The Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing and Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health are designed to fit seamlessly into your life, offering 100% online learning with the flexibility to balance work, study and personal commitments. Starting on 10 March 2025, this part-time course requires just 15–20 hours per week, making it an ideal choice for busy professionals.
With your scholarship covering the full cost of the course, there’s no better time to take the next step in your career. To help you along the way, this page provides everything you need to know about applying and answers to the most frequently asked questions about the course, clinical placements, and scholarships.
Get started today and set your career on an upward trajectory!
Step 1
Gather your documents
Before you start the application process, prepare your essential documents:
- An up-to-date resume
- Your academic transcript
- Your "AHPRA" (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) registration number
- A statement of service signed by your current employer
When applying, you may be asked to provide additional supporting documentation to assist with your application. Ensuring you have all documentation ready before you apply can help avoid delays in assessment. Please use the following examples as a guide only.
Additionally, each UTS course has English language proficiency requirements that you must satisfy in order to be considered. See here for more information.
Need help securing your transcript? Refer to the information provided here.
- Official academic transcript or record of study (note: transcripts printed from institution websites will not be accepted) or evidence of completion of study if this is not stated on the academic record.
- Current CV.
- Evidence of name change (if applicable).
- Translations of any documents not in English (if applicable).
- Photo identification such as a driver’s licence or passport.
- My eQuals is a globally recognised, secure online platform that gives you lifetime access to digital academic statements. This allows you to securely view and share your digital academic transcripts online.
- Head to My eQuals’ education provider list to see if your university is listed. If listed, click on the link to their website and follow the steps provided to retrieve your digital academic transcript.
Step 2
Complete your application
Select a course from the menu below then click the 'Apply' button to begin the application process.
Provided you have all the required documents, you can complete your application in just 15-20 minutes. Afterwards, you'll receive an email confirming the submission of your application.
You will then be able to:
- Track the status of your application via the UTS Online Student Portal
- Receive correspondence from UTS Online via email for further documentation to process your application
- Receive an application outcome via email.
All admissions correspondence from the University will be sent to the email address used to create your UTS Online application profile.
If you find you don't have all the information you need, you can pause and save the application and come back to it later.
Have questions?
We’re here to help:
- For scholarship-related queries, contact Rebecca Chacon at
Rebecca.Chacon@uts.edu.au. - For placement-related queries, contact the clinical placement team at
Health.Clinical.Practice@uts.edu.au
Our faculty will also be in touch before your placement subjects to ensure arrangements align perfectly with your needs.
Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing
- For Session 2, you will commence on March 10 with ‘Evidence for Informing Practice’
- For Session 3, you will commence on May 5 with ‘Nursing Sensitive Indicators in Acute Care’
- For Session 4, you will commence on June 30 with ‘Specialty Clinical Practice’
- For your final subject in Session 5, you will commence on August 25 with ‘Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration'
Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health
- For Session 2, you will commence on March 10 with ‘09001 Foundations of Child and Family Health’
- For Session 3, you will commence on May 5 with ‘090003 Growth and Development in the Younger Child (First 1,000 Days)’
- Includes 40 hours of placement (preferably in a Tresillian setting but can alternatively complete this in the child and family health setting). This can be completed in up to two sessions to allow for any theory or compliance to be completed before starting your placement.
- Please note: Students will automatically receive the "Q" grade after SP3 so that there is an extra session to finalise their placement, allowing for grades to be confirmed by results release SP4.
- For Session 5, you will commence on August 25 with ‘090002 Family and Community Health in Practice.’
- For your final subject Session 6, you will commence on October 20 with ‘090004 Growth and Development in the Older Child (Preschool Years)’
- Includes 80 hours of placement in a child and family health setting.
- Includes 80 hours of placement in a child and family health setting.
You can find the academic calendar here.
*The HETI The scholarship only covers one attempt at each subject. If you need to retake a subject, you will be responsible for the cost of any additional attempts.