Undergraduate Certificate (Nursing)

Assumed knowledge

Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:

• English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)

More about assumed knowledge

Additional entry requirements

You must have attended and satisfactorily completed at least 6 years of primary and secondary education taught and assessed solely in English. At least two years of this education must have been between grades 7 and 12. This education must have been completed in one of the following countries:

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Anguilla
• Australia
• The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bermuda
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• Dominica
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Grenada
• Guernsey
• Guyana
• Isle of Man
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Malta
• New Zealand
• Republic of Ireland
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Trinidad and Tobago
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• US Virgin Islands

If you have not met these educational requirements, you are required to provide evidence of an acceptable English Language test (refer below).

English language proficiency

QUT requires students to demonstrate that they can speak, write, read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.

QUT's English proficiency requirements for this course are:

• IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake: 7.0 or better overall with a writing sub-score of 6.5 or better and listening, reading and speaking sub-scores of 7.0 or better
• Cambridge C1 Advanced: 185 or better overall with a writing subscore of 182 or better, a speaking sub-score of 194 or better, a listening subscore of 185 or better, and reading subscore of 193 or better
• PTE Academic: 66 or better overall with a writing sub-score of 60 or better, a speaking sub-score of 76 or better, and listening and reading sub-scores of 66 or better
• TOEFL iBT Australia Test (120-scale): 98 or better overall with no sub-score lower than 24
• Occupational English Test (Nursing Profession): listening and writing sub-scores of 350 or better, and reading and speaking sub-scores of 360 or better.

The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.

Offer guarantee

If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 65.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course in the Semester 1 offer rounds, up to the main offer round in mid-January.

Deferment

Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank

Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.

Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank

Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2025

The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.

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).