Study Nursing in Australia
Build your nursing skills through hands-on practice
Gain the experience, knowledge and confidence to deliver safe, person-centred care across nursing, midwifery and community health settings
Why study Nursing at La Trobe?
La Trobe prepares you for nursing and midwifery practice through immersive, hands-on learning in real and simulated healthcare environments. You’ll build the clinical skills and professional judgement to establish or advance your nursing career in hospitals, community health, aged care and more.
You'll be able to:
- Learn in simulation labs with interactive facilities, telehealth technology and realistic clinical learning environments.
- Gain experience through clinical placements across partner hospitals and a range of healthcare settings.
- Develop your clinical practice with academic staff and expert clinicians connected to major healthcare services.
- Strengthen the professional capabilities employers value, including leadership, communication, critical thinking and time management.
Top 30 worldwide for health and wellbeing
We’re ranked in the world’s top 30 universities for advancing healthier communities and supporting health equity.
Times Higher Education (THE), 2025, Impact Rankings 2025: good health and well-being
Top 30 for nursing
We’re ranked in the world’s top 30 for nursing.
ShanghaiRanking, 2025, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025: Nursing
Global in-demand career
The world needs more nurses! Take your career global to meet a worldwide shortage of 4.5 million nurses by 2030.
World Health Organization (WHO), 2025, Nursing and Midwifery
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Where a nursing degree can take you
A nursing degree from La Trobe prepares you for careers across clinical care, mental health, midwifery and community health. Through hands-on learning, simulation labs and clinical placements, you’ll build the skills to assess patient needs, apply clinical judgement and deliver safe, person-centred care.
The roles below are three examples of where a La Trobe nursing degree can take you, in fast-growing fields where demand for skilled nursing and maternity care professionals continues to grow.
Clinical nurse
Analyse complex health problems and clinical data alongside other health professionals.
5-year job growth projection
+13.9%
Seek, 2026, Clinical Nurse
Mental health nurse
Work with patients to focus on their psychological and emotional health and wellbeing.
5-year job growth projection
+13.9%
Seek, 2026, Mental Health Nurse
Midwife
Provide support and care to women and their families before, during and after a baby's birth.
5-year job growth projection
+14.9%
Seek, 2026, Midwife
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