Overview

The Physiotherapy (Research) program from The University of Notre Dame Australia is a research degree designed to meet the needs of professionals who aspire to achieve academic excellence and lead the development of knowledge within their profession. The program seeks to examine crucial professional topics and integrate professional experience with scholarly inquiry.

In particular, it aims to generate a research-based approach, providing answers to questions relevant to the professions or industry and encouraging a systematic way of collecting, analysing and interpreting data. For this reason, we recommend you seek the support of a relevant professional body, employer or industry group in defining your research area.

Career opportunities:

Depending on your research topic, a Doctor of Physiotherapy can lead to careers such as a physiotherapist, or clinical laboratory scientist.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Quantitative Methods

Qualitative Research Methods

Scholarly Reading and Writing

Developing a Research Proposal

Supervised Research - Physiotherapy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-20 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-02-16 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

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94

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PTE Academic

68

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IELTS

7

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Fremantle, Australia

Disciplines

Physiotherapy Physiology

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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94

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68

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IELTS

7

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants to the doctoral program are expected to satisfy the following criteria:

CRICOS code: 075781A

Possession of a research Masters degree by thesis or dissertation appropriate to the professional field of the applicant; or

Possession of a Masters degree by coursework appropriate to the professional field of the applicant completed at a superior standard; or

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree with Honours (typically 1st Class or Class 2A Honours level or equivalent); or

Possession of a Master of Philosophy; or

In exceptional circumstances, an equivalent academic or professional background that is considered by the Dean of the School to be an appropriate preparation for independent study and research work at Doctoral level.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

48730 AUD / year

≈ 48730 AUD / year

Living costs

Fremantle

Australia

1700 - 2700 AUD / month

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Scholarships Information

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Key information

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Delivered

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English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Living costs

Fremantle

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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