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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  • 17% international / 83% domestic

Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Medical Physics)

  • Graduate Diploma

Pursue a career as a medical physicist, health physicist or bio-engineer or continue onto a Master of Applied Science.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
Course Code
020315D
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in one of the following fields:

  • Biomedical medical medical electronics etc engineering
  • Biophysics
  • Electrical avionics etc engineering
  • Geophysics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Medical physics
  • Physics

The following degrees (or higher qualification) are not acceptable:

  • Biomedical science
  • Laboratory science
  • Medical imaging
  • Radiotherapy
  • Medical radiation
  • Medical science
Academic entry requirements

A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in physics.

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

These courses deal with well-established and emerging areas of medical and health physics including clinical measurement computing health physics instrumentation medical electronics medical imaging physiological monitoring physics of radiotherapy radiobiology and radiological imaging sciences. The coursework also contains an introduction to the clinical sciences.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Graduates can seek employment in hospitals health departments tertiary institutions and medical instrumentation companies. Depending on the field of employment graduates may be known as a medical physicist health physicist or bio-engineer. Professional medical/health physicists:

  • apply electronic tools and medical software ultrasonics radiation and computers to clinical and environmental problems
  • monitor the environment to maintain acceptable standards in the workplace and the community
  • apply fundamental physical research in development programs
  • are responsible for calibration care and maintenance of instruments and apparatus.
Professional recognition

The course is accredited by the Australasian College of Physical Sciences and Engineers in Medicine.

Possible careers
  • Health physicist
  • Medical equipment sales
  • Medical physicist

Course structure