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Faculty of Health

With courses spanning Public and Allied Health, Clinical Science, Social Work, Pharmacy, Psychology, Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine, and Exercise and Sports Science, the Faculty of Health provides structured progression into the health workforce. We produce world-class research which is strengthened by a firm commitment to community and industry engagement.

  • Join a community of more than 6,500 health and nursing students

    Studying with CDU online or on campus across Australia

  • #7 in Australia for postgraduate health student support

    According to the Good Universities Guide 2025

  • Choose from 300+ certificates, diplomas degrees

    Explore a wide range of vocational training and higher education courses

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Message from the Pro Vice-Chancellor

At Charles Darwin University, our vision is to be Australia’s most connected university by delivering the education, training and research that matters to the people of the Northern Territory, Australia and beyond.

The Faculty of Health leads CDU’s commitment to Australia’s health and community sectors. Delivering health education and research that is locally embedded and world-class, we focus on issues of national and regional significance, including the management of chronic health conditions, mental health, rural, remote and First Nations health.

We are currently developing a range of initiatives to support the health and workforce needs of the Territory. This includes a suite of new courses designed to educate and grow the health workforce in areas of need identified by the sector. Our courses will provide innovative learning opportunities and supported career pathways to attract and retain quality health professionals in, with and for the NT.

Professor Dominic Upton
Professor Dominic Upton

Faculty of Health Strategic Plan 2024 -2026

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Student opportunities and skills-based learning.

The student experience

What you can expect when studying a health course at CDU.

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CDU Menzies Medical Program

The CDU Menzies Medical Program is a partnership with Menzies School of Health Research and National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).

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Health Hub

The CDU Health Hub is committed to delivering an inclusive teaching and an inter-professional training and research environment, to benefit the health of our community. We are Northern Territory's first student-run, multi-disciplinary health centre. We believe in a holistic approach to health - healthy mind, healthy body, healthy community.

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Student Nominated Awards

We would like to celebrate our partner organisations' contribution to excellence in our health student education with the Faculty of Health Student Nominated Awards.

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Careers at CDU

Explore available opportunities and discover the benefits of working at CDU

News

  • A contemporary three-storey university building with bright orange cladding, wide glass windows, and layered white verandas. The structure features striking angled roof panels for shade, with a blue number 8 sign marking the building. The foreground shows landscaped garden beds with rocks and native plants, and a clear blue sky forms the backdrop.

    2000 students filter into $30.8 million health teaching and training facility

    More than 2000 students from 10 health disciplines are set to filter into Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) newly-completed $30.8 million Centre for Better Health Futures throughout 2026. 

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  • Savannah Bolt

    Paramedic student’s unusual path to uni proves ATAR isn’t everything

    Tens of thousands of school leavers are considering their university offers, putting their hard-earned ATAR to use. But what about the students who didn’t get the ATAR they’d hoped for? 

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  • PM visit

    First medical students welcomed to CDU by Prime Minister

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Darwin to meet some of Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) School of Medicine first students, reiterating the importance of the program to the Northern Territory in securing the future health workforce.

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