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Monash Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences is a leading provider of healthcare education in Australia.

Embedded in an ecosystem of health, academia and industry, we deliver the research outcomes, skilled workforce, technology and partnerships to improve human health locally and globally.

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Why study with us?

Study specialist degrees from day one. Become one of Australia's most employable graduates.

Our research

We take a bench to bedside approach and are focused on achieving better outcomes for patients.

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Enterprise and partnerships

Our culture of collaboration between clinicians, researchers, government and industry enables us to work directly with you to develop creative solutions to your problems and challenges.

The world is changing, and we’re changing with it.
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Improving the human condition

We are looking to the future - fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and big ideas to adapt to a changing world. Embedded in an ecosystem of health, academia and industry we're working to ensure we can provide the skilled workforce, technology, techniques, platforms and partnerships to create impact now and for future generations.

Join us as we work to deliver impact on the grand challenges of the age - Climate Change, Geopolitical Security and Thriving Communities - and improve the human condition.

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Discover your dream career

Explore our graduates’ stories to discover their career pathways and how they’re helping to change the world around them.

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Nursing and midwifery careers

Courtney Alexander has just started her career as a graduate nurse and midwife. Discover how Courtney came to this rewarding career and explore careers in nursing and midwifery.

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Psychology careers

Dr David Bakker is a psychologist and mental health app founder. Discover how David’s work combines research and technology and explore careers in psychology.

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Medicine careers

Dr Naba Alfayadh is a junior doctor with a difference. Discover how Naba combines clinical medicine with social enterprise and explore careers in medicine.

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Nutrition careers

Roxanne Tan is a food industry nutritionist getting healthier products on the shelf. Discover how Roxanne found her calling and explore careers in nutrition.

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Biomedical science careers

Dr Stephanie Simonds is an award-winning physiologist and biomedical researcher. Discover how Stephanie’s research is changing the world and explore careers in biomedical science.

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Physiotherapy careers

Glenn Milliken overcame more than a few hurdles to become a physiotherapist. Discover how Glenn plays a crucial role in patient care and explore careers in physiotherapy.

News and research highlights

Monash University news

Landmark study finds that the shape of the brain influences the way it works

The study has examined more than 10,000 different maps of human brain activity and found that the overall shape of a person’s brain exerts a far greater influence on how we think, feel and behave than its intricate neuronal connectivity.

The work opens opportunities to understand the effects of diseases like dementia and stroke by considering models of brain shape, which are far easier to deal with than models of the brain’s full array of connections.

Scientists discover an enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy

Monash University news

Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published today, in the top journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding paves the way to create devices that make energy from thin air.

Victorian Heart Hospital opens

Cardiovascular care, world-class research, and a significant healthcare network and workforce have combined in one place with the official opening of the Victorian Heart Hospital (VHH), home to the Monash Victorian Heart Institute (VHI).

Operated by Victoria’s Monash Health, the VHH hosts the VHI on a dedicated floor of the building. The Institute brings together world-leading cardiovascular experts, researchers, students and entrepreneurs who are focused on taking discoveries, techniques and therapies out of the lab and into practice.

Monash University Heads $15M Mitochondrial Donation Clinical Trial

Around 50 Australian children are born every year with devastating mitochondrial disease (mito), with an expected lifespan of only five years. Today, the Medical Research Future Fund announced $15 million in funding to an Australian first – and only the second in the world – clinical trial of mitochondrial donation.
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Monash University to host 2024 World Health Summit

Monash University’s contributions in the global public health arena have been recognised with the successful bid to host the 2024 World Health Summit - Regional Meeting.
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