Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

• Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • Bachelor degree; or
  • Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.

  Requirements from 01-JAN-2027:
  All applicants are required to complete a Bachelor of Preclinical Foundations of Imaging Science including 640 hours of clinical placement in the sonography setting with a WAM of 70.
  , with equivalents considered. Alternatively applicants can apply for the course on the basis of 5 years prior experience.
  
  Applicants must have;
  
  Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent; OR
  Special Tertiary Admissions Test; OR
  IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 7.0 (no individual band less than 7.0); OR
  Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada, with equivalents considered.
  
  

• International students and internationally schooled applicants (other than those students schooled in a recognised country) are required to provide an English language test approved by ECU with a score equivalent to the following minimum requirements:

  • IELTS Academic with a minimum overall score of 7.5 (with no individual band score less than 7.0), or
  • Pearson English Test (PTE) Academic with a minimum overall score of 72 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking), or
  • TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 102 and the following minimum score in each section of the test:
    * 24 for listening
    * 24 for reading,
    * 27 for writing, and
    * 23 for speaking

  Note:
  English tests must be completed within 2 years of the proposed course commencement date and additional requirements may apply in relation to acceptable number of test sittings.
  Recognised countries for English language purposes are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or the United States of America. The medium of instruction must be English.

  Minimum English standard requirements for this course may also be satisfied with one of the following:

  • Year 12 English ATAR/English Literature ATAR grade C or better or equivalent;
  • Special Tertiary Admissions Test;*
  • Successfully completed 1.0 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher in the UK, Ireland, USA, NZ or Canada;
  • University Preparation Course;
  • Indigenous University Orientation Course;*
  • Aboriginal Student Intake Test;*
  • AQF Diploma, Advanced Diploma or Associate Degree; or
  • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent).