Master of Advanced Nursing Practice

To be eligible for admission to the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice, applicants must hold:

• a Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent degree from a recognised University (or another tertiary education institution of equivalent standing) and a GPA of 4 or above AND
• current or temporary unrestricted registration as a nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the professional registration body in their country of origin.
• OR
• a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters qualification in nursing or a related area (students admitted with one of these qualifications may be eligible for credit depending upon the courses completed in the prior qualification) AND
• current or temporary unrestricted registration as a nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the professional registration body in their country of origin.

Degrees from overseas institutions must be assessed as equivalent to a recognised Australian accredited qualification.

Additional admission requirements

• Critical Care Nursing specialisation:Applicants must be working with critical care presentations for a minimum of two days per week.
• Emergency Nursing specialisation:Applicants must be working with emergency presentations for a minimum of two days per week.

Please be aware that Griffith University does not arrange registration or employment.

Admission requirements from Trimester 1, 2025

To be eligible for admission to the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice, you must have:

Pathway 1 - 1 year program (80 CP - Bachelor of Nursing degree, nursing registration, minimum 1 year experience as a registered nurse)

• A recognised Bachelor of Nursing degree (or higher); AND
• Current or temporary, unrestricted registration as a registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the professional registration body in your country of origin; AND
• A minimum of 1 year full-time (or equivalent) experience as a registered nurse.

Pathway 2 - 1.5 year program (120 CP - Bachelor of Nursing degree, nursing registration, minimum 1 year experience as a registered nurse*)

• A recognised Bachelor of Nursing degree or (higher); AND
• Current or temporary, unrestricted registration as a registered nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or the professional registration body in your country of origin; AND
• A minimum of 1 year full-time (or equivalent) experience as a registered nurse.

*This pathway includes a dissertation.

Degrees from overseas institutions must be assessed as equivalent to a recognised Australian accredited qualification.

Additional admission requirements

Critical Care Nursing specialisation: Applicants must be working with critical care presentations for a minimum of two days per week.

Emergency Nursing specialisation: Applicants must be working with emergency presentations for a minimum of two days per week.

Please be aware that Griffith University does not arrange registration or employment.

A higher qualification refers to a qualification at a higher level than a Bachelor qualification, which includes any of the following: a Bachelor Honours Degree; Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Masters Degree, MPhil or PhD.

An international student is a person who is not Australian citizen, a New Zealand citizen, a Pacific Engagement visa holder or the holder of a permanent resident/humanitarian visa.

This program is available to International students via online study only as follows:

• Students applying to study online in Australia will require a type of visa (other than a student visa) which has no limitations on study.
• Students can apply to study online outside Australia without any visa requirements.

You can apply for admission online OR via a Griffith University registered agent.

Note: Applicants are not permitted to defer an offer. Should you be unable to accept an offer, you must re-apply for entry in the following year.

English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:

• A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
• OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
• OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
• OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
• OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
• OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.

All applicants who hold current unrestricted registration as a Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) are deemed to have met the English language requirements for admission to the program due to the requirements outlined in the Registration Standard (English Language Skills) set by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).

English test results must be no more than two years old.

The Direct Entry Program (DEP) pathway is not accepted for this program.

Applicants should refer to the English language requirements section of the following University procedure for exceptions to these overall requirements:

• Admission Procedure

Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website:

• Credit transfer

Griffith's innovative Credit Precedent Database allows you to find out what credit decisions have been made in the past. These precedents will give you an idea of what you can expect.

• View credit precedents for this program