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Overview
Make a difference as a qualified allied health professional in hearing and balance. Our two-year Master of Clinical Audiology degree provides you with the skills and knowledge to assess, and provide rehabilitation for, the hearing and balance systems across the lifespan. Receive specialist training in First Nations ear and hearing health, and be equipped to work in regional, rural, and remote locations across Australia. During our Master of Clinical Audiology degree, you will be required to attend compulsory clinical placements in various health contexts with adults, children, and families.
The course also includes four blocks of 5-day face-to-face compulsory teaching intensives.
Interstate travel may be required to meet your clinical hour requirements. We recognise that you may bring different skills and life experiences, and we welcome a range of backgrounds. There are flexible study options, including part-time, online and face-to-face learning to support you in completing your studies whilst maintaining additional commitments.
Our Master of Clinical Audiology degree offers international study opportunities and welcomes both First Nations and international students with dedicated support services on hand to support you through your degree.
Career opportunities
Many graduates of a Master in Clinical Audiology go on to become clinical audiologists. They work in various healthcare settings, such as hospitals, audiology clinics, ENT practices, or hearing aid centers. Clinical audiologists are involved in diagnosing and treating hearing and balance disorders in patients of all ages. They conduct audiological assessments, provide hearing aid fittings, cochlear implant programming, and offer rehabilitation services.
Practical experience
You will complete a minimum of 50 days of clinical placement - 10 days in Year 1, Semester 2; 20 days in Year 2, Semester 1; and 20 days in Year 2, Semester 2.
Professional recognition
The Master of Clinical Audiology is accredited by Audiology Australia. Graduates of the Master of Clinical Audiology may apply for membership with Audiology Australia.
Credit transfers and advanced standing
Pathways
Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
Credit transfer
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
Credit transfers and advanced standing
Credit transfer
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
Fees
Non-Commonwealth supported places
Full fee paying places are available in this course.
Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
International tuition fees
The annual tuition fee for full time study in 2025 is AUD $31,584.00. This equates to $ $3,948.00 per 10 credit point unit (0.125 EFTSL).
These fees are subject to increases annually, effective at the start of each calendar year.
You can find a list of International fees and payments you can expect to pay as part of your studies in Australia.
CDU offers a number of scholarships to international students to assist with the cost of study.
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As an increasingly in-demand industry, there's never been a better time to upskill in the field of healthcare. Advance your career with CDU's wide range of postgraduate health courses to develop specialist skills and knowledge that help you transition into leadership roles.
- #2 Australian university for postgraduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Top 5 Australian university for postgraduate teaching quality in health services and support (GUG 2024)
- Placements and research opportunities in the NT, across Australia, and around the world
- Uniquely positioned to explore Indigenous and Asia-Pacific health, tropical medicine and other issues of international importance
Why study a health course at CDU?
As an increasingly in-demand industry, there's never been a better time to find a career in healthcare. Become a qualified health professional with CDU's wide range of courses and gain the skills and knowledge to make an impact on the wellbeing of your community.
- #2 Australian university for postgraduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Placements and research opportunities in the NT, across Australia, and around the world
- Uniquely positioned to explore Indigenous and Asia-Pacific health, tropical medicine and other issues of international importance
Why study a health course at CDU?
As an increasingly in-demand industry, there's never been a better time to upskill in the field of healthcare. Advance your career with CDU's wide range of postgraduate health courses to develop specialist skills and knowledge that help you transition into leadership roles.
- #2 Australian university for postgraduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Top 5 Australian university for postgraduate teaching quality in health services and support (GUG 2024)
- Placements and research opportunities in the NT, across Australia, and around the world
- Uniquely positioned to explore Indigenous and Asia-Pacific health, tropical medicine and other issues of international importance
Why study a health course at CDU?
As an increasingly in-demand industry, there's never been a better time to find a career in healthcare. Become a qualified health professional with CDU's wide range of courses and gain the skills and knowledge to make an impact on the wellbeing of your community.
- #2 Australian university for postgraduate employment outcomes (GUG 2024)
- Placements and research opportunities in the NT, across Australia, and around the world
- Uniquely positioned to explore Indigenous and Asia-Pacific health, tropical medicine and other issues of international importance
What will I study?
Our Master of Clinical Audiology comprises 160 credit points. The course covers theoretical and foundational knowledge, diagnostics testing, paediatrics, and rehabilitation, all of which is put into practice through simulations and professional practice experiences. It includes 50 days of clinical audiology practice in multidisciplinary health contexts with adults, children, and families.
Course structure
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Core (16 units) | 160cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 160 credit points as detailed below. AUD500 Theoretical Foundations of Hearing |
| 160 | Total Credit Points |
* Contain 5-day face-to-face compulsory intensive
** Work Integrated Learning (WIL)
Face-to-face compulsory intensives information:
The course includes four blocks of 5-day face-to-face compulsory teaching intensives. Some units are co-taught in the same intensive block.
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 1: AUD501 and AUD502
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 2: AUD503, AUD505, AUD511 and AUD504**
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 3: AUD515 and AUD514**
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 4: AUD523 and AUD524**
** These units contain intensive requirement and work integrated learning hours. Please refer to the unit catalogue for more detailed information.
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2025
IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing has replaced PHM516 from 2025.
Students who have completed PHM516 should not complete IAS547.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2023
PHM526 Research Design has been replaced by PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact
10cp Specialist elective choice (PHM552 or PHM559) have been removed
AUD506 Inclusive Practice with Diverse Populations added as a core unit
Study plan
STUDENTS COMMENCING IN SEMESTER 1
The Recommended Study Plans provided below are suitable for students enrolling in a full-time or part-time study load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
When designing an individual study plan:
- maintain the basic order in which units are to be attempted; and
- check the prerequisite and assumed knowledge for each unit as some units assume you have completed foundation unit/s in the unit area at a lower level.
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | WIL = Work Integrated Learning |
Full-Time Study Plan
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| AUD500 Theoretical Foundations of Hearing | CO | AUD503 Hearing Aids (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD501 Hearing Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD504 Clinical Audiology Placement I | WIL |
| AUD502 Introduction to Clinical Practice (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD505 Paediatric Audiology I (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing (replaces PHM516 from 2025) | CO | AUD511 Electrophysiological and Vestibular Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| AUD513 Aural Rehabilitation | CO | AUD523 Advanced Rehabilitation (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD514 Clinical Audiology Placement II | WIL | AUD524 Clinical Audiology Placement III | WIL |
| AUD515 Paediatric Audiology II (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact | CO |
| PHM523 Health Promotion | CO | AUD506 Inclusive Practice for Diverse Populations | CO |
Face-to-face compulsory intensives
The course includes four blocks of 5-day face-to-face compulsory teaching intensives. Some units are co-taught in the same intensive block.
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 1: AUD501 and AUD502
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 2: AUD503, AUD505, AUD511 and AUD504**
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 3: AUD515 and AUD514**
- Face-to-face compulsory intensive block 4: AUD523 and AUD524**
** These units contain intensive requirement and work integrated learning hours. Please refer to the unit catalogue for more detailed information.
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| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | WIL = Work Integrated Learning |
Part-Time Study Plan (over 3 years)
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| AUD500 Theoretical Foundations of Hearing | CO | AUD503 Hearing Aids (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD501 Hearing Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact | CO |
| AUD502 Introduction to Clinical Practice (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD505 Paediatric Audiology I (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| AUD513 Aural Rehabilitation | CO | AUD506 Inclusive Practice for Diverse Populations | CO |
| IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing (replaces PHM516 from 2025) | CO | AUD511 Electrophysiological and Vestibular Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| PHM523 Health Promotion | CO | AUD504 Clinical Audiology Placement I | WIL |
Year 3 | |||
| AUD514 Clinical Audiology Placement II | WIL | AUD523 Advanced Rehabilitation (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD515 Paediatric Audiology II (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD524 Clinical Audiology Placement III | WIL |
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit | WIL = Work Integrated Learning |
Part-Time Study Plan (over 4 years)
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| AUD501 Hearing Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD503 Hearing Aids (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD502 Introduction to Clinical Practice (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD505 Paediatric Audiology I (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| Year 2 | |||
| IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing (replaces PHM516 from 2025) | CO | AUD511 Electrophysiological and Vestibular Assessment (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD500 Theoretical Foundations of Hearing | CO | AUD504 Clinical Audiology Placement I | WIL |
Year 3 | |||
| AUD513 Aural Rehabilitation | CO | AUD506 Inclusive Practice for Diverse Populations | CO |
| PHM523 Health Promotion | CO | PHM527 Research, Ethics and Impact | CO |
Year 4 | |||
| AUD514 Clinical Audiology Placement II | WIL | AUD523 Advanced Rehabilitation (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO |
| AUD515 Paediatric Audiology II (contains 5-day compulsory intensive) | CO | AUD524 Clinical Audiology Placement III | WIL |
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STUDENTS COMMENCING IN SEMESTER 2
There is no Semester 2 intake for this course.
Entry requirements
Quota
This is a competitive course that accepts approximately 24 students per year. This means that although you may meet the admission requirements, you may not necessarily be offered a place. Subquotas are in place for First Nation and NT Resident applicants.
Admission criteria
Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent international qualification with at least a pass average (GPA of 4.00). Admission to this course is competitive. Applicants will be assessed based on academic merit and the number of available places.
Essential requirements
If you are undertaking a course with work integrated learning you must demonstrate compliance with the following checks and requirements. It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct documentation is obtained prior to commencing placements. A national and/or international Police check and a current Working with Children check is required regarding suitability to undertake placements. The majority of health facilities will require students to present a complete immunisation schedule, and a First Aid certificate.
English language requirements
DOMESTIC STUDENTS
To gain entry into Charles Darwin University, all Higher Education applicants must satisfy the University's English Language Proficiency Requirements for their chosen course of study. From 2025 all applicants will be required to supply evidence of this at the time of application.
The minimum English language requirement for this course can be met by evidencing of one of the following:
| Year 12 | Successful completion of Year 12 within Australia, or an equivalent qualification from an approved country where English is the official language (refer to our approved standard and extended lists included below). |
| 0.5 FTE Higher Education Study | Successful completion of at least 0.5FTE of higher education study from Australia or an approved country where English is the official language (refer to our approved standard and extended lists included below). If studies were completed from a country on the extended list, they must have been completed within the past five (5) years. |
| CDU Enabling Course | Successful completion of a Charles Darwin University enabling program of at least 0.5FTE (40 credit points). |
| TAFE Qualification | Successful completion of a recognised TAFE qualification at a Certificate III level or higher from Australia. |
| AHPRA Registration | Current AHPRA registration as a Division 1 or Division 2 nurse. Registration must be current at the time of course commencement. |
| English Test^ | Completion of an approved English test within two years of commencement, meeting the minimum scores outlined in the table below. |
^ Minimum Requirements for English Tests:
| Postgraduate requirements | Undergraduate requirements | |
| CDU ELICOS - English for Academic Purposes | Successful completion of EAP004 | Successful completion of EAP003 |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic test | Overall minimum: 6.5 No band below: 6.0 | Overall minimum: 6.0 No band below 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) | Overall minimum: 176 No skill below: 169 | Overall minimum: 169 No skill below 169 |
| Pearson Tests of English (PTE) Academic | Overall minimum: 58 No score below 50 | Overall minimum: 50 No score below: 50 |
| Test of English as a Foreign language | Overall minimum: 79 Minimum writing score: 21 | Overall minimum: 60 Minimum writing score: 21 |
IELTS One Skill Retake is accepted, allowing candidates to retake a single skill within 60 days of sitting their initial test. One Skill Retake results are valid for two years from the date of the first test (not from the date of the Retake test) to the date of commencement at CDU.
CDU accepts combined results from two test sittings of IELTS Academic, PTE Academic, or TOEFL, taken within a six-month period, if:
- Both tests were under the same testing system; and
- The overall score in both tests meets the overall minimum; and
- The applicant achieved the section minimum for each section in at least one test.
Recognised English-speaking countries:
| Standard List | Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America. |
| Extended List | Bermuda, Botswana, Cayman Islands, Ethiopia, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Seychelles, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe. |
For further details on the English requirements for CDU courses, please refer to the CDU English Language Proficiency Policy.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
To gain entry into Charles Darwin University, all Higher Education applicants must satisfy the University's English Language Proficiency Requirements for their chosen course of study.
The minimum English language requirement for this course is met by either undertaking previous education in an English-speaking country or undertaking one of the following English language tests and obtaining the minimum requirements listed below.
| IELTS Academic Module | A minimum overall score of 7.0 with no band less than 6.5. |
| Cambridge Advanced English (CAE) | A minimum overall score of 176, with no skill below 169. |
| Common European Framework Certificate of English Proficiency | A minimum overall grade of C1, valid for three years from the date of the test to the date of commencement at CDU. |
| Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic module | A minimum overall score of 65 with no score lower than 58. |
| TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) | A minimum overall score of 79 with a minimum writing score of 21. |
* All tests are valid for two years from the date of the test to the date of commencement at CDU, unless otherwise specified.
* Where applicable, international applicants must also satisfy the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) English language requirements for student visa applications.
Do you have a question regarding English requirements at CDU? Please email: international@cdu.edu.au.
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Australian qualification framework
This course is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 9.
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