Upon graduation, you can work in hospitals and clinical settings as specialists in rehabilitation, injury prevention, clinical diagnostics and exercise programming. You complete 500 hours of professional placement to develop knowledge and skills for the assessment, prescription and delivery of exercise programs to help patients with chronic disease and injury. Students study units in anatomy, psychology, nutrition, biomechanics, and motor control. An honours program based on GPA is available at the end of second year.
This course is covered by the QUT Offer Guarantee.
For more course information, visit Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at QUT.
A Suitability Card is required; refer to institution.
For additional information about the admissions criteria for QUT and for this course, refer to QUT’s website.
Applicant must be 16; Completion of Year 12 or attained age 18 years
English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C); Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C); at least one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics (Units 3 & 4, C)
For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.
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Highest Rank to receive an offer
Median Rank to receive an offer
Lowest Rank to receive an offer
ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors
94.15
84.80
74.40
ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors
99.90
85.85
78.20
Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.
For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.
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Higher education study
Vocational Education and Training (VET) study
Work and life experience
Recent secondary education
Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank
Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor
International students
All students
Number of students
78
6
<5*
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68
0
16
<5*
173
Percentage of all students
45.1%
3.5%
<5*
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39.3%
0.0%
9.3%
<5*
100%
* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
Cardiac scientist, exercise physiologist, exercise scientist, rehabilitation professionals
This course is accredited with Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and gives graduates professional recognition as an accredited exercise physiologist.
4 years Full time or 8 years Part time