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Faculty of Health Sciences

Make their health your career and join the next generation of helpers, healers and discoverers.

Graduate career ready

Our health degrees will give you plenty of hands-on experience in fieldwork placements, our research centres and groups, and in our clinics.

Our research

We are internationally recognised for our leadership in health research. Working collaboratively with industry, the Faculty focuses on providing practical solutions to global health challenges.

Recognised with rankings

Our courses are recognised by industry and emphasise applied learning, to ensure our research and education is relevant and that you graduate highly employable.

Our Schools

Curtin’s Faculty of Health Sciences has four academic schools that deliver a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree by research (HDR) courses.

The four academic Schools are Curtin Medical School, Curtin School of Allied Health, Curtin School of Nursing and Curtin School of Population Health. Together, the four schools educate more health professionals than any other Western Australian tertiary institution.

Curtin Medical School

Curtin Medical School

Curtin Medical School brings together expertise in the fields of biomedical sciences, laboratory medicine, pharmacy, medical radiation science and medicine.

Allied health students in a treatment room

Curtin School of Allied Health

Curtin’s School of Allied Health offers professionally recognised courses in Exercise and Sport Science, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology.

Curtin School of Nursing

Curtin School of Nursing

Curtin’s School of Nursing is the longest established school of nursing in the Australian university sector. From the time it opened 47 years ago, the school has been a key part of the University’s drive to be a leader in health sciences education and research.

Population health students analysing data

Curtin School of Population Health

Curtin’s School of Population Health is a comprehensive academic school that delivers a range of undergraduate courses and numerous specialist postgraduate courses in public health and psychology.

Occupational therapy student receiving help in the library

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Thesis Fest 2023

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Thesis Fest 2023

Thesis Fest provides Higher Degree by Research students with skills to engage with research and support wellbeing to complete their thesis.

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Ramadan: free iftaar on weekdays and evening prayers at Curtin Musalla

The Curtin Muslim Chaplain and Curtin Muslim Students’ Association welcomes you to evening prayers at the Musalla daily. 

Ramadan: free iftaar on weekdays and evening prayers at Curtin Musalla

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Ramadan: free iftaar on weekdays and evening prayers at Curtin Musalla

The Curtin Muslim Chaplain and Curtin Muslim Students’ Association welcomes you to evening prayers at the Musalla daily. 

Holi: Harmony in Colours

Holi: Harmony in Colours

All are welcome to join this beloved Hindu festival celebrated the traditional way on campus.

Alzheimer's | Prof John Mamo & Dr Virginie Lam

Alzheimer’s | Prof John Mamo & Dr Virginie Lam

Curtin researchers are trialling a medication that could help preserve the cognitive function of people with Alzheimer’s.

Grief | Prof Lauren Breen and Shelly Skinner

Grief | Prof Lauren Breen and Shelly Skinner

Why are grief and dying such taboo topics in many societies, particularly if they involve children? And what is ‘grief literacy’?

Twitter | Prof Tama Leaver

Twitter | Prof Tama Leaver

Will Twitter ever be the same since Elon Musk’s takeover? And what impact will his changes have on users, free speech and (dis)information?

Research | Prof Chris Moran & Prof Fran Ackermann

Research | Prof Chris Moran & Prof Fran Ackermann

Universities have been the main sites of knowledge discovery since the Late Middle Ages. Six hundred years on, will the role of the university as society’s primary source of new knowledge be…