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Graduate Diploma in Intensive Care Nursing

ProviderThe University of Sydney
Course code: SIA-214536UniversityStudy area: HealthCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Our course aims to provide nurses with a great theoretical underpinning of clinical practice skills to deliver comprehensive care and advice to critically ill patients and their families, as well as work across complex medical environments that demand rapid, advanced and challenging decision making. Our Graduate Diploma in Intensive Care Nursing is designed for registered nurses working in the intensive care environment who are looking to advance their professional practice capabilities or become a clinical leader.

Entry requirements

Postgraduate and higher courses usually use academic prerequisites, degree equivalence and English-language requirements.

Postgraduate entry

Admission to this course requires:

  • a pre registration nursing degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification
  • an embedded graduate certificate in this discipline from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification
  • a minimum of five years experience as a registered nurse in Australia or overseas.
  • be a registered nurse in Australia or overseas.
English requirement
Cambridge C1 Advanced 176, no component below 169Cambridge C2 Proficiency 176, no component below 169IELTS Academic 6.5, no band below 6PTE Academic 58, no component below 50TOEFL iBT 79, no component below 20

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Past Offers

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesChina · Malaysia
Common pathwayBachelor background · Foundation background
Target levelMaster degree · Bachelor degree
Offer fieldsBiological Science · -
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IndiaHigh school background
Bachelor of PsychologyBachelor degree · Psychology · In Australia
percentage guessPercentage 88.75%strong band · approx. top 10-15%
2
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Biological Science · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.96/4.0top band · approx. top 5%
3
IndonesiaBachelor background
Master of CommerceMaster degree · Business Analytics · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.75/4.0top band · approx. top 5-10%
4
ChinaBachelor background
Master of Computer ScienceMaster degree · - · In Australia
percentage guessPercentage 66.3%lower band · approx. top 30-35%
5
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Biological Science · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 4.0/4.04.00 · top band · approx. top 5%

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

Refer to the institution course handbook.

References

Official course, fees, admissions, English, curriculum and related sources.

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Official course pagesydney.edu.auTuition fee sourcestudiesinaustralia.comARC Postgraduate Research Scholarshipsearch.studyaustralia.gov.auAustralasian Pioneers Club Travel Research Scholarshipsearch.studyaustralia.gov.auAgnes Campbell Prizesearch.studyaustralia.gov.auGeorge Harris Scholarships (Chemistry)search.studyaustralia.gov.auAchieva course data JSONAchieva course information