Our degree carries full accreditation from the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, so you’ll be professionally qualified to work anywhere in Australia or overseas. Cutting-edge custom laboratories, field leading tutors and broad industry networks set JCU apart. Work-ready skills are at the heart of our degree program, so you will benefit from work integrated learning within public hospitals and private pathology laboratories. Such practicums also offer invaluable industry networking opportunities.

In this critical health profession you’ll lab test blood, body fluids and tissues. Then clinicians will use your test results to diagnose, treat and prevent disease. Medical lab technology and scientific discoveries are rapidly advancing. As a medical laboratory scientist your job will constantly grow and diversify.