This Master’s degree enables students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a health-related area to meet the registration requirements to practice as a physiotherapist with just two years of extra study.

Your studies will develop your capability to assess, treat and prevent human movement disorders, enabling people to lead healthy and functional lives. 

Throughout your studies you will undertake supervised clinical practice with patients within a vast range of industry organisations. Some of your placements will also take place in our very own state-of-the-art Physiotherapy Clinics, located on-campus. This practical experience is a great way for you to apply what you have learnt during your studies and encourages you to build industry networks and relationships.

What you'll need

Students who undertake activities where interaction with patients/the public is required for their degree, such as field or clinical placements/visits and in University clinics and gyms, must demonstrate they meet mandatory pre-placement conditional requirements. These include criminal history clearance, child related employment clearance and immunisation requirements. Please visit the Clinical Placement Unit for information on key requirements, and to access the full student checklists.

Students must also be registered to practice physiotherapy in Australia. Applicants who are overseas trained physiotherapists and are eligible to apply for Australian registration with the Australian Physiotherapy Council are not eligible to apply for this degree.

All students enrolled in a program leading to professional registration must be registered with the relevant National Board. The registration process is undertaken by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with the University providing notification to AHPRA following enrolment in the program.

Applicants are required to have:

• completed and conferred within the past 10 years a recognised higher education program at Bachelor degree level or higher from a recognised Australian or New Zealand higher education institution;
• a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 (credit average);
• successfully completed within the last 10 years the following pre-requisite courses from a recognised higher education institution:
  • a course equivalent to 4.5 units* of statistics and research methods at AQF Level 7; and     
  • two courses each equivalent to 4.5 units* of human anatomy at AQF Level 7 completed with at least a credit level (65%). The courses must explicitly include detailed musculoskeletal anatomy, neuroanatomy and systems anatomy; and
  • two courses each equivalent to 4.5 units* of human physiology at AQF Level 7 with at least a credit level (65%). The courses must explicitly include 30 hours of human musculoskeletal physiology.