Learn from some of Australia's most respected nursing experts. Access purpose-built facilities, technology and equipment, and complete 840 hours of placement.
Guide to entry thresholds
QTAC code
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2019.
QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland and has more than 40 years of experience and industry consultation.
Complete 840 hours of clinical placement.
Opportunities to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
Prepare yourself for a career in public and private hospitals, nursing homes, community health, hospital in the home, school health, pathology laboratories, alcohol and drug services and the armed forces.
QUT was the first provider of tertiary nurse education in Queensland. Our course content reflects emerging developments in healthcare and nursing practice that have been identified through consultation with industry partners, discipline experts and research literature.
Foundation studies build your knowledge in key areas of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, and will introduce you to professional nursing practice and contemporary healthcare service. You will also develop an understanding of pharmacology with an emphasis on quality use of medicines. These studies are complemented with opportunities to apply nursing theory to clinical practice in our on campus facilities and in clinical placements off campus.
Graduates of this degree are prepared to excel in a profession where the scope of practice is expanding and there are greater responsibilities for delivery of more complex interventions in a range of healthcare settings and across diverse populations. Our course recognises the increased demand for graduates who understand the importance of person-centred care and have the capacity to engage people as informed partners in their health care.
Real-world learning
Our campuses offer operational hospital rooms where you will practise with real equipment and the latest technology in a simulated environment. Your experience in real industry settings begins with an observation activity during first semester of first year and continues with clinical placement experience every semester thereafter.
You will complete 840 hours of placement, with extensive support that includes continual feedback on your performance from clinical facilitators, and mentoring relationships with registered nurse mentors. You may also have the opportunity to apply to travel overseas and provide health services to communities in developed and developing countries.
As a QUT nursing graduate you will be skilled in delivering safe and competent practice across diverse populations, responding to the challenges of health care with agility and resilience, and engaging consumers as informed partners in their health care.
You can widen your career possibilities even further by pairing this degree with one in a complementary area such as public health, psychology, or paramedic science.
Nursing is one of the most diverse health professions and provides employment opportunities in Australia and overseas.
Employment can be in general and specialist areas such as emergency, paediatrics or mental health, and in areas of health care beyond the traditional hospital ward including community health, in-home care, school health, pathology laboratories, alcohol and drug dependence, and the armed services.
Many nurses complete further study and become specialists in acute care nursing, cancer nursing, emergency nursing, intensive care nursing, mental health nursing, or paediatric, child and youth health nursing.
This course has professional accreditation from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.
Our graduates are eligible to apply for registered nurse status with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Both students and graduates may apply for membership of the Australian College of Nursing.
QUT automatically registers students enrolled in this course with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia in accordance with the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009. Details about student registration are available from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
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OP Guarantee
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA).
More about assumed knowledge
Guaranteed entry
If you receive an adjusted OP 1-5 (or equivalent selection rank), you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Applicants who have completed a Diploma of Nursing (enrolled nurse) within 10 years of admission to the Bachelor of Nursing will be awarded one year of advanced standing. This allows you to complete the course in two years instead of three. If you complete your Diploma prior to receiving a QTAC offer, QUT will automatically grant you this advanced standing. If you complete your Diploma after gaining admission to QUT, you will need to lodge an Advanced Standing application.
Graduate entry
If you already hold a degree in any area other than nursing, you can apply for the Bachelor of Nursing (Graduate Entry), and complete the course in two years.
More about advanced standing
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your selection rank (or OP equivalent) will be applied to this course.
Find out if you're eligible for an adjustment to your selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2018
The scores listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent school leavers. If you are not a school leaver, take a look at the entry thresholds box at the top of this page to see the lowest adjusted scores required overall to receive an offer.
Excluding adjustments
Including adjustments
Selection rank
Highest OP/selection rank
to receive an offer
Selection rank 97
Median OP/selection rank
Lowest OP/selection rank
You can find out more about your fellow students' backgrounds with this course's student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
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I completed secondary school in Australia
Did you get an OP 1-5?
If you completed secondary school in Australia and received an OP 1-5 or equivalent, and you meet the course prerequisites, you are guaranteed an offer for this course in the January offer round
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Test must be taken within 2 years of commencement at QUT. 7 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5
Blue card
This course requires you to have a blue card so you can participate in work placements and experience.
More about blue card requirements
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. You will need to identify these requirements and ensure you allow sufficient time to meet them. Some of these requirements have associated costs.
This course has a number of compulsory clinical practice units. One of these units will require students to undertake a four week clinical placement experience scheduled during the November - February summer break prior to the commencement of the final year of studies.
Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
Applying for this course
Applicants with recent secondary education
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study
Applicants with higher education study
Applicants with work and life experience
Find out more if you are an international applicant
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. Some of these requirements have associated costs. Information is available from the Additional course requirements and costs website.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
A scholarship for future undergraduate students who want to study in any faculty.
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Close Friday 15 November 2019
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Make a real difference
'One thing I loved about QUT was the practical placements. I've always learnt better in context, when I could see the relevance of my textbooks in real life. I am now a screening nurse living on Mercy Ships. I am one of the nurses who is responsible for finding appropriate surgical patients for the world's largest civilian hospital ship.'
Melissa Toh
'I've always been interested in nursing abroad and the opportunity to travel to Norway was the perfect way to explore my prospects. I was able to meet nursing students from University of Stavanger and complete hospital placements in paediatric, surgical, cardiac, orthopaedic and theatre wards.'
Ben McGarry
World-class training facilities
Our Clinical Simulation Centre offers a unique learning environment. Use simulation equipment, like the $100,000 'SimMan 3G', to practise your skills. Nursing students are recorded while they work on the patient and can later watch the footage and analyse and assess their performance.
Real graduate
'During my degree I got to work with a lot of health professionals, like paramedics, psychologists, doctors and dietitians. It really made me ready for my job in a hospital.'
Gemma O'Brien
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