Admissions information for international students
Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health)

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

TAFE

Applicants who have completed a graded Diploma of Nursing are eligible to apply. This qualification may entitle students to receive a maximum of 48 credit points towards the first year of the Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health), if selected. Selection of applicants with a Diploma of Nursing will be based on academic results. Unscored or ungraded TAFE qualifications will not be considered for entry.

UNIVERSITY

Applicants with complete or incomplete university studies may be considered eligible for entry into this course.

SINGLE SUBJECT ENROLMENT

Applicants may undertake two single units from the Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health) to meet minimum entry requirements, however additional units may enhance their chances of selection. There are no compulsory units, however science units from the Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health) are recommended. Applicants undertaking single units may apply for credit on admission. Alternatively, applicants may undertake units through Open University Australia.

BRIDGING COURSES

A one-year, full-time Diploma of Tertiary Studies is offered through the Monash University, Berwick Campus. Applicants seeking entry via this pathway must demonstrate successful completion of all units and minimum of a credit average over the course.

VCE prerequisites

Units 1 and 2-general mathematics or mathematical methods (CAS), or Units 3 and 4-mathematics (any). Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

• A score of at least 4 in English SL or 3 in English HL or 5 in English B SL or 4 in English B HL, and
• A score of at least 3 in any mathematics subject.

English requirements for international students

Gaining the required result in one of the following tests of English language:

a minimum overall IELTS test score of at least 6.5 with individual band scores required at 6.5 for Reading, 6.5 for Listening, 6.0 for Writing and 6.0 for Speaking.

a TOEFL minimum test score of either;

in the written TOEFL, 580 with a Test of Written English (TWE) score of at least 4.5; or

in the internet-based TOEFL, an overall score of at least 90 with at least 22 in the written section and no less than 20 in any other section.

Please note English language requirements for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia can be viewed at [http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/]

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

2013 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Qualification	Berwick
A Level GCE (Click on the Undergraduate Qualifications Database link above for details on how the A-Level score is calculated.)	7

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications are made directly to the University and can be made online via International Recruitment Services.

Enrolment obligation

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than 25% of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students cannot enrol exclusively in distance and/or online learning study in any compulsory study period. See standard 9.4 of The National Code 2007.