QUT (Queensland University of Technology)
Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound
Graduate Diploma
Key details
About this course
- This course is ideal for professionals who are seeking to become a qualified sonographer and who are currently working in a health science field and have at least one year of clinical experience.
- Students are invited to attend three, one-week on-campus intensives during the two years of part-time study, with online interactive resources provided.
- You will benefit from access to new high-tech ultrasound simulators and online interactive resources.
- Applicants need to maintain access to suitable clinical experience for the duration of the course.
- Graduate accredited with the Australasian Sonographer Accreditation Registry.
- This course is ideal for professionals who are seeking to become a qualified sonographer and who are working in a health science field and have at least one year of clinical experience.
- Students are invited to attend three, one-week on-campus intensives during the two years of part-time study, with online interactive resources provided.
- You will benefit from access to new high-tech ultrasound simulators and online interactive resources.
- Applicants need to maintain access to suitable clinical experience for the duration of the course.
- Graduate accredited with the Australasian Sonographer Accreditation Registry.
Entry requirements
You must have:
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a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in a relevant allied health field (e.g. medical radiation nursing podiatry or physiotherapy)
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access to suitable clinical experience in medical ultrasound for the duration of the course
You must provide with your online application a completed Clinical Supervisor form (PDF file 108 KB).
Overseas qualificationsWe will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If you have tertiary qualifications from countries where English is not the standard language of instruction you must provide evidence of English language proficiency.
English language proficiencyWe require students to demonstrate they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.
Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:
- IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no subscore below 6.5
- PTE: 65 or better overall with no subscore below 58
- TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing subscore of 24 or better and no other subscore lower than 20
- Cambridge English Score: 185 or better overall with no subscore below 176
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
Study locations
External
Online
What you will learn
QUT's Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound is designed to be accessible to rural and regional Queenslanders and interstate students seeking a nationally accredited sonography qualification.
This course is offered as a two year part-time program.
Over its duration students are invited to attend three one-week intensive blocks at QUT's Gardens Point campus. To complement their learning students will access new ultrasound simulators and online interactive resources.
The Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound course gives students the scientific basis for understanding using and evaluating relevant equipment and techniques as a sonographer.
Career pathways
This course is ideal for professionals working in a health science field who are seeking to become a qualified sonographer.
This course is accredited with the Australasian Sonographer Accreditation Registry.
- Medical sonographer
Course structure
The graduate diploma takes four semesters of part-time study to complete. All students are
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