University of Sydney
4 years full-time (Available part-time)
Earn two degrees in one program: a Bachelor of Arts combined with a Master of Nursing. This unique pathway prepares you for professional nursing practice while developing broad expertise in humanities and social sciences, making you highly employable across healthcare, research, and policy sectors.
Applicants must have completed a recognised qualification and meet the required entry score. English language proficiency is mandatory, evidenced through either an English language declaration form or approved test results meeting AHPRA minimum requirements (updated from 23 April 2026). International qualifications are assessed based on country, institution, and qualification equivalency. Applicants must understand and meet the inherent requirements for nursing, which outline essential tasks and activities necessary to achieve core learning outcomes. Those already registered as nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia are not eligible.
The program combines two distinct components. The Bachelor of Arts component includes a major or program from the Arts and Social Sciences disciplinary pool, elective units, and Open Learning Environment units, completed primarily in the first year. The Master of Nursing component focuses on culturally safe and person-centred nursing practice across the lifespan with diverse populations and contexts. Students complete 840 hours of clinical placements across public and private health facilities, including specialty areas such as mental health, community health, and high acuity settings. Clinical skills are practised in simulation facilities before undertaking placements, with the final year including a four-week specialty placement in paediatrics, mental health, high acuity, aged care, or clinical nursing.
The University of Sydney is ranked 1st in Australia for Nursing according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025. The program provides access to world-class learning environments across dynamic schools with state-of-the-art facilities, including the Susan Wakil Health Building at Camperdown campus. Students benefit from dedicated clinical simulation facilities and inter-professional learning activities with other healthcare professional students. Clinical placements occur across a wide range of public and private health care settings in the Sydney metropolitan area, with opportunities for regional and rural placements, ensuring comprehensive practical experience.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Nursing are highly employable across diverse sectors. In clinical practice, career opportunities span public and private hospitals, community and public health settings, general practice, international aid and development, rural and remote nursing, paediatric and child health, intensive care and emergency departments, medical-surgical units, mental health services, aged care, and palliative care. Beyond clinical practice, graduates can pursue careers in health promotion, health information and communications, research, policy development, media and communications, government agencies, and community organisations. The dual degree qualification provides unique capabilities and competitive advantages in the healthcare workforce.
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