Current Deakin students can transfer into a Faculty of Health course provided the criteria below is met. Please read all information below including the specific course exceptions list before submitting any application for a transfer.

Undergraduate courses

You must meet the following requirements

1. For course or campus transfers, you must have completed at least one trimester and at least 2 credit points in your current course (excluding those for which you have received credit for prior learning) to be eligible.
2. For previous year school leavers: you may apply to transfer if you meet the current year ATAR requirement, all prerequisites and any other requirements for the intended course (refer to current year ATAR). You must state in your personal statement on the transfer form that you are applying based on your ATAR and provide evidence of your VCE results (or equivalent). You may also be required to supply further supporting documentation.
3. You must achieve the WAM requirement as per Table 1. Course Transfer WAM Requirements as well as meeting any specific requirements for the course such as prerequisites.
4. You will need to provide a written statement indicating reason(s) for transfer request. You may apply to transfer on compassionate grounds based on exceptional personal circumstances. This must be clearly stated on the personal statement on the transfer form and you must supply supporting documentation.
5. Your statement and other documentary evidence submitted with the course transfer application will be considered during the selection ranking process.
6. Students in combined courses wishing to transfer into either single course at the same campus may do so without meeting WAM or credit point requirements.
7. You may only apply for a transfer into a course in a trimester in which the course has an intake. Please see your course to confirm trimesters of intake for Health courses.

Please note that meeting minimum entry requirements does not guarantee entry into a course as entry is subject to places being available in the course.

Postgraduate courses

Students must meet the following requirements:

1. For course or campus transfers, you must have completed at least one trimester and at least 2 credit points in your current course (excluding those for which you have received credit for prior learning) to be eligible to transfer.
2. You must achieve the WAM requirement as per Table 1. Course Transfer WAM Requirements.
3. You must meet any prerequisite requirements for the course. Supporting documentation is required for prior academic study in order to confirm prerequisites have been met.
4. You may only apply for a transfer into a course in a trimester in which the course has an intake. Please see your course to confirm trimesters of intake for Health courses.

Further information

1. Students in associate degrees are unable to apply for transfer into any Health undergraduate courses. Students in associate degrees must either follow their approved pathway or can apply for a non-pathway course by submitting a direct application.
2. Transfers may be considered in exceptional circumstances. These may include (but are not limited to) a terminal illness or death of an immediate family member or an acute illness that prevents the student from travelling from home to the current campus of study for an extended period of time.  Evidence supporting claims of exceptional circumstances will be required.  Acceptable forms of evidence would include a written statement from a recognised authority or practitioner registered with a professional body (e.g. social worker, medical practitioner, lawyer or psychologist); a death notice or certificate; or a police report.

Course transfer WAM requirements

* Exceptions for specific courses

Applied Sport Science

• You must have a bachelor degree or higher in a related discipline or a bachelor degree or higher in any discipline and two years relevant work experience.
• Applications are subject to course director’s approval.

Medical Imaging

• Applications for the Bachelor of Medical Imaging will only be considered for Semester 1.
• You must meet the minimum WAM requirement of 70 for this course when Semester 2 results are released to be considered for a course transfer into Semester 1 the following year.
• You must have completed 8 units in your current course to be considered for a transfer. RPL granted will be taken into consideration.
• If you do not meet the WAM requirement but have relevant work experience for 2+ years you may be considered. You must provide a personal statement outlining your relevant work experience and clearly state in your transfer application that you are applying based on work experience.
• The Bachelor of Medical Imaging has a strict quota for available places and meeting minimum entry requirements does not guarantee entry.
• If you are applying for a course transfer into this course you must provide evidence that you have met the below Year 12 prerequisite requirements at the time of submitting your application:
  • VCE Units 3 + 4
    • a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in English other than EAL
    • a study score of at least 25 in Biology, Physics or Chemistry
    • and a study score of at least 22 in Mathematical Methods (CAS) or Specialist Mathematics OR
    • Study score of at least 30 in Further Mathematics
    • If you have not met the prerequisites, you will need to study the units below either through your current Deakin course (if there is capacity within the structure of the course), as single non-award units or externally. Please note, undertaking these units does not guarantee you will be offered a transfer due to the limited places.
• To meet the maths equivalent of the prerequisites, one of the below Deakin units would be acceptable:
  • SIT194 Introduction to Mathematical Modelling (Maths)
  • SIT190 Introduction to Functions, Relations and Graphs
• To meet the science equivalent of the prerequisites, one of the below Deakin units would be acceptable:
  • HBS109 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
  • HMM203 Human Anatomy
  • HSE102 Functional Human Anatomy (Science)
  • SLE133 Chemistry in our world
  • SLE155 Chemistry for the Professional Sciences.

Nursing

• D387, D381, D355, H326 and H329 do not accept course or campus transfers.
• The exception to the above is campus transfer applications to Warrnambool will be considered for the Bachelor of Nursing in Trimester 1 each year. Students in Nursing combined courses also have the option to transfer to the single Nursing course at the same campus in any trimester. If you meet this criteria please complete the Course/Campus Transfer application form.
• If you would like to apply for admission into a Nursing course, Domestic students can do so via the VTAC website while International students can apply through the Deakin website.

Nutrition (Dietetics pathway)

• If you’re applying for H318 Bachelor of Nutrition (Dietetics pathway) you must have a minimum WAM of 75 and have completed a minimum of 8 credit points in your current course.
• Nutrition (Dietetics) course transfer assessments are made in January and you must have met the WAM requirement for a transfer by the end of Trimester 2.
• If you are not accepted into H318 directly you may be offered a place in H315 Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences instead, if you meet entry requirements into the course. No further transfer application is required in this case.

Occupational Therapy

• The Bachelor of Occupational Therapy course has a strict quota for available places and meeting minimum entry requirements does not guarantee entry.

Child Play Therapy

• You must provide a personal statement highlighting your work experience with children and their families or your previous study in a related discipline, e.g. education degrees, health and allied health and other therapies (art therapy, psychotherapy).

Psychology postgraduate course transfers

• Postgraduate psychology courses (including H452, H650 and the fourth year of H345) only accept campus transfers from students currently enrolled in the same course or mode transfer (on campus/online) subject to available places.

Vision Science/Optometry

• Applications for the Bachelor of Vision Science/Optometry will only be considered for Trimester 1.
• You must meet the minimum WAM requirement for this course of 70 when Trimester 2 results are released to be considered for a course transfer into Trimester 1 the following year. 
• You can only transfer into the Master of Optometry if you have completed a Bachelor of Vision or equivalent.
• You must have completed 8 units in your current course to be considered for a transfer. RPL granted will be taken into consideration.
• If you do not meet the WAM requirement but have 2+ years of relevant work experience you may be considered. You must provide a personal statement outlining your relevant work experience and clearly state in your transfer application that you are applying based on work experience.
• The Bachelor of Vision Science/Master of Optometry course has a strict quota for available places and meeting minimum entry requirements does not guarantee entry.
• When applying for a course transfer into this course you must also provide evidence that you have met the below Year 12 (or equivalent) prerequisite requirements at the time of submitting your application:
  • VCE Units 3 + 4 a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in English other than EAL

Transfers between funding categories

CSP - Commonwealth Supported Place, IFP - International Fee Paying, DFP - Domestic Fee Paying, WAM - Weighted Average Mark

Following courses do not accept courses transfers at any time: