Make a real difference in people’s lives
Turn your passion for helping people into a rewarding career. Curtin has the largest range of health courses and produces the most health professionals in Western Australia. We team up with over 300 placement sites to provide around 16,000 placements each year, connecting you to industry and future employers.
Our purpose-built facilities offer hands-on learning in safe environments. You’ll gain real-world experience with advanced training tools, high-tech simulations, and the support of experienced staff. Plus, our focus on rural and remote health training ensures you’re well-prepared for diverse healthcare settings.
Join Curtin and turn your passion for health into a rewarding career.
Learn in immersive facilities
Build practical skills in purpose-built teaching clinics and laboratories, designed to prepare you for your chosen health career.
Gain hands on experience
Get industry experience through work placements or working with real clients at Curtin-run clinics.
Rural health training
Many of our courses offer the opportunity to gain valuable rural health training through our Kalgoorlie health campus.
Endorsed by industry
Many of our courses are accredited and professionally recognised meaning you may be eligible for registration with Australian and global bodies.
Choose your course
Curtin offers 29 bachelor degrees in health, from paramedicine to psychology, nursing to nutrition. Not sure what field to study? Our Health Sciences degree offers a broad education with a range of optional units, allowing you to explore different fields of interest. You could also switch courses after you begin your study.
Frontline healthcare
Work on the frontline of healthcare, providing care and treatment plans for people in clinics, hospitals or community settings.
Bachelor degrees
Medical sciences
Combat emerging diseases, use medical imaging to diagnose disease, or treat medical conditions through new technologies or pharmaceutical interventions.
Bachelor degrees
Mental health and wellbeing
Promote psychological wellness and enhance the overall quality of life of individuals and communities through a career in mental health and wellness.
Population health
Enhance the health and wellbeing of entire populations, ensure safe workplace environments, or analyse data to make informed public health decisions.
A Universe of opportunity
Where can biomedical science take you?
Explore different careers in biomedical science, from clinical research to biotechnology, molecular genetics and more.
Your guide to becoming a nurse
Discover the benefits of a career in nursing and get the answers to important questions about becoming a nurse in Australia.
What does a health data analyst do?
Do you like data analytics? Do you want to use your skills to improve lives? Consider a future in health data analytics.
Explore your Universe
At Curtin, we offer a diverse range of courses, flexible study options and multiple entry pathways. Are you ready to explore your Curtin Universe?
An exciting future
National skills shortage
83% of Health Professional occupations are experiencing a shortage nationally.
jobsandskills.gov.au ‘Skills priority list’ (2024)
An industry in demand
Health Care and Social Assistance is set to be the fastest growing industry in Australia, with a projected employment increase of 25.2% over the next ten years.
jobsandskills.gov.au ‘Employment projections’ (2023)
All health jobs on the rise
The number of jobs available for Health Professionals is expected to increase by 25.8% by 2033 (almost double the average across all industries).
jobsandskills.gov.au ‘Employment projections’ (2023)
Hear from our students
Deciding on a career is a burden of choice: I want to try everything! Product development and quality in food science, back into dietetics, clinical practice, public health, postgrad research. Curtin lends me the opportunity to pursue these passions.
Eli O’Connor
I was drawn to pharmacy because of my passion for human biology and chemistry. Through multiple placements, I’ve experienced what it means to be a real-world pharmacist – and secured a part-time job in a community pharmacy alongside my studies.
Casper Townsend
Download your course guide
Curtin offers courses aligned with industry trends and future demands. Download the Curtin undergraduate course guide to see where your future might lead.
This is the start of something big
I enjoy that every unit is hands-on – we learn practical skills from day one.
Polina Longva
Build practical skills at our Curtin clinics.
I love that my course allows me to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives daily.
Indiana Weeden
A world of possibility
Scholarships
Scholarships offer financial and academic support, connecting you with opportunities to help you thrive at university.
Entry pathways
Find out which pathway to studying at Curtin suits you: ATAR, portfolio, Indigenous enabling programs and more.
Go Global
Complete health fieldwork overseas as part of your degree with our Go Global program, which is available through most of our health courses.
Ready for the next step?
Discover how to apply, or explore the diverse range of courses Curtin has to offer.