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The Comprehensive Stream is available for school leavers and mature age students; The Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Stream is available to individuals who hold an Australian recognised Diploma in Enrolled Nursing and who are currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as an Enrolled Nurse (Division 2).

Those applying for the Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Stream are required to meet the ºìÌÒÊÓƵ standard entry requirements. You cannot apply to this stream directly. Applications can be submitted via the main course page.

The Registered Nurse Conversion Australian Registration Stream is available to:

• Registered nurses whose Australian registration has lapsed due to a lack of currency of practice (must have practised within the last 10 years)
• Registered general nurses from overseas wishing to gain registration in Australia, (must hold qualifications that have been recognised via the Australian Qualifications Framework as equivalent to a diploma in nursing, meet Curtin English and entry requirements and have a minimum of 3 months full time recent clinical nursing experience as a Registered General Nurse in an acute health care setting.
• Mandatory requirements for professional experience placements (PEP) include but not limited to health and legal screening. Screening costs are the responsibility of the student and it is expected that the student will maintain currency of these for the duration of the course.

More information related to health and legal screening can be located on the Health Sciences’ website. Students must be available for block weeks and rotational shifts during/outside the semester in healthcare facilities. While on PEP students require a Personal Electronic Device with mobile data to complete the assessment tool.

In addition to satisfying ºìÌÒÊÓƵ minimum English standard requirements for nursing courses, all applicants must also demonstrate English language proficiency as specified in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's (NMBA) English language skills registration standards.

Refer to English language requirements for Nursing courses for detailed information on how to meet English proficiency for this course. You must complete the declaration form for English primary language competency.

The duration of this course depends on the stream undertaken, please refer to information provided for individual streams. The minimum duration of this course is one year full-time or equivalent part-time study. Some streams in this course are not available at all campus locations and to international students studying in Australia; please refer to information provided for individual streams.

Students who have not successfully completed theory units must do so within a period of two semesters in order to complete the course requirements.

• A break of more than one semester will incur additional professional experience placement hours.
• Manual handling competency is a requirement for the course.
• Students are required to complete 840 hours of clinical placement over the duration of the course. On completion of this course, you will be eligible to apply for registration to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and will also need to meet the national registration standards.
• These include (but are not limited to): assessment of your initial nursing qualification and registration; Criminal History Screening; English Language Proficiency; assessment of any health, conduct or performance issues.

For more information on the registration process or standards, please refer to the

Applicants should be aware that nursing can be a demanding course, with a number of Inherent Requirements for students. Applicants are expected to have read the Inherent Requirements and self-assessed their suitability and capacity to complete the course.

Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Stream and Registered Nurse Conversion Australian Registration Stream will commence in 2027 in the Bachelor of Science (Advanced Nursing) (B-ADVNURS).

This course is pending accredited by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) and pending approval as an approved program of study by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).

This course will undergo assessment for accreditation by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council in 2025. Graduates can apply for registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Ranking and Selection Process

Entry to this course is competitive, with limited places available.

Please note:

• Applicants will be ranked and selected based on published entry requirements and entire academic record.
• Applicants must provide all required documents and be assessed as eligible to be included in the ranking for an offer.
• Meeting the minimum entry requirements and course specific prerequisites, does not guarantee selection.
• Applicants with outstanding results will only be considered for an offer upon submission of the results.
• Eligible applicants will remain in the ranking pool until the conclusion of all offer rounds.
• In the event the course reaches capacity the University reserves the right not to proceed with subsequent offer rounds.