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Master of Science

Enhance your health career. Develop a competitive edge. Update your skills and knowledge.

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Distance
Duration
3 years part-time
Starts
  • Autumn 2025
  • Spring 2025
  • Autumn 2026
  • Spring 2026
Code
UOW: 1616

Overview

The Master of Science (Leadership in Gerontology and Rehabilitation) gives you a competitive advantage. The degree provides leadership and research skills for career progression into senior clinical, management, teaching, and research roles, including clinical nurse consultants,medical practitioners, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, registered nurses, social workers, family carers, and various roles in aged care and dementia care.

Learn to critically review the health and wellbeing of older people, review social policy in aged care, and develop advocacy skills. The program is unique as it includes a rehabilitation approach to developing services for older people.

Choose to study online, or face-to-face. Many students maintain full-time or part-time careers in health care while undertaking these courses.

See the course handbook for more information.

Fee subsidised places available

UOW is offering Commonwealth supported places (CSPs) for all of our postgraduate coursework degrees in 2025. This means the Australian government will subsidise your tuition fees by up to 75%. To be eligible for this fee subsidy, you must meet the following criteria: Be a domestic student, i.e. an Australian or New Zealand citizen, a permanent resident of Australia or a permanent Australian Humanitarian visa holder.

You can specialise in a major by choosing from the following: 

Major 

Campus Availability 

Leadership in Gerontology and Rehabilitation 

Online Wollongong (Distance) 

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Admissions information

A range of admission options are available for future students. The procedures governing admission are defined in UOW's Admissions Procedures, and the UOW College Admissions Policy.

For specific advice or to ask any questions regarding an application, please contact the UOW Future Students Team.

A recognised bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline, or equivalent.

International students must have formalised face-to-face arrangements constituting at least 66% of their coursework to comply with ESOS legislation.

 

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International Course fees table
Campus Delivery method Session fee* Course fee*
UOW Online WollongongDistance$18888 (2025)$56664 (2025)
WollongongFlexible$18888 (2026)$56664 (2026)
UOW Online WollongongDistance$18888 (2026)$56664 (2026)

* Session fees are for one session for the year shown. Total course tuition fees shown are indicative, and are based on normal course length and progression. These fees are subject to change from year to year. However, if you receive an offer to study at UOW, your fees will be fully confirmed at the time of your offer.

Tuition fees are reviewing annually: fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and are subject to increase during the period of study

Additional Fees

In addition to tuition, there are other fees and costs you will need to consider, including but not limited to:

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