Melbourne School of Health SciencesNursing

Admission requirements

Admission requirements for all specialty and advanced practice courses:

  • a Bachelor of Nursing (or equivalent training)
  • at least one year of clinical experience as a registered Division 1, 3 or 4 nurse within the five years prior to applying for the course
  • current unrestricted registration with the Nurses Board of Victoria in Division 1, 3 or 4 of the Register (courses with clinical components only)
  • current employment and clinical support in your specialty area (courses with clinical components only)
  • meet the University of Melbourne's English language requirements

If you are applying for the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice or Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing Practice or a clinical specialisation in the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice, you must provide evidence of current clinical employment and support by submitting a completed Confirmation of Clinical Employment and Support Form with your application.


English language requirements

All applicants must meet the University's English language requirements. If English is not your first language, there are a number of ways of demonstrating that you have met this requirement. Details are available on the University of Melbourne Future Students website.

Please note that while the university requires an IELTS score of 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0), the Nurses Board of Victoria requires a score of 7.0 (with at least 6.5 in reading and listening and 7.0 in writing and speaking) to register for unrestricted practice as a Division 1 nurse.


Additional specialty-specific criteria

StreamRequirement
Acute & Critical Care
Paediatrics
  • at least one year of documented clinical experience within the past five years in an acute care setting
Paediatric Critical Care
  • at least two years of documented clinical experience within the past five years in an acute care setting


Additional MANP subject criteria

SubjectRequirement
514723 Health Assessment for Advanced Practice
 
514724 Advanced Nursing Practice in Context 1

514725 Advanced Nursing Practice in Context 2
  • concurrent employment as a Division 1 nurse engaged in, or working towards, an advanced practice role
  • documentation of employer support and multidisciplinary mentorship arrangements necessary to undertake extensions to practice in the clinical component of the subject within your workplace or related agencies (Employer Support of Advanced Practice Role form)
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