This program suits graduates from general science or biomedical science degrees with a biological science focus. It will allow you to specialise in two clinical pathology discipline streams from the following options: Clinical Biochemistry Cytopathology Haematology Histopathology Medical Microbiology Transfusion and Transplantation Science. On completion, you'll have high-level skills in analysis and knowledge integration relevant to your area of specialisation.

Graduates are employed as medical scientists in the field of diagnostic pathology, academia or in medical research. Medical scientists work in hospital laboratories, private pathology laboratories, state health laboratories and universities. In larger hospitals and private laboratories, medical scientists usually specialise in one of the professional disciplines. The ageing of the Australian population is expected to drive strong demand for pathology services and medical scientists. It’s projected that between 2013 - 2018, employment of medical scientists will increase 13.7% above the projected increase across all occupations (7.2%). There is also a shortage of medical scientists in a number of countries worldwide.