accurate radiation treatment to cancer patients. Typically a patient receiving radiation therapy will see the radiation therapist every day for several weeks and you will need to be able to demonstrate empathy and a caring nature towards a wide range of patients.

Career pathways

Honours pathway

At the end of the second year of study in this course you will have the option to apply for the Bachelor of Radiation Therapy (Honours). This allows you to complete an honours research project that extends your knowledge of the professional field.

High performing students will have the opportunity to submit an expression of interest for the Honours pathway. On entry to the course you will retain all of the credit you have successfully completed in the Bachelor of Radiation Therapy and will complete a further two years of full-time study.

Careers and outcomes

Graduates of this course may work as a radiation therapist in the radiotherapy department of a private or public facility. There are also research and educational opportunities.

Professional recognition

This course is an approved program of study with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia.

Student registration

QUT automatically registers students enrolled in this course with the Medical Radiation Practice 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 at www.ahpra.gov.au.

Possible careers
  • Radiation therapist

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