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Overview
- Study a Graduate Diploma in Applied Science and upgrade your professional qualifications in one of our many science disciplines.
- Prepares you for a career as a medical physicist, health physicist or biomedical engineer in hospitals, health departments, mining companies, tertiary institutions or medical instrumentation companies.
- Complete in 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
- Opportunity to complete a research project in combination with your coursework units.
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| QUT course code | SC71 |
| Attendance | Full time or Part time |
| Course duration | 1 year full time
2 years part time |
| Start month | February, July |
| Delivery |
On campus
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| CRICOS code | 020314E |
Details
Graduate Diploma in Applied Science
This course offers students currently employed in industry the opportunity to upgrade their professional qualifications in one of our science disciplines. The course is a one-year full-time (or two-year part-time) postgraduate qualification by coursework, or coursework and a minor research project.
Career outcomes
Graduates find employment in hospitals, health departments, mining companies, tertiary institutions and medical instrumentation companies, in careers such as medical physicists, health physicists or biomedical engineers.
Units
Course design
This coursework program allows students to complete a minor research project of up to 36 credit points in some disciplines (as approved by the Academic Board). The assessed coursework may include advanced lectures, seminars, reading units or independent study designed to focus on information retrieval skills. Coursework units are chosen from those in the Master of Applied Science course and may contain units from other postgraduate courses, the Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) program or advanced undergraduate programs.
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Entry requirements
Entry requirements
A bachelor degree in science or equivalent qualification or other evidence of qualifications that satisfactorily demonstrate that the applicant possesses the capacity to pursue the course of study.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
2012: CSP $2,260 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Graduate Diploma in Applied Science
You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you have:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements
- Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
- Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
- Collected supporting documents (see application form)
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 273.67 KB)
