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Bachelor of Nursing
3 years full-time*, up to 7 years part-time Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast, Sydney
*Can be reduced to 2 years with our accelerated study option.
3 years full-time* Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast, Sydney
*Can be reduced to 2 years with our accelerated study option.
Fast track your studies after first year
Complete your degree in as little as two years so you can start helping people sooner.
Full, on-campus support throughout your studies
In-person support from our dedicated nursing teaching staff throughout your studies.
Focussed, personalised learning experiences
Enjoy a maximum 1:12 staff/student ratio during all practical and simulation learning experiences
Nurses transform and make a positive impact on people’s lives.
Nursing is the launch pad to your career in health, and is one of the most trusted professions in the world. It will take you to places that you never thought possible.
Our course embraces a primary health care framework, with a student-centred approach that delivers a variety of high impact engaging learning experiences, a diversity of authentic assessments, and contemporary digital learning technologies.
We offer a vibrant learning culture with a blended model of online learning, supported by on-campus periods of practical study. You’ll also undertake a minimum of 800 hours of Professional Experience Placements aligned with your interests and across a variety of five clinical and healthcare environments.
This blended model of learning will develop your ability to offer the highest quality health care, helping you graduate solution-focused, compassionate, agile, and resilient, ready to pursue a career as a registered nurse.
Graduate in just two years
After your first year, you may have the option based on your GPA, and placement availability, to undertake an accelerated second year to complete the entire degree in just two years. By utilising spring, summer, and winter study periods you complete the same number of units in a shorter time, graduating sooner and allowing you to start your career faster.
If you need to study away from home, our Relocation and Travel Support Allowance helps cover accommodation and associated costs within Tasmania.
Our Bachelor of Nursing has a limited intake each year to ensure placements for all students. Domestic applications for 2025 will open 30 June 2024.
Further study options
For honours course information, please visit Bachelor of Nursing with Clinical Honours (Transition to Practice) or Bachelor of Nursing with Honours.
When the times comes to specialise and advance your career, we have a wide range of postgraduate nursing courses for you, from graduate certificates to masters degrees. With over 20 specialisations to choose from, each designed and delivered by experienced professionals and in collaboration with our heath sector partners, we can be there throughout your career helping you learn, grow, and achieve your goals. Visit our postgraduate nursing page to learn more.
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
Nurses are at the forefront of healthcare delivery, and demand for registered nurses is only increasing with 85,000 more nurses forecast to be required to meet future healthcare needs by 2025.
You can be an integral part maintaining healthy community, working in sectors such as health promotion, mental health, or aged care, by having a person-centred focus, while providing advice, treatment, and management.
Critical care, emergency, surgical and medical nursing demand is also increasing. Acute care roles, primarily located in hospitals, are vital for an efficient and effective healthcare system to function.
Here are some of the careers projected to grow into 2025.^
16.2%
Nursing
Professionals
Predicted job growth to 2025
15.6%
Registered Nurses
Predicted job growth to 2025
85,000
Projected Shortfall
of Nurses
by 2025
^ National Skills Commission five year projections from November 2020 to November 2025.