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'QUT provides a practical approach to education and strong industry connections for health students, providing opportunities that give us real-world experience. I enjoyed all my clinical practice lab sessions, especially the simulation experience which involved collaboration, exchanging ideas and learning from peers from diverse backgrounds, preparing me for future work environments.'
Find your future in nursing
From the first day of your first year, you'll find a community committed to helping you succeed. You’ll be supported in your learning by nursing academics, with decades of experience, and practice your skills using the latest technology in modern facilities. You’ll fit in. Nursing students come from many different backgrounds, but they all share a passion for helping people. At QUT, you’ll find friends, mentors and a pathway to your future career.
A career helping people
‘During the COVID pandemic I saw the passion and dedication of healthcare workers. I wanted to be part of that. It’s never too late to study, to find that thing you’re passionate about. I graduated high school thinking I had to go to university as a new graduate, or miss my chance forever. But I’m here now—a mature age student, a single mother—halfway through a degree for my dream career.’
What’s it like studying nursing?
‘Nursing students have practical classes on campus in hospital simulation rooms. In my first practical class, our simulation room had four different clinical breaches that we had to discover.
QUT uses real hospital equipment. It’s exciting having a glimpse of my future career. I can practise techniques without worrying about messing up in front of patients, taking pressure off before going on placement.’
Patient and experienced teachers
'I chose to study nursing at QUT because nursing is very versatile and there are lots of options which makes it very flexible. Brisbane is a welcoming city for international students and QUT is internationally known for their nursing degree. The teachers are all very kind and patient, especially to international students like me. They're very understanding and enthusiastic about the what they're teaching and all have experience as a registered nurse before coming to teach.'
Bachelor of Nursing student
Develop your confidence
'Through clinical placements, simulations, and interactions with healthcare professionals, I gained invaluable experience that mirrors the complexities and demands of actual nursing practice. This approach ensured I was well-prepared to provide effective care and make informed decisions in real-world healthcare settings.'
Bachelor of Nursing student
Study your passion
'I was always interested in supporting others, especially those who are vulnerable. I chose QUT as it had a good reputation for its Bachelor of Nursing course. My favourite part of the course was learning about human body - anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology - and practising appropriate interaction with people as a professional healthcare provider.'
Bachelor of Nursing student
Becoming a well-trained and skilful nurse
I have always wanted to work as a healthcare professional and I have always loved biology, anatomy, and science. I chose to study the nursing program at QUT because it is an accredited program in all of Australia and has a reputation of producing well-trained and skilful nurses to the health industry. I particularly enjoy the practical parts of the course - I had on-campus practical learning units and off-campus clinical work experience units as part of my course.
Bachelor of Nursing student from Sri Lanka
Engage with health research
'Studying nursing aligns perfectly with my desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others. QUT's commitment to advancing healthcare practices through research aligns with my desire to contribute to the development of effective and equitable healthcare solutions. Being part of a leading institution in nursing research will provide me with opportunities to engage in cutting-edge projects and stay at the forefront of the field.'
Bachelor of Nursing student
Learn from the best
'Being taught by highly-educated health professionals at QUT has been the most beneficial part of my learning. My tutors, lecturers and facilitators encouraged me throughout my training and helped me to implement the skills they taught. I have developed my practical skills and critical thinking. QUT has supported me to become a more confident future health professional.'
Combine your interests
'My studies have helped me understand that there are many areas of nursing that I can work in. Studying a double degree in nursing and psychology influenced my dream to become a mental health nurse because I was interested in learning about mental illness and I also wanted to know how to treat them.'
Prepare for a real-world career
'Participating in work integrated learning units, work experiences, and internships was incredibly valuable. Through these experiences, I honed crucial skills relevant to my field of study, built a strong professional network, and enhanced my resume significantly.'
Bachelor of Nursing student
Highlights
- QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland and has more than 40 years of experience and industry consultation.
- We are ranked sixth in Australia for nursing by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
- All students are scheduled for 840 hours of clinical practice with a minimum of 800 hours required for registration in a diverse range of clinical settings, including rural and remote.
- Opportunities to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
- Prepare yourself for a career in public and private hospitals, nursing homes, community health, hospital in the home, school health, pathology laboratories, alcohol and drug services and the armed forces.
- Fast track your nursing degree with an advanced standing pathway.
Highlights
- QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland and has more than 40 years of experience and industry consultation.
- We are ranked sixth in Australia for nursing by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
- Graduates satisfy the academic requirements for admission as a professional member to the Australian College of Nursing.
- All students are scheduled for 840 hours of clinical practice with a minimum of 800 hours required for registration in a diverse range of clinical settings, including rural and remote.
- Opportunities to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
Why choose this course?
Nursing graduates are in demand both locally and globally. At QUT we will prepare to you work in a role that is vital to the health sector, providing nursing care to individuals, families, and communities in a diverse range of settings.
QUT equips nursing graduates with an understanding of the importance of person-centred care and the capacity to engage people as informed partners in their health care. Our School of Nursing is one of Australia's largest and most established nursing school, with over 40 years of industry consultation and experience. We are ranked sixth in Australia for nursing by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.
QUT collaborates with industry partners, discipline, and research experts to develop course content that reflects the latest emerging healthcare trends and related nursing practice. You will learn from some of Australia’s most respected and influential nurse academics and researchers.
Graduates of this degree are prepared to excel in a profession where the scope of practice is expanding and there are greater responsibilities for delivery of more complex interventions in a range of healthcare settings and across diverse populations.
Our course recognises the increased demand for graduates who understand the importance of person-centred care and have the capacity to engage people as informed partners in their health care.
Why choose this course?
Our School of Nursing is one of the largest and most established centres in Australia, with more than 40 years of industry consultation and experience. We are ranked sixth in Australia for nursing by the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.
Our course content reflects emerging developments in healthcare and nursing practice that have been identified through consultation with industry partners, discipline experts and research literature. You will learn from some of Australia’s most respected and influential nurse academics and researchers.
Foundation studies will build your knowledge in key areas of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and will introduce you to professional nursing practice and contemporary healthcare service.
You will also develop an understanding of pharmacology with an emphasis on quality use of medicines. These studies are complemented with opportunities to apply nursing theory to clinical practice in our on campus facilities and in clinical placements off campus.
Graduates of this degree are prepared to excel in a profession where the scope of practice is expanding and there are greater responsibilities for delivery of more complex interventions in a range of healthcare settings and across diverse populations.
Our course recognises the increased demand for graduates who understand the importance of person-centred care and have the capacity to engage people as informed partners in their health care.
Real-world learning
You will develop your skills and confidence, learning in purpose-built, on-campus facilities that replicate the hospital environment, technology, and equipment. Realistic scenarios and practical learning approaches will prepare you to work in a range of nursing environments.
Our Clinical Simulation Centre contains operational hospital rooms where you will practise with real equipment and the latest technology in a simulated environment.
Your experience in real industry settings begins during second semester of your first year and continues with clinical placement experience every semester thereafter.
All students are scheduled for 840 hours of clinical practice with a minimum of 800 hours required for registration. You will receive extensive support that includes continual feedback on your performance from clinical facilitators, and mentoring relationships with registered nurses. You may also have the opportunity to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
Explore this course
As a QUT nursing graduate you will be skilled in delivering safe and competent practice across diverse populations, responding to the challenges of health care with agility and resilience, and engaging consumers as informed partners in their health care.
Foundation studies will build your knowledge in key areas of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology and will introduce you to professional nursing practice and contemporary healthcare.
You will also develop an understanding of pharmacology, emphasising quality use of medicines. These studies are complemented with opportunities to apply nursing theory to clinical practice in our on-campus facilities and in clinical placements off campus.
Graduates of this degree are prepared to excel in a profession where the scope of practice is expanding, and there are greater responsibilities for delivering more complex interventions in various healthcare settings and across diverse populations.
Inherent requirements
There are some essential skills and abilities you'll need to meet the core learning outcomes of your course or unit. They're not something you need to get in to the course, but they'll be assessed throughout your course, and these capabilities will be required for you to succeed in your career when you graduate.
Find out more about the inherent requirements for the Bachelor of Nursing.
Mandatory notifications
While you are registered as a student with the NMBA, QUT has an obligation to notify AHPRA if you have an impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm when undertaking clinical training. Find out more about the guidelines for mandatory notifications.
Double degrees
Combine two bachelor degrees into a single course of study. A double degree allows you to specialise in two fields and pursue different interest areas, gaining a broader range of skills and knowledge, and giving you a competitive advantage and greater career flexibility.
Consider the following double degrees with a Bachelor of Nursing:
- Behavioural Science (Psychology): combine your skills and knowledge for a career as a nurse in a range of areas including emergency, mental health, palliative care or cancer departments.
- Public Health: develop your nursing career in clinical environments or non-clinical roles with a focus on public health areas such as Indigenous health, community health, risk factors for illness, or implementing new policies and programs to improve population health.
Work Integrated Learning
During this course you will be required to complete a minimum of 800 hours of clinical placement.
Careers and outcomes
Nurses are in high demand around Australia according to the 2022 Skills Priority List. Nursing graduates have excellent employment opportunities in a variety of health care settings or health promotion agencies.
Nursing is one of the most diverse health professions and provides employment opportunities in Australia and overseas.
Employment can be in general and specialist areas such as emergency, paediatrics or mental health, and in areas of health care beyond the traditional hospital ward including community health, 'hospital in the home' care, school health, alcohol and drug dependence, and the armed services.
You could choose to complete further study and become specialist in acute care nursing, cancer nursing, emergency nursing, intensive care nursing, mental health nursing, or paediatric, child and youth health nursing.
Nurses are in demand all over the world and QUT nursing graduates have been successful in obtaining employment overseas, including in Britain, European Union, New Zealand and North America.
Professional recognition
NS42 Bachelor of Nursing is recognised by the Australian College of Nursing as satisfying the academic requirements for admission as a professional member. NS42 Bachelor of Nursing is an accredited Nursing Pre-registration course of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council / Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Student registration
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.
Possible careers
- Nurse
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 72.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- NS42
- QTAC code
- 425231
- CRICOS code
- 003501K
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- Kelvin Grove
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- Kelvin Grove
- 3 years full-time
- 6 years part-time
- 3 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Additional entry requirements
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:
- Australia
- Canada
- New Zealand
- Republic of Ireland
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
If you have not met these educational requirements, you are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test (refer below).
English language proficiency
QUT 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:
- IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no sub-score below 7.0
- PTE: 65 or better overall with no sub-score below 65
- TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing sub-score of 27 or better, listening and reading sub-scores of 24 or better, and speaking sub-score of 23 or better
- Occupational English Test (Nursing Profession) with a minimum score of 350 in each component.
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
Diploma of Nursing holders
If you have current AHPRA registration as an Enrolled Nurse (Division 2) (General) without restriction etc and you completed within 10 years prior to admission to the Bachelor of Nursing one of the following qualifications:
- HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing
- HLT54115 Diploma of Nursing
- HLT51612 Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled - Division 2 nursing)
You should apply for the two-year program Bachelor of Nursing - Enrolled Nurse Entry (QTAC code 425241).
If you do not have current registration, current registration with restrictions etc, or your diploma was completed more than 10 years ago, you will need to undertake the full three-year program.
Degree holders
If you already hold a degree in any area other than nursing completed within the last ten years, you can apply for the Master of Nursing - Entry to Practice via QTAC and complete your nursing studies in two years.
Helping you to get into your course
If you don't think your ATAR or selection rank is high enough to get into this course, you can guarantee your entry with guaranteed advanced standing by upgrading through one the following programs which you can select as one of your QTAC preferences:
QUT College Undergraduate Certificate (Nursing)
QUT College Undergraduate Certificate (Nursing) graduates will automatically receive an offer to start the Bachelor of Nursing within three weeks after completion of the undergraduate certificate. You will also automatically receive 0.5 year (48 credit points) credit transfer and be able to complete the degree in 2.5 years as a full-time student (or equivalent part-time).
More about the QUT College Undergraduate Certificate (Nursing)
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 80.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can't defer your offer in this course. You must start in the semester you apply for.
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any 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
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2024
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
97.75
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Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
84.05
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Selection rank
86.25
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
64.05
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Selection rank
72.05
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
- ATAR/selection rank
- 72.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 80.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Occupational English Test (Nursing Profession) | -- | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 |
| PTE Academic | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| TOEFL iBT | 98 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 23 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Course requirements
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. You will need to identify these requirements and ensure you allow sufficient time to meet them. Some of these requirements have associated costs.
This course has a number of compulsory clinical practice units. One of these units will require students to undertake a four week clinical placement experience scheduled during the November - February summer break prior to the commencement of the final year of studies.
Find out more about additional course requirements and costs.
Inherent requirements
There are some essential skills and abilities you'll need to perform to meet the core learning outcomes of your course or unit. They're not something you need to get in to the course, but they'll be assessed throughout your course, and they'll be required for you to succeed in your career when you graduate.
Find out more about the inherent requirements for the Bachelor of Nursing.
Mandatory notifications
While you are registered as a student with the NMBA, QUT has an obligation to notify AHPRA if you have an impairment that may place the public at substantial risk of harm when undertaking clinical training. Find out more about the guidelines for mandatory notifications.
Blue card
This course requires you to have a blue card so you can participate in work placements and experience.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $5,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2025 fees
2025: $42,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2024 fees
2024: CSP $5,600 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
2024 fees
2024: $39,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Additional Costs
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
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