Teaching future professionals with advanced initiatives and practical experience
Griffith is ranked in the top 200 for Psychology in the world by QS World University Rankings. Many of our lecturers have earned national teaching awards for excellence, including University Teacher of the Year.
You will gain applied skills in your chosen discipline area of psychology, counselling, suicidology, or health services management. You’ll learn to apply psychological theories to understand and assist children and adults in areas such as mental health, wellbeing, health leadership, health behaviours, illness management, workplace health, youth development, learning and performance. You will have the opportunity to engage in work-integrated learning at all levels of training.
Professional development
Our tailored professional learning focuses on the issues that are important to you and your team. Bringing together the expertise of Griffith University’s academics and research centres, our professional learning is designed to deliver creative solutions for the workplace of tomorrow.
Fit for Professional Practice
Be ready for professional practice activities, including placements
Applied Psychology
A degree in psychology will give you a broad understanding of the way human beings relate to each other. Our degrees will give you a thorough grounding in clinical, developmental, biological, cognitive, social and organisational psychology.
Counselling
Our Bachelor of Counselling was developed in consultation with industry and professional organisations working on the frontline of counselling services. So that graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills that we know employers are looking for.
Suicidology
Explore the practical, policy and research issues in the field of suicide prevention. You'll gain an understanding of the key themes that emerge in suicide research and contemporary suicide prevention practices.
Mental Health
Deepen your understanding of human behaviour and learn to bridge the gap between theory and effective mental health strategies.
Health Services Management
Our health services management programs will get you ready for health sector job opportunities in quality management, project management, change management, health informatics and risk management.
Griffith Health Clinics
The Griffith Health Clinics provide high quality, affordable psychological services for the general public. The School has clinics in psychology, counselling and life promotion.
Griffith Credentials
A new way to share your skills, knowledge and accomplishments. Griffith Credentials provide you with a digital version of your qualifications and capabilities. Digital badges symbolise your achievements in a way that can be displayed, accessed, verified and shared online.
Fit for Professional Practice
Take action now to complete Professional Practice requirements to ensure that you are ready for professional practice activities, including placements. Our Fit for Professional Practice site provides detailed information on these requirements.
Interprofessional Learning
Increasingly, health and community service professionals work in interprofessional teams. Griffith has developed a framework with the bold goal of ensuring that all health professional graduates from Griffith University will be fully competent for collaborative interprofessional practice.
Scholarships
Over 600 scholarships are available to new and continuing students. You could be eligible for different scholarships based on your background, chosen study area, hardships you’ve experienced or your achievements so far.
Global opportunities
From our incredible location at a beautiful and modern campus on sunny Queensland's Gold Coast to our friendly and welcoming staff we offer international students a warm, supportive and exciting environment within which to experience a life-changing education. Medical Science offers study pathways from pre-degree through to post-graduate and doctoral levels.