Speech Pathology and Audiology Degrees in Victoria in 2023

Speech Pathologists study, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing disorders, including difficulties with speech, language, fluency and voice. Four Victorian universities offer an undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology, and these courses on offer are listed below. A number of these universities also offer graduate courses in speech pathology.

Audiologists are health care professionals who identify, assess and manage disorders of hearing, balance and other neural systems.

Note: The University of Melbourne offers a Master of Speech Pathology and the entry requirement for this course is the successful completion of an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (Science, Biomedicine, Linguistics, Phonetics, Education, Psychology).

The University of Melbourne also offers a Master of Clinical Audiology, and the entry requirements are an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (Science, Heath Sciences, Biomedicine, Linguistics, Phonetics, Psychology, Music), or equivalent.

INSTITUTION	COURSE NAME	VCE PREREQs	ATAR 2023
Australian Catholic University *Not accepted as a prerequisite from 2024M – Melbourne	Bachelor of Speech Pathology	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development* or Physics.	91.25 (M)
Federation University B – Ballarat G – Gippsland	Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in any English; Units 1 to 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development, any Mathematics, Physical Education or Physics.	n/p (B)n/p (G)
La Trobe University Master of Clinical Audiology * B – Bendigo M – Melbourne	Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development, any Mathematics, Physical Education or Physics.	71.80 (B) 86.95 (M)
	Bachelor of Biomedicine and Master of Clinical Audiology*	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.	80.40 (M)
	Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Clinical Audiology*		77.45 (M)
	Bachelor of Psychological Science and Master of Clinical Audiology*		n/p (M)
Victoria University *Not Foundation Maths F – Footscray Park	Bachelor of Speech and Language Sciences/Master of Speech Pathology	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development, any LOTE, any Mathematics*, Physics, Psychology, Sociology or Texts And Traditions.	81.15 (F)

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