Overview

Promote health and wellbeing for all with our Bachelor of Health Science/Bachelor of Science. 

Examine the physical, psychological and social aspects of health – in settings from hospitals to rehabilitation facilities to aged care settings. 

Plus, learn about contemporary issues in health science, such as biomedical testing or health communication, and how to address them.

Your industry experience

Bolster your CV with real industry experience while you study through our Work Integrated Learning programs – a guaranteed part of all our bachelor degrees. This double degree includes the opportunity to apply your learning and work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams on:

  • a health-industry linked project in Health Sciences Project (HEA30001)
  • three science-industry linked projects.

Skills you’ll learn

  • Health science communication
  • Health science research skills
  • Professional and ethical behaviours
  • Critical data analysis
  • Problem solving
  • Report writing skills

Your career opportunities

  • Medical researcher
  • Health policy developer
  • Healthcare consultant
  • Forensic scientist
  • Sustainability analyst
  • Meteorologist and climate modeller

Key codes

CRICOS course code
093360F
VTAC Code (IFP)
3400211043
VTAC Code (CSP)
3400211041
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Professional accreditations

*This accreditation is only for students who complete a Major in Physics, in conjunction with the Higher Mathematics Minor

Why Swinburne?

Ranked Top 500 in Public Health

ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022

The only uni in Australia to have both MRI and MEG at a single site

Top 200 for Physics

Times Higher Education World University Ranking by Subject 2023

Top 200 for Physical Science

ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022
Bachelor of Health Science

Study Health Science at Swinburne

At Swinburne you'll have access to cutting-edge technology, virtual reality and digital dissection tables. Combining this with real-world experience, you'll leave more than a graduate, you'll leave a workforce ready practitioner.