Course options
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.
This course includes over 800 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.
The Master of Occupational Therapy will prepare you to work with people to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations (activities) they need, want, or are expected to perform and to participate in their communities. Adopting a strength-based approach, occupational therapists use a range of strategies to help those affected by disability, injury, or illness, or psychological or emotional difficulties to participate in meaningful occupations across the lifespan. You will learn how to support people to overcome barriers and to achieve their goals as a culturally safe and ethical practitioner.
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.
Develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to work as an autonomous speech pathologist, and help individuals and communities who experience difficulties with communication and swallowing. In this course you will learn to provide safe, ethical, evidence-based, and community-centred practice for individuals and families across complex and changing environments.
As a graduate, your career can take you across a range of health, education and private settings where you will lead, advocate, and innovate to develop socially responsible and sustainable actions that support every individual’s right to optimal communication and swallowing.
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.
Guaranteed entry pathway for Tasmanian high school graduates
If you want to become a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, or speech pathologist we have an exciting new way for high school graduates to get guaranteed entry into one of our allied health degrees! If you've finished your Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE) or International Baccalaureate (IB) in Tasmania in the last 12 months, you could be eligible. Up to 30% of our spots are reserved for students like you, based on your ATAR. To qualify, you need to enrol in one of these degrees at the University of Tasmania:
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Psychological Science
You'll need to apply, study full-time, complete all the required pre-requisite units, and keep a minimum GPA of 5.0 (Credit or better average). Remember, you can't defer your start date. This is a great opportunity to kickstart your career in allied health!
Career opportunities
Employment in Health Care and Social Assistance is projected to grow by 25.9% over the five years to November 2034*.
33.6%
Physiotherapists
Projected job growth by 2034*
31.7%
Speech Pathologists and Audiologists
Projected job growth by 2034*
32.8%
Occupational Therapists
Projected job growth by 2034*
*National Skills Commission ten year projections from May 2024-May 2034.
