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This course prepares registered nurses without current registration in Australia for registration, enhancing their professional knowledge and capability. It includes studies in research, evidence-informed practice, and biological and behavioural sciences, and supports future postgraduate opportunities.
This stream prepares registered nurses without current registration in Australia for registration. Internationally qualified registered nurses may seek registration within Australia after successfully completing this program.
The stream builds on your professional knowledge and experience as a registered nurse and enhances your capability as a member of an interprofessional team in a changing healthcare system.
You will study research, evidence informed practice and the biological and behavioural sciences that underlie nursing. You will be encouraged to problem solve, identify and assess the needs of individuals and families.
The course can also help you establish a basis for future postgraduate study, specialisation and research.
Successful completion of this course enables internationally and locally qualified nurses to seek registration in Australia.
What you need in order to get into this course. There are different pathway options depending on your level of work and education experience.
Applicants with higher education are those whose highest level of study since leaving secondary education is a higher education course, such as a university degree. This may include applicants who are currently studying a higher education course at another education provider and want to transfer to Curtin University, or applicants who are currently studying at Curtin but want to switch to a different course. It may also include applicants who have completed past study with university and non-university higher education providers.
This is not a course switching stream. You must have a completed qualification to enter this stream.
This is not a course switching stream. You must have a completed qualification to enter this stream.
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
Please refer to English language requirements for Nursing and Midwifery courses for detailed information on how to meet English proficiency for this course.
This program prepares registered nurses without current registration in Australia for registration. Internationally qualified nurses with current registration may seek registration within Australia after successful completion of this program.
Applicants for the Registered Nurse Conversion Australian Registration Nurse Stream are required to submit supplementary documents with their application. Please view the application requirements on the BSc Nursing page for further information.
In addition to the course-specific admission criteria listed above, please read our general admission criteria. Our general admission criteria apply to all courses at Curtin University.
This stream prepares registered nurses without current registration in Australia for registration. Internationally qualified registered nurses may seek registration within Australia after successfully completing this program.
The stream builds on your professional knowledge and experience as a registered nurse and enhances your capability as a member of an interprofessional team in a changing healthcare system.
You will study research, evidence informed practice and the biological and behavioural sciences that underlie nursing. You will be encouraged to problem solve, identify and assess the needs of individuals and families.
The course can also help you establish a basis for future postgraduate study, specialisation and research.
Successful completion of this course enables internationally and locally qualified nurses to seek registration in Australia.
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You can study this course as part of the following degree:
Visit the degree page for information on admission criteria, course fees and study locations.
You can study this stream via our Bachelor of Science (Advanced Nursing) course from 2027. Before 2027, this stream can be studied through our Bachelor of Science (Nursing). For more information about entry requirements, visit the relevant main course page.
To apply for this stream now, please apply for the Bachelor of Science (Nursing).