Postgraduate study in Health Sciences

ACU's been awarded five stars for full-time postgraduate employment¹, and the Faculty of Health Sciences at ACU is home to a myriad of both specialised and interdisciplinary postgraduate programs as well as to a number of research areas which are ranked first or equal first in Australia including: cardiorespiratory medicine and haematology; clinical sciences; cognitive sciences; human movement and sports science; nursing; nutrition and dietetics; psychology; and public health and health services².

The ACU Postgraduate Students Association regularly runs networking events, seminars, and professional development activities to enhance the research and writing skills of postgraduate students.

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The faculty hosts four research centres and institutes:

Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre

Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research

Nursing Research Institute (NRI)

The Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre

_{1. Good Universities Guide 2023
2. Four-digit FoRs, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2018}

Postgraduate coursework programs in the Faculty

• Postgraduate programs for Nurses and other Health professionals
• Postgraduate programs in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Postgraduate programs in Sport and Exercise Science    
• Postgraduate programs in Psychology
• Postgraduate programs in Public Health
• Postgraduate programs in Allied Health
• Postgraduate programs in Digital Health