Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences

Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences aims to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed in surgical specialty areas as well as non-technical areas such as professionalism, leadership and research.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

6 months full-time

Intake Months

Feb, Aug

Domestic Fees

$19,000 total

About this course

The Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences aims to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed in surgical specialty areas as well as non-technical areas such as professionalism, leadership and research.

Entry requirements

Admission to course requires:

a medical degree from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification
enrolment in, and successful completion of all pre-clinical studies, in a graduate-entry medical degree program offered by an Australian university.

Admission may also be subject to satisfactory interview with Program Director.

Study locations

Camperdown/Darlington

Career pathways

The course will provide a mechanism that will enable advanced medical students who want to pursue a career in surgery to articulate their medical studies with a concurrent graduate certificate in surgical sciences.

How to apply

Prepare registration form

Stage 3 and 4 Sydney Medical students should complete and return the registration form for the Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences prior to enrolment in units of study.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Medicine courses at University of Sydney (USYD).

77.3%

Overall satisfaction

68.8%

Skill scale

53.8%

Teaching scale

96.8%

Employed full-time

$91.3k

Average salary

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