Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences

Bachelor

Are you fascinated by the human body? Do you want to help tackle important health issues facing our world today?Studying health and medical sciences is mentally stimulating and hands-on. It's about fighting disease through scientific research and actively promoting wellbeing.

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Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

3 years full-time

Course Code

324951, 090814E

Intake Months

Jul, Feb

International Fees

$46,500 per year / $139,500 total

ATAR

80

About this course

Improve the health of your community

Are you fascinated by the human body? Do you want to help tackle important health issues facing our world today?

Studying health and medical sciences is mentally stimulating and hands-on. It's about fighting disease through scientific research and actively promoting wellbeing.

Study locations

North Terrace

North Terrace Campus

What you will learn

Our degree supports you in developing relevant and transferable skills that are highly sought-after in research and health industries. You will:

explore human biology and public health in depth
gain hands-on research experience in world-class facilities
enjoy cutting-edge virtual reality learning
work in small groups to solve problems relating to health and disease
undertake a year-long research placement or internship
increase your understanding of global health issues with opportunities to study overseas.

You'll also pursue a specialisation in one of a diverse range of areas:

Neurosciences
Clinical Trials
Nutritional Health
Public Health
Medical Sciences
Reproductive and Childhood Health.

Career pathways

You could work in a medical laboratory or clinical setting, seeing modern medicine improve vulnerable patients' health. You might be the first to witness ground-breaking medical research results. Perhaps you'll help populations make healthy choices, or change the environments in which people live, grow, work, and play, so that everyone can lead healthy lives. Previous graduates have gone on to high-level, influential positions in a range of health organisations and government departments throughout Australia and abroad.

Direct access to industry leaders and paid internship opportunities: The Academy by Deloitte
This degree gives you the opportunity to be part of our new The Academy by Deloitte. You'll be part of a supportive student cohort that learns from one another and industry leaders. Formal and informal experiences will allow you to build relationships within the Deloitte network.

Ranked #59 for Clinical & Health*
Choice of 6 health majors
Full-year research or internship placement

*Times Higher Education Rankings by Subject, 2023

Course structure

The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences is a three-year degree. In the first year students will learn the fundamentals of human anatomy and public health, and there is a focus on the development of communication and learning skills. In the second year students will gain in-depth knowledge in selected subject areas including pathology, physiology, pharmacology, health promotion and epidemiology and students will develop problem solving and group work skills by investigating global health challenges. In the third year students will gain extensive hands-on and workplace experience by completing a major in their chosen field.

The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences is the only degree in South Australia that draws on all disciplines within health sciences including Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology and Public Health, so students have the flexibility to select one of six different majors spread across two different streams: Medical Health or Lifespan Health.

The Medical Health stream offers majors in:

Clinical Trials
Medical Sciences
Neurosciences

The Lifespan Health stream offers majors in:

Nutritional Health
Public Health
Reproductive and Childhood Health.

This degree structure facilitates students concentrating on one specialised health-related area, as well as facilitating study in complementary areas through broadening electives, and provides an opportunity for an international study component.

The Calendar is a comprehensive handbook of the University's academic program rules.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Medicine courses at University of Adelaide.

88.4%

Overall satisfaction

90.7%

Skill scale

50%

Teaching scale

100%

Employed full-time

$76k

Average salary

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