• Learn from award-winning educators and an innovative enquiry-based curriculum
• Prepare for the multidisciplinary world of speech pathology with a variety of group projects
• Observational placements in first year provide early exposure to work as a speech therapist
• Benefit from one of the highest number of placement hours for a speech pathology degree in Australia
• Offers a research pathway for high-achieving students via our honours program
• Sub-quotas available for rural and remote applicants

Speech pathology graduates are employed in a wide range of settings around the world and work with people of all ages, their carers/families, services, communities and other professionals across a wide variety of agencies. Employment prospects are good, although opportunities in the public sector are naturally influenced by government policy.

Potential occupations include:

• graduate speech pathologist
• early childhood intervention worker
• project officer
• job capacity assessor
• rehabilitation consultant.

Potential employers include:

• healthcare sector (including hospitals, rehabilitation centres, community health services, mental health services)
• aged care sector
• disability services sector
• education sector (including mainstream, special schools and special education units)
• early childhood education sector
• private practice.

Professional accreditation/recognition

Graduates will meet the entry-level standards of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA), the national accrediting body, which will enable them to practise in Australia and many other countries around the world including the UK and Asia.