No. 1 in Australia

The University is ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for graduate employability in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020.

 #13 World

We are ranked 13th in the world for nursing in the QS Subject Rankings 2020.

Transform the world of healthcare and enhance your career. Available to high-achieving students, this program provides the opportunity to pursue an independent research project in an area of your interest. Cultivate sophisticated critical thinking skills alongside specialist knowledge as you design and complete a supervised thesis.

As an honours student, you will become part of a thriving community of world-class researchers within the Sydney Nursing School as you develop the expertise and practical skills to produce a written thesis of 10,000-15,000 words. An additional year of study, the honours program is available to meritorious students who have completed a Bachelor of Nursing qualification.

Undertaking an additional year of honours is a unique opportunity to enhance your critical thinking skills, broaden your career options, and actively improve nursing practice and the lives of patients.

Who is honours for?

The program is designed for students who have successfully completed a Bachelor of Nursing and are looking to enhance their critical thinking skills. It allows students to investigate an idea that can improve the practice of nursing and the lives of patients, and opens the door to future research.

Graduates can select from a wide and growing range of practice areas in the public and private health care systems including:

• Acute care hospitals
• Children’s hospitals
• Trauma and emergency care
• Mental health nursing
• Aged care
• Community nursing
• Palliative care
• Home care nursing
• Drug and alcohol centres
• Operating rooms and other surgical settings
• Rural and remote nursing
• International health

Nurses also work in the pharmaceutical industry, clinical research trials and other health-related fields.