Master of Occupational Therapy (M7D)

• 1 Apply core values and principles of occupational therapy to recognise people as occupational beings and use a high level of professionalism and make sound legal, ethical and socially responsible decisions in practice.
• 2 Identify and apply key theoretical conceptual practice approaches to safe quality occupational therapy practice.
• 3 Communicate effectively with people, their families, significant others, and referrers to meet their occupational needs in a culturally appropriate and collaborative manner.
• 4 Apply evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning to provide occupational therapy for individuals, communities, and populations across a range of current and future practice contexts.
• 5 Demonstrate agility, commitment to ongoing professional development and life-long, self-directed learning and critical reflective practice for working in complex and changing environments.
• 6 Ability to function as leaders and change agents for the occupational therapy profession, and actively drive system reform. through inquiry, innovation, research literacy and the translation of research into practice and practice into research.

This 2-year full time course is offered via blended learning methods including independent, online learning with weekly interactive webinars and peer learning. You must be available for two week-long Residential Schools in Launceston each semester and engage in interprofessional work integrated learning opportunities throughout the course, with community organisations in Tasmania. While the learning hub for Occupational Therapy is in Launceston, our delivery is designed to be place-based, so that you can complete elements of study from wherever you reside in Tasmania.

Placements are offered across each semester in Tasmania and are organised close to where you are living wherever possible. To successfully complete the requirements of the program, students are expected to live in Tasmania while studying the Master of Occupational Therapy.

Safety in Practice Compliance

This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.>

This course includes 1000 hours of mandatory work integrated learning (WIL) and professional experience placements (PEP) at university clinics and with industry partners in each semester of the program. WIL and part-time PEP will involve placements collocated to your place of residence, where possible, while block placements may occur across Tasmania. Please note this means you are currently unable undertake the course from interstate.

Placements are offered across each semester in Tasmania and are organised close to where you are living wherever possible. To successfully complete the requirements of the program, students are expected to live in Tasmania while studying the Master of Occupational Therapy.

This program is subject to accreditation by the Occupational Therapy Council.

If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information. 

Please note the closing time and date for receipt of first round applications is 11.59 PM (AEST) on 30 September 2026. Second round applications 11.59 PM (AEST) 31 October 2026, with the final round closing 11:59 PM (AEDT) 30 November 2026.

Admission to the Master of Occupational Therapy is competitive and achieving the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee an offer of a place in this course.

Applicants who meet the entry requirements are ranked on academic performance and offers are made based on the number of places available.

This course uses a minimum credit average GPA requirement (5.0) for prior tertiary education and equivalent ranks as part of the admission process.

To be eligible to apply you will need to fulfill the following criteria:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an Australian University or equivalent. If you are providing multiple eligible GPA’s the highest GPA  will be used for ranking purposes.
•  Completed the equivalent of the following subject pre-requisites within the last 10 years:
  • A minimum of two units (25 CPU) of relevant systems human anatomy and physiology.
  • One unit (12.5 CPU) of study focused on social perspectives in health, such as psychology or sociology, and  
  • One unit (12.5 CPU) study of research methods.

Completion of the subject prerequisites can occur via enrolment in UTAS units, other Australian universities or international universities that offer appropriate level units, and via Open University. 

At least 60% of places will be offered to Tasmanians, which is defined as:

Applicants who meet the domestic admission requirements and can demonstrate they:

• Are currently resident in Tasmania at the time of application, and/or;
• Have completed TCE/IB in Tasmania

A sub-quota of up to 50% of the Tasmanian quota exists for school leaver applicants who will have completed TCE/IB in Tasmania in the year preceding entry to the University of Tasmania subject to the following conditions:

• Applicants must have completed their Certificate of Education within the last 12 months;
• Applicants will be ranked according to their ATAR;
• Applicants must be enrolled in one of the following UTAS undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science (53J), Bachelor of Biomedicine (M3X), Bachelor of Psychological Science (53F);
• Applicants entering this guaranteed pathway will be required to:
  • study full-time within the undergraduate program,
  • complete all relevant pre-requisite units during the undergraduate program, and
  • Complete the undergraduate degree with a minimum GPA of 5.0
• Applicants cannot defer the commencement of study in the chosen UTAS undergraduate or subsequent postgraduate degree.

Applicants can apply for this Guaranteed Entry Pathway (after applying for one of the above mentioned bachelor degrees) by completing  this form: Tasmanian School Leaver Guaranteed Entry Pathway 

A quota of up to 15% of places will be available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who meet all entry requirements.

This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine's Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application. 

Please note the closing time and date for receipt of first round applications is 11.59 PM (AEST) on 30 September 2026. Second round applications 11.59 PM (AEST) 31 October 2026, with the final round closing 11:59 PM (AEDT) 30 November 2026.

 A quota of up to 15% of places will be offered to international students.

IELTS Academic minimum score of 7 overall and a minimum score of 7 in each individual band

OR

successfully completed a relevant tertiary qualification in English in Australia or equivalent (refer to UTAS English Language Requirements) within the previous 24 months.

Admission to the Master of Occupational Therapy is competitive and achieving the entry requirements does not guarantee an offer for this course.  Applicants who meet the entry requirements are ranked on academic performance and offers are made based on the number of places available.
 

In addition to the English Language requirements you will need to fulfill the following criteria to be eligible to apply:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required. This course uses a minimum credit average GPA requirement of 5.0 for prior tertiary education as part of the admissions process. The GPA is determined from a bachelor degree, or a completed higher post-graduate qualification equating to at least one-year of equivalent full-time study from an Australian university (or equivalent). ). If providing multiple eligible GPAs, the highest GPA will be used for ranking purposes.  
• Completed the equivalent of the following subject pre-requisites within the last 10 years: 
  • A minimum of two units (25 CPU) of relevant systems human anatomy and physiology, 
  • One unit (12.5 CPU) of study focused on social perspectives in health, such as psychology or sociology, and  
  • One unit (12.5 CPU) study of research methods.

Completion of the prerequisites can occur via enrolment in UTAS units, other Australian universities or international universities that offer appropriate level units, and via Open University.  
 

This course includes compulsory Professional Experience Placements. You must meet the College of Health and Medicine’s Safety in Practice Requirements before census date of the first semester of your course. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course admission application.

Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.

There is no articulation from or to, any other course.

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