University of Canberra Courses

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

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Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

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Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

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To be considered for the Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology course, a prospective student must (by the 30th September):
- Apply for the Master of Clinical Psychology component: Domestic applicants must apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) http://www.uac.edu.au/postgraduate/
- AND Apply for the PhD component (specifying Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology) directly to the University of Canberra via the HDR Application Portal: How to Apply - University of Canberra https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/graduate-research/future-research-students/how-to-apply
Note: applications must ensure all requirements for BOTH courses are included as part of each application process.

Applications for scholarships typically close the last Friday in September. The Master of Clinical Psychology course has an early closing date to submit applications by the 15th October of every year. Referee reports must be submitted through the Australian Psychology Postgraduate Program Reference Request System for the Master of Clinical Psychology application component. https://www.psychologyreference.org/ Applicants must ensure they share the reference with the University of Canberra. If the reference is not shared, we cannot access the referee report and the application will be deemed incomplete and not be processed further. Please note that separate referee reports are required and to be submitted via the UC HDR Application portal for the PhD component of the admissions process.
Admission to the degree is highly competitive, based on GPA, a written research proposal, referee reports, research, and publication history along with a clinical suitability interview. Successful candidates will need to meet admission requirements for both courses to be offered a place.

Applicants must meet the following minimum criteria:
1. Completion of a four-year APAC accredited sequence in psychology, typically an honours degree, within the last 10 years with a minimum GPA of 80%; and
2. be eligible for, or hold, provisional registration as a psychologist with AHPRA.


Course Transfers:
Candidates in the Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology course seeking to transfer into the Master of Clinical Psychology course will require course convener approval, and they must have successfully met all the admissions requirements (including passing the clinical suitability interview) for the Master of Clinical Psychology course within the past two years. If it has been more than two years since the candidate successfully passed a clinical suitability interview, they will be required to undertake and pass another interview prior to a course transfer being approved.

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places. Domestic applications will open on the 1st September. First offer round applications must be received by 30th November with offers being released mid-December. Applications remain open while vacancies exist for ongoing consideration of offers.
Applications from international students are accepted on an ongoing basis while vacancies exist. Please refer to the key dates (https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-to-uc/key-dates) for further information.

Clinical practice is a key component of the program and is assessed. Students may be required to complete this component outside of teaching time. Prior to commencing clinical practice, all students need to present a complete immunisation schedule, and First Aid certificates including CPR, as a requirement of the ACT and NSW health departments. All students are required to undergo a 'working with vulnerable people' check, and Australian Federal Police Record Check prior to undertaking clinical experience.

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Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places. Domestic applications will open on the 1st September. First offer round applications must be received by 30th November with offers being released mid-December. Applications remain open while vacancies exist for ongoing consideration of offers.
Applications from international students are accepted on an ongoing basis while vacancies exist. Please refer to the key dates (https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-to-uc/key-dates) for further information.

Police clearance checks
Immunisation
Current First Aid certificate

Assumed knowledge for entry is to HSC equivalent of Biology, Physics and Mathematics. Inherent Requirements: Clinical practice and/or clinical laboratories during the medical imaging course require students to: - be involved in encounters where students must physically interact with patients and/or other students coming from a range of ethnic, age, gender and disability backgrounds; - be physically capable to independently lift and move patients and equipment and to wear lead gowns (heavy) for extended periods of time; - be involved in patient encounters where patients may be severely injured or be at the end stage of terminal illnesses; - work in environments which may be highly stressful; - have vision able to visualise detail within medical images; - due to government requirements, wear clothing during clinical placements that does not cover the elbows and forearms; - attend clinical workplaces, for extended periods of time, in interstate, metropolitan, regional and rural areas.

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- Other Australian Qualification
- Work Experience
- Overseas Qualification

Domestic applicants who are not currently enrolled in a bachelor degree at the University of Canberra must apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC): https://www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants

Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places. Domestic applications will open on the 1st September. First offer round applications must be received by 30th November with offers being released mid-December. Applications remain open while vacancies exist for ongoing consideration of offers.
Applications from international students are accepted on an ongoing basis while vacancies exist. Please refer to the key dates (https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-to-uc/key-dates) for further information.

All students in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course are required to complete clinical practice placement in blocks of time, often outside teaching time. These clinical practice placements are essential to the program and will require students to provide physiotherapy management to all genders across all age groups. To prepare for these placements, students will demonstrate their skills on their peers of all genders in assessments prior to placement.

Prior to commencing clinical practice, all students need to present a complete immunisation schedule, and First Aid Certificates including CPR, as a requirement of the ACT and NSW health departments.

All students are required to undergo an Australian Federal Police record check prior to undertaking clinical experience in the ACT, and a NSW Police check before undertaking practice in NSW.

Please be advised that domestic applications open on the 1st September and close on the 15th October each year for the following year. Domestic applicants must apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) http://www.uac.edu.au/postgraduate/ Referee reports must be submitted through the Psychology Reference Portal https://www.psychologyreference.com.au. Applicants must ensure they share the reference with the University of Canberra. If the reference is not shared we cannot access the referee reports and the application will be deemed incomplete and the application will not be processed further.

Limited Commonwealth-supported places (CSPs) are available for this course and will be awarded on academic merit. Eligible applicants who are not given a CSP will be recommended for fee-paying (FEE) places.

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Completion of a four-year APAC accredited sequence in psychology, typically an honours degree, within the last 10 years with a minimum GPA of 75%; and
2. be eligible for, or hold, provisional registration as a psychologist with AHPRA

International applications are accepted at any time but need to be submitted by 15th October to be considered for the following year. Please refer to the key dates https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-to-uc/key-dates for further information.

Applicants must also provide:
- a current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- proof of eligibility for registration as a provisional psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia, and
- two referee reports submitted through the Psychology Reference Portal https://www.psychologyreference.com.au

Shortlisted applicants (domestic and international) will be required to attend an interview in which their suitability for clinical practice will be assessed. Interviews are preferably attended in person (on campus). Requests for an online interview can be submitted in special circumstances for consideration. The time and date of the interview is unfortunately not negotiable, due to the tight scheduling requirements.

NOTE
Above requirements are the minimum standard and not negotiable. Entry is competitive and places limited. Shortlisting for interview is determined against the applicant's academically ranked place in the applicant list, and the referee reports. The thresholds for interview considerations vary each year in response to characteristics of the applicant pool. It is emphasised that meeting the minimum entrance requirements does not of itself guarantee an interview. Please note that it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that UAC and UC have the correct and most current information against which applications are assessed.

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
- Year 12 ATAR
- other Australian Qualification
- work experience
- overseas qualification

We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.
More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Admission to this course is competitive. Applications will be assessed on the basis of academic merit and the number of available places. Domestic applications will open on the 1st September. First offer round applications must be received by 30th November with offers being released mid-December. Applications remain open while vacancies exist for ongoing consideration of offers.
Applications from international students are accepted on an ongoing basis while vacancies exist. Please refer to the key dates (https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-to-uc/key-dates) for further information.

Clinical practice is a key component of the program and is assessed. Students may be required to complete this component outside of teaching time. Prior to commencing clinical practice, all students need to present a complete immunisation schedule, and First Aid certificates including CPR, as a requirement of the ACT and NSW health departments. All students are required to undergo a 'working with vulnerable people' check, an Australian Federal Police Record Check prior to undertaking clinical experience in the ACT, and a NSW Police check before undertaking practice in NSW.

ACT: Mathematical Methods major; Chemistry major; and Physics major. NSW: Mathematics; Physics; and Chemistry.

Applicants must have a bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in a related field OR Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in an unrelated field AND three years' work experience OR Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in an unrelated field AND Graduate Certificate in Business or higher.

As the course will be taught in English, applicants must have an Academic IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent, with no band score below 6.0.

Applicants must have a bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in a related field OR Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in an unrelated field AND three years' work experience OR Bachelor qualification, or equivalent, in an unrelated field AND Graduate Certificate in Business or higher.

As the course will be taught in English, Academic IELTS of 6.5 or equivalent, with no band score below 6.0.

Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
1. A completed bachelor degree in any discipline with a credit or higher average, and
2. A minimum of one unit (subject) of degree level (or higher) study in five of the following six disciplines - chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology.

Limited Commonwealth-supported places (CSPs) are available for this course and will be awarded on academic merit. To be considered for a CSP, please submit your application by 1 December 2023. Eligible applicants will be notified from 15 December 2023. The University will continue to issue fee-paying (FEE) offers until this date, offers for any eligible CSP applicants will be updated accordingly.