Be a health leader

Want to tackle humanity’s greatest health challenges? Aspire to be outstanding in your field? The Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Advanced) is a distinctive degree for students who want to excel.

What will you do?

Our advanced degree emphasises innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as applied clinical and research skills. You will:

• explore health from cellular, system, individual and population perspectives
• study solutions to frontline healthcare problems in a unique “hacking health” course
• learn about health collaborations and get hands-on training in our state-of-the-art Adelaide Health Simulation
• develop strategies for getting health discoveries into practice with the University’s Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre
• learn from award-winning health researchers
• undertake a year-long research placement or internship.

You’ll also pursue a specialisation in one of a diverse range of areas:

• Neurosciences
• Clinical Trials
• Nutritional Health
• Public Health
• Medical Sciences
• Reproductive and Childhood Health.

Where could it take you?

You’ll emerge with enhanced skills for either higher studies or leadership roles in your chosen career. You could lead programs to improve the health of vulnerable populations, develop policies to prevent obesity or tackle antimicrobial resistance. You might win the Nobel Prize in Medicine through ground-breaking research. Perhaps you’ll outsmart cancer with an innovative approach to treatment.