Masters (Coursework)
Prepare yourself to work in specialised medical and pathology laboratories that provide essential diagnostic services. You'll gain knowledge and a variety of practical laboratory skills in clinical chemistry, haematology, blood transfusion science, genomics, microbiology, histopathology, human molecular biology, and more.
This professionally accredited course prepares you for your future career by including hands-on laboratory experience, with each unit containing an average of three hours of practical laboratory experience per week.
In your final semester, you'll participate in a 16-week Professional Experience Placement (PEP). This work-integrated learning approach allows you to practice newly acquired skills, behaviours, and knowledge in an active workplace environment, immersing you in a professional healthcare setting to gain a better understanding of the roles of professionals within the health care system.
You will undertake your professional experience placement in host laboratories on mainland Australia (outside of Tasmania), and we will help facilitate this connection to ensure it is a smooth and rewarding experience.
These experiences have led our students to respond with 100% satisfaction to their work readiness provided by this degree in 2022*. Coupled with high demand in hospital and private pathology laboratories, blood transfusion services, public health and specialised laboratories, and animal health laboratories, our students both stand out from the crowd, and have often secured great jobs prior to graduation.
*Student Experience Survey 2022
Applicants must have successfully completed a first degree in Biochemistry, a Medical Science, or Health Science or other related discipline, with a minimum GPA of 5.0 on a 7.0 scale.
Within their completed degree, applicants must have successfully completed study in:
SAFETY IN PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
All students enrolling in College of Health and Medicine programs which include a Professional Experience Placement component, laboratory and/or field activity are required to establish and maintain their capacity to practice safely via Safety in Practice Requirements documentation. Please note, students in Laboratory Medicine courses are required to either provide evidence of immunity to Hepatitis B or administration of at least the first dose of a three dose course of Hepatitis B vaccination, by the start of the second week of their degree. Students must bring all documentation relating to Hepatitis B vaccination and immunity (in English) with them when they commence the course. Details on Hepatitis B vaccination and immunity can be found here.
Applicants must have successfully completed a first degree in Biochemistry, a Medical Science, or Health Science or other related discipline, with a minimum GPA of 5.0 on a 7.0 scale.
Within their completed degree, applicants must have successfully completed study in:
IELTS (Academic) - 6.5 average with no individual band less than 6.5. We will accept comparable scores from equivalent English language tests.
SAFETY IN PRACTICE REQUIREMENTS
All students enrolling in College of Health and Medicine programs which include a Professional Experience Placement component, laboratory and/or field activity are required to establish and maintain their capacity to practice safely via Safety in Practice Requirements documentation. Please note, students in Laboratory Medicine courses are required to either provide evidence of immunity to Hepatitis B or administration of at least the first dose of a three dose course of Hepatitis B vaccination, by the start of the second week of their degree. Students must bring all documentation relating to Hepatitis B vaccination and immunity (in English) with them when they commence the course. Details on Hepatitis B vaccination and immunity can be found here.
You will graduate with practical laboratory medicine skills and knowledge that will put you in high demand both in Australia, and around the world. Hospital and private pathology laboratories, blood transfusion services, public health and specialised laboratories, and animal health laboratories all need graduates, meaning you can seek rewarding and fulfilling employment close to home, or look to use your skills to travel around the world.
Thanks to the breadth of laboratory medicine disciplines covered in your learning, exceptional level of practical experience, and 16-week Professional Experience Placement, many of our students have secured employment prior to graduation. We're proud that our students ranked us with 100% satisfaction for skill development and work readiness in the recent Student Experience Survey, demonstrating that what we offer prepares you for your future career.
You may also choose to pursue further postgraduate training in biomedical research, leading to potential career options in research organisations.
The Master of Laboratory Medicine is a professionally accredited degree. This course is accredited by the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS).
Graduates meet the requirements for Graduate membership of AIMS and can progress to full membership on the completion of 2-years postgraduate medical laboratory experience. For further membership requirements, please visit the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists website.
If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information.
The Master of Laboratory Medicine is a professionally accredited degree. This course is accredited by the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS).
Graduates meet the requirements for Graduate membership of AIMS and can progress to full membership on the completion of 2-years postgraduate medical laboratory experience. For further membership requirements, please visit the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists website.
If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information.
The Master of Laboratory Medicine provides you with core learning and skill development in all relevant laboratory medicine disciplines including clinical chemistry, haematology, blood transfusion science, genomics, microbiology, histopathology, human molecular biology.
In your final semester, you will undertake the 16-week Professional Experience Placement where you can practise your newly acquired skills, behaviours and knowledge in a workplace environment.
Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.