Fast facts
Course facts at a glance.
Bachelor of Health Sciences / Master of Physiotherapy
Study Physiotherapy at Flinders
Maximise movement in people of all ages.
Develop the knowledge and skills required to become registered and work as a physiotherapist. The degree builds on Flinders University’s strengths in rural health and health service improvement, and prepares you for a career as a contemporary health professional able to work across a variety of settings.
Why study Physiotherapy at Flinders
- Develop skills and expertise preparing you for professional practice in physiotherapy
- Small class sizes and one-on-one tuition with supportive staff
- Provides 26 weeks of clinical placements
- Role-play with actors to simulate clinical experience
- Sub-quotas available for rural and remote applicants, and Year 12 and higher education applicants
Your career
Potential occupations include:
- physiotherapist
- neurological physiotherapist
- injury management consultant
- sport physiotherapist
- musculoskeletal physiotherapist.
Potential employers include:
- hospitals
- community health centres
- aged care facilities
- mental health services
- rehabilitation centres
- sports clinics and fitness centres.
Professional accreditation / recognition
The Master of Physiotherapy component of this course is accredited by the Australian Physiotherapy Council and satisfies the academic requirements for registration as a physiotherapist with the Physiotherapy Board of Australia.
What you will study
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Practical experience
The degree provides you with practical experience that prepares you for the workforce.
- Undertake clinical learning at Health2GO, an interprofessional student clinic located on campus at the University.
- Undertake 26 weeks of supervised clinical placements.
- Complete at least one rural and/or remote placement.
Before commencing a placement, you will need:
- DHS for Working with Children, Aged Care Sector, Disability Services Employment and Vulnerable Person Screening
- Police Check
- SA Tuberculosis Services Screen
- Immunisations
- Annual Influenza
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate
- First Aid Certificate
- Manual handling
- Hand hygiene
- Infection Control
- SA Health Electronic Medical Record training
- Responding to Abuse and Neglect - Education Care (RAN-EC) training
- Protecting Children is Everyone's Business.
These requirements are subject to change.
Innovation and
enterprise topics
At Flinders University, we recognise that careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today.
Whatever undergraduate course you are studying at Flinders you can add innovation and enterprise electives to your degree to gain new, adaptable and transferrable skills that will equip you for changes in the global job market.
These innovation and enterprise electives prepare you for the careers of tomorrow by developing what we like to call ‘personal enterprise skills’ – the innate ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you, professionally and personally.
How to apply
Choose your preferred course.
Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.
Choose other courses to include in your preferences.
Visit SATAC and submit your application online.
Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study, TAFE/VET qualifications, or through adult entry (STAT/Foundation Studies/tertiary preparation course).
Find the entry path that’s right for you.
An annual subquota is available for applicants from rural and remote areas. To be considered for the rural and remote subquota applicants must apply to SATAC in the normal way.
Applicants must also, within 10 working days after submitting the SATAC application, submit a Statutory Declaration to SATAC which confirms that they have lived in non-metropolitan areas of Australia (Remoteness Classifications RA2 to RA5) for at least 5 consecutive years, or 10 years cumulatively, from birth (i.e. during any period of their life). A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded here.
Applicants can check their eligibility in accordance with the definition above using the search tool at the Remoteness Area (RA) Locator site. Filter your search using the ASGS Remoteness Areas (2016) layer.
When choosing your preferences through SATAC, other Flinders degrees you might want to include in your list are:
How to apply
Choose your preferred course.
Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.
Choose other courses to include in your preferences.
Visit SATAC and submit your application online.
If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.
This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.
If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through academic pathways programs provided by the Flinders International Study Centre.
Course enquiries
Want more information about studying at Flinders University? Contact us to find out more – we’d love to help you decide if Flinders University is the right choice for you.
Course enquiries
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