The Bachelor of Health Science is designed to equip students for careers promoting health and wellbeing.

Access laboratories and testing facilities equipped with the latest technology - Swinburne is the only university in Australia with MRI and MEG labs on campus.

Explore Australian and international health challenges. Examine the physical, psychological and social aspects of health in a variety of settings. Learn about contemporary issues in health science, such as biomedical testing or health communication, and how to address them. Apply your learning in a professionally focused, multidisciplinary project during your final year of study.

Discover a career in counselling, community development, health communication, disability, social welfare or medical research. Graduates may also progress to postgraduate study in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy or nursing.

Biomedical Science

Explore biology, medicine, disease, chemistry and physiology to form a comprehensive understanding of the health of humans. You will learn skills to investigate and understand human biology, and gain the ability to critically analyse and interpret biomedical and scientific data. 

• Biomedical technician
• Hospital scientist
• Biotechnology product developer
• Clinical trials coordinator
• Medical laboratory scientist
• Microbiology technical officer
• Research scientist
• Physiologist
• Tissue culture technician