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Health Graduate Entry Masters

Do you want to pivot to a new health career, or change to a health career from outside of the industry, with the backing of a highly respected postgraduate qualification?

Fast-track to a new health career with a graduate entry master degree

At Curtin, our Graduate Entry Master degrees can give you the skills and professional qualification you need to work in your chosen healthcare area.

These courses are taught by industry leaders and mix theory with practice, providing highly focused, career-specific tuition, which will fast-track your career path quicker than an undergraduate honours degree or a combined undergraduate and postgraduate pathway.

Speech pathology student assessing patient

Master of Speech Pathology

In the accredited Master of Speech Pathology, you’ll learn to provide services to people of all ages with communication impairments, including speech, language, voice, fluency disorders, or clients with eating and drinking difficulties.

Physiotherapist student with patient

Doctor of Physiotherapy

The accredited Doctor of Physiotherapy provides a fast-track pathway to becoming a physiotherapist. You’ll gain skills across many specialist and practical areas including movement science, musculoskeletal science and neuroscience.

Both a male and female occupational therapy student in a ball pit with a small child

Master of Occupational Therapy

In the accredited Master of Occupational Therapy, you will learn to help people who’ve experienced injury, illness or disability achieve greater independence and wellbeing.

social workers with a small child

Master of Social Work

The Master of Social Work provides a fast-track option to become a social worker, where you’ll help people address life challenges and improve their quality of life. This course offers Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP), which means part of your fees are subsidised by the Australian Government.

Nurse students with a dummy patient

Master of Nursing Practice

The Master of Nursing Practice is a two-year graduate entry master degree that can help you change to a nursing career, and gain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Midwife assessing pregnant woman

Master of Midwifery

Learn to work as a professional midwife in real settings, undertaking practical experience and applying your midwifery skills over the whole childbirth continuum. This course is the only postgraduate midwifery course in Australia that does not require you to have an undergraduate nursing qualification to enter.

Marissa Berghuber

I chose this course because I wanted to change careers to occupational therapy. It’s a field that’s constantly evolving, with opportunities to specialise in different areas. I am excited to work directly with people to help them participate in life in meaningful ways.

Marissa Berghuber

Master of Occupational Therapy
Marian dela Fuente

After looking at different course options, I found out that Curtin’s 2-year course for Master of Nursing Practice was the shortest and most efficient pathway to be an RN. Since I did my undergrad at Curtin, I felt comfortable going back, and it was fun seeing all the new changes on the campus.

Marian Dela Fuente

Master of Nursing Practice
Harsha Mahinda

I felt that as a mature-age student, I was in a better position to build on the learnings from my undergraduate degree and my work/personal life experiences. I realised that studying social work would open more doors for me in the future and enable me to work with individuals/children/families across different settings.

Harsha Mahinda-Yogam

Master of Social Work

A growing demand for expertise

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with Australia’s changing health needs and industry transformation, has driven demand for healthcare experts.

Healthcare and social assistance is one of Australia’s largest employing industries, with 1.5 million people working in the sector, and is projected to grow*.

*Labour Market Insights

Young mother with newborn and student midwife

A growing demand for expertise

If you hold an undergraduate degree and are looking to change to a new career in health, now’s the ideal time to study a Graduate Entry Master degree.

Why study with Curtin?

World-ranked

Curtin is in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2024

#1 for graduate employment

Curtin has the highest rate of graduates finding full-time employment of WA’s public universities.

Good Universities Guide 2025

Flexible, practical learning

Pair our courses with almost any qualification or experience, and undertake practical experiences to move your career in an exciting new direction.

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