
Science
Science is the pursuit of truth and understanding of our world and beyond. Science never stops evolving and you’ll never stop learning.
Explore our Science courses
Why study Science with us?
Top 200 globally for physics*
A leader in ground-breaking research through OzGrav#
Home to the supercomputer OzSTAR^
Choose Science at Swinburne
Think you might be the next Marie Curie or Albert Einstein? Maybe you’re a budding Brian Cox or Neil deGrasse Tyson? With a science degree, you’ll open up endless possibilities.
Our science degrees and courses will prepare you for a career solving real world issues, from global health and climate to the mysteries still held in our oceans and skies. Our state-of-the-art labs give you the best environment to put your passion for science to good use.
Whether you move into research, education, healthcare, tech or another industry, a science degree gives you a fundamental understanding of how our world works — which means you can help change it.
Browse our undergraduate and postgraduate science degrees and TAFE courses for detailed course information including work integrated learning opportunities, application dates, science ATAR scores, scholarships, entry requirements and more.
Studying Science at Swinburne




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Swinburne science students hard at work in the university's laboratory facilities.
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Swinburne science students hard at work in the university's laboratory facilities.
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Swinburne science students hard at work in the university's laboratory facilities.
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Swinburne science students hard at work in the university's laboratory facilities.

Hear from Grace about Science at Swinburne
Hear from our students about what it's like to study a Bachelor of Science with a major in Physics at Swinburne. Listen as Grace recounts her personal experience and shares what it is that makes Swinburne such a unique learning environment.
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QUALITY EDUCATION
Swinburne debuts in physical sciences Times Higher Education rankings
Swinburne’s ongoing achievements in physics, chemistry and astronomy research have been recognised by the Times Higher Education subject rankings – placing Swinburne in the top 251 to 300 universities worldwide in 2017.
*2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities
#Swinburne leads OzGrav, the $31.3 million ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery
^The $4 million supercomputer has a performance peak of 1.2 petaflops and is used by Swinburne-based OzGrav
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One step for mankind, a giant leap for the Roo-ver
This op-ed was originally published in the Herald Sun by Professor Alan Duffy, the inagural Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne.
Wednesday 26 February 2025 -
- Astronomy
Explore the cosmos: Swinburne partners with NCM to launch space exhibition, Artificial Sky
Wednesday 18 September 2024