Bachelor of Nursing

at Southern Cross University

To meet the University’s minimum English Language Proficiency requirement an applicant must:

1. provide a written declaration that English is their primary language1;

or

2. have achieved:

• the IELTS (academic module) with a minimum overall score of 7 and a minimum score of 7 in each of the four components: or

• the OET with a minimum score of B in each of the four components; or

• the PTE Academic with a minimum overall score of 65 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills; or

• the TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 94 and the following minimum score in each section of the test: 24 listening, 24 reading, 27 writing, and 23 speaking.

Tuition Fees

Fees for the whole year is $28,800

Southern Cross University is ranked fourth in Australia for graduate employment in Nursing (Good Universities Guide, 2021). Career opportunities exist as a Registered Nurse in a range of public and private health settings. Nurses typically deliver acute and chronic disease management in clinical settings such as emergency departments, critical care or operating theatres, paediatrics, and in community and primary healthcare and education. They can work as a practice nurse in GP clinics, in mental health, with children and health, rural and remote area healthcare.

Registered Nurses also take on leading roles in non-government organisations (NGOs) such as The Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. They also occupy senior roles in the Australian Defence Forces. With further qualifications they can take on specialist Nurse Practitioner, clinical consultant and executive level roles.