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Master of Physiotherapy
Minimum 2 years, maximum of 5 years 
Launceston
Minimum 2 years, maximum of 5 years Launceston 
CRICOS 106189A
Work placement with our industry partners
Throughout your degree, work with experienced physiotherapists during four different placements.
Use leadership, innovation and technology
Provide direct client care and solve real world complex health care problems.
Placed-based learning
Place-based learning connecting you to Tasmanian communities.
The Master of Physiotherapy will give you the qualifications and skills you need to become a practicing physiotherapist. Developed in collaboration with health professionals, industry leaders and professional bodies, this course will equip you with the future-facing capabilities required to adapt and respond to rapidly occurring changes in health, and the health system.
Through problem-based and practical learning experiences, this course will introduce you to a range of health care settings that have widespread community health impact. You will be challenged to reflect on your views, to consider how your values and strengths influence your practice as an emerging physiotherapist.
You will participate in community-based projects and authentic experiential learning activities to develop and apply lean and system thinking skills to learn how to respond to complex health care problems. These are distinctive areas of professional development that will build your capacity for work readiness, ensuring client-centred, quality, and safe health care across diverse service delivery settings experienced in regional, rural and metropolitan landscapes.
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Physiotherapy
Our Master of Physiotherapy will give you the qualifications and skills you need to become a practicing physiotherapist in Australia. Come along to this webinar to learn what this course involves and about the undergraduate study requirements to gain entry.
This course includes over 900 hours of work placements at the university clinic and in industry partner clinics/departments.
Undertake immersive hands-on learning in real healthcare environments with experienced physiotherapy practitioners and learn about contextual aspects of population health and service delivery. Your professional experience placements will span a range of physiotherapy settings (paediatrics, youth, aged, rural, community, aged and acute), as well as musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and neurological areas of physiotherapy practice.
You will build vital professional skills such as client-centred care, clinical reasoning, quality assurance, evidence based practice, interprofessional teamwork and leadership by engaging in authentic case and problem based learning.
Through our on campus simulated learning environments, you will have the opportunity to practice your physiotherapy assessment and intervention skills and enhance your clinical reasoning, organisation, time management, communication and conflict resolution skill.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Master of Occupational Therapy
Minimum 2 years, maximum of 5 years Launceston
This course may not be available to international students. Please refer to courses to explore more.
Work placement with our industry partners
Gain over 1000 hours of experience through hands on learning in hospitals, clinics, community health, organisations and industry.
Placed-based learning
Place-based learning connecting you to Tasmanian communities.
Provide client-centred care
Develop the skills to deliver client-centred care using occupation-focused, socially responsible, culturally respectful, and globally aware approaches.
This course will be accepting students in semester 2, 2025. Entry requirement information is available on the course page .
The Master of Occupational Therapy will prepare you to support growth, change and adaptation to improve health outcomes for different people, populations, and communities. Your studies will involve working with clients to help them participate more fully in life by focusing on their strengths.
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Occupational therapy and speech pathology
We are creating new opportunities to better support workforce and public health needs in Tasmania. We offer a Master of Occupational Therapy and a Master of Speech Pathology. Come along to this webinar to learn about these courses and the undergraduate study requirements to gain entry.
Undertake hands-on learning in real healthcare environments across Tasmania with experienced occupational therapists to learn about contextual aspects of population health and service delivery.
Work in an on-campus simulated learning environment, to practice occupational therapy assessment and intervention skills and enhance your clinical reasoning.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Master of Speech Pathology
Minimum of 2 years, maximum of 5 years Launceston
Minimum of 2 years, maximum of 5 years Launceston CRICOS 106188B
Work placement with our industry partners
Hands-on learning in school, disability and health care environments through four placements that take place in different areas of speech pathology practice.
Support your community
Support people who have communication and swallowing issues and focus on socially, ethically, and culturally sensitive solutions in healthcare and education.
Placed-based learning
Place-based learning connecting you to Tasmanian communities.
This course focuses on socially, ethically, and culturally sensitive solutions to communication and swallowing problems experienced across the lifespan.
Watch our webinar
Occupational therapy and speech pathology
We are creating new opportunities to better support workforce and public health needs in Tasmania. We offer a Master of Occupational Therapy and a Master of Speech Pathology. Come along to this webinar to learn about these courses and the undergraduate study requirements to gain entry.
We offer a vibrant learning culture; our program uses a blended model of online learning supported by in person intensive periods, and a wide variety of work placements in a range of healthcare facilities.
You will gain hands-on learning in school, disability and health care environments through four placements that take place in different areas of speech pathology practice.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Career opportunities
Employment in Health Care and Social Assistance is projected to grow by 15.8% over the five years to November 2026*.
28.7%
Physiotherapists
Projected job growth by 2026*
34.7%
Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
Projected job growth by 2026*
7.4%
Occupational Therapists
Projected job growth by 2026*
* National Skills Commission five year projections to 2026
