Postgraduate study in health sciences

ACU's been awarded five stars for full-time postgraduate employment¹, and the Faculty of Health Sciences at ACU is home to a myriad of both specialised and interdisciplinary postgraduate programs as well as to a number of research areas.

The faculty is recognised as global leaders in these areas:

• We are ranked top 10 in Australia and 31st in the world for nursing².
• We are ranked top 50 in the world for sport science³.
• We are 2nd in Australia and top 75 worldwide for psychology².

The faculty hosts four research centres and institutes:

Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre

Mary Mackillop Institute for Health Research

Nursing Research Institute (NRI)

The Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre

<sub>1. Graduate Outcomes Survey - Longitudinal 2025, overall employment for domestic undergraduate students and domestic postgraduate coursework students in the labour force
2. Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025
3. Shanghai Ranking, Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2025</sub>

Postgraduate coursework programs in the faculty

• Postgraduate programs for nurses and other health professionals
• Postgraduate programs in nutrition and dietetics
• Postgraduate programs in sport and exercise science
• Postgraduate programs in psychology
• Postgraduate programs in public health
• Postgraduate programs in allied health
• Postgraduate programs in digital health