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Health and Biomedical Sciences
If you’re passionate about advancing the health and wellbeing of communities, join a university that plays a vital role in delivering knowledge and discoveries to change lives.
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The global demand for graduates with health and medical expertise is growing. You may choose to become a medical or health practitioner, working directly with patients or clients in hospitals or community, or a career in research, training, policy, planning or management.
You can also join the in-demand health industry through a postgraduate qualification in public health, infectious diseases, pharmacy, nutrition, podiatry, health professional education, optometry, exercise and health, clinical exercise physiology, sport science or audiology.
We are tightly integrated with the WA's health system, public and private health providers, consumer advocacy groups and community health organisations. This close interaction ensures you'll be equipped with the skills and knowledge to become a health leader of the future.
Top five reasons to study Health and Biomedical Sciences at UWA
1. Hands-on learning: Gain real-world experience through lab-based learning, industry placements, field trips, and clinical settings, ensuring you're well-prepared for your future career
2. Innovative training facilities: cutting-edge, subject specific laboratories and training facilities, designed to replicate real-world healthcare and research settings, featuring the latest scientific instrumentation and medical simulation technology
3. Industry connections: Benefit from strong ties with healthcare providers and renowned research institutes, offering placements, guest lectures, networking events, and collaborative opportunities
4. Leading Academics: Learn from internationally recognised experts who are leaders in their fields, providing mentorship and insights that shape future healthcare practices and innovations
5. Diverse specialisations: Choose from a wide range of specialisations, including sport science, public health, pharmacology and social work, allowing you to tailor your studies to your passions and career goals
World-class facilities
Our UWA Health Campus is a hive of cutting-edge, world-class medical research, biotechnology, pathology, and healthcare training facilities to enrich your study.
Where our graduates go
From our intimate cohorts, we see many students and graduates achieve at national level. We have witnessed enormous talent and produced exceptional alumni including: Professor Barry Marshall, Nobel Prize Winner; Dr Nick Coatsworth, Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer; Professor Fiona Stanley, Australian of the Year and Founding Director of The Kids Research Institute Australia; and Professor Helen Milroy, Australia's first Indigenous doctor and WA Australian of the Year for her work in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Read more about how UWA alumni are leading positive change in areas like:
Nobel Prize Laureate
Director, The Marshall Centre
Industry snapshot
Healthcare and social assistance is Australia’s largest and fastest-growing industry, with a significant number of jobs. Studying a health and biomedical sciences degree will see you graduate with the skills and knowledge to help address some of the world’s most challenging healthcare issues. Our graduates are in demand by healthcare providers, medical research institutes and other organisations within and outside the health industry.
Potential jobs
- Biochemist/molecular biologist
- Biodesigner
- Biomedical scientist
- Biotechnologist
- Clinical educator
- Forensic scientist
- Genetic counsellor
- Health and welfare services manager
- Health promotion officer
- Lab manager/technician
- Medical practitioner
- Microbiologist
- Pathologist
- Pharmaceutical sales
- Toxicologist
Job growth in this industry
Employment in Health Care and Social Assistance is projected to increase by 12.1% (257,300 jobs) over the five years to May 2028.
Healthcare and social assistance has been the primary provider of new jobs in the Australian labour market since the 1990s.
(Australian Government, Jobs and Skills Australia, Employment Projections 2023).
Undergraduate courses
To find out more about our range of undergraduate courses, visit Our courses explained.
- Minors
- Majors
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- Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing
- Anatomy and Human Biology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry of Nutrition (Extended Major)
- Chemistry
- Exercise and Health
- Genetics
- Human Sciences (Anatomy and Physiology) (Extended Major)
- Human Sciences and Data Analytics (Extended Major)
- Human Science and Neuroscience (Extended Major)
- Humanities in Health and Medicine
- Integrated Dental Sciences
- Integrated Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice
- Medical Science (Extended Major)
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Molecular Life Sciences (Extended Major)
- Neuroscience
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Podiatric Health and Medical Sciences (Extended Major)
- Public Health
- Social Work (Extended Major)
- Sport Science
- Sport Science, Exercise and Health (Extended Major)
- Bachelor's degrees
- Combined bachelor’s and master’s degrees
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- Bachelor of Human Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics
- Bachelor of Human Sciences and Master of Biomedical Science
- Bachelor of Human Sciences (Pharmaceutical Health) and Master of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Bioinformatics
- Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Biomedical Science
- Bachelor of Molecular Sciences and Master of Biotechnology
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Public Health
- Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Sciences and Master of Applied Human Performance Science
- Assured Pathways
- Integrated honours
- Honours
Postgraduate courses
- Biomedical Sciences
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Combined Master's and PhD
Graduate diplomas
Master’s
- Health
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Graduate certificates
- Communicable Diseases Epidemiology
- Clinical Science
- Environment and Health
- Population Health Studies
Master’s
- Professional practice courses (to become a health professional)
- Advanced courses for health professionals
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Assessment and Diagnosis
- Graduate Certificate in Autism Diagnosis
- Graduate Certificate in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
Dentistry
Health Professions Education
- Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education
- Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education
- Master of Health Professions Education (coursework and dissertation)
- Master of Health Professions Education (thesis and coursework)
Leadership and Management
Medicine
- Graduate Certificate in Emergency Medicine Research
- Graduate Certificate in Rural and Remote Medicine
Social Work
- Research degrees
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