Contribute to a future where the highest standard of health and care is available for all those who need it.
There are a large range of exciting PhD opportunities aligned to the ground-breaking Flinders Caring Futures Institute, Australia’s first fully-dedicated research organisation for the study of self-care and caring solutions leading to better lives, better communities, better care and better systems across the population’s lifespan.
The Caring Futures Institute works with leading care organisations, health professionals, community partners and consumers to pioneer outcome-driven research that makes a positive impact on people’s lives, tackling some of the world’s most ‘wicked problems’.
Through our research in health sciences and allied health, we aim to help facilitate change and positively influence health care practice, leading to better health systems, better care, and better health across the lifespan.
By undertaking a PhD in health sciences or allied health, you will be working towards creating solutions to current and future healthcare problems in Australia’s largest industry.
Our team is part of the Flinders Caring Futures Institute, working with leading organisations, professionals, community partners and people with disability to pioneer outcome-driven research that makes a positive impact on people’s lives, tackling some of the world’s ‘wicked problems’.
We support diversity and warmly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and those with lived experience of disability or marginalisation.
Health Care and Social Assistance is Australia’s largest industry and is projected to have strong employment growth through to November 2026.*
(Jobs and Skills Australia November 2023).
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Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing)
Duration: 4 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106270H
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Doctor of Philosophy (Health Sciences)
Duration: 4 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106269A
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Master of Science (Nursing)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106281E
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Master of Science (Health Sciences)
Duration: 2 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 106280F
Annual fees:
2025: $42,700
Doctor of Philosophy (Nursing) / Master of Business Administration (Future Business)
Duration: 5 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 113534H
Annual fees:
2025 MBA (Future Business): $42,700
2025 PhD (Nursing): $40,700
Doctor of Philosophy (Health Sciences) / Master of Business Administration (Future Business)
Duration: 5 years
Delivery mode:
In Person
Location:
Bedford Park
CRICOS code: 113539C
Annual fees:
2025 MBA (Future Business): $42,700
2025 PhD (Health Sciences): $42,700
Why undertake a PhD in Health Sciences and Allied Health at Flinders
PhD opportunities and supervisors within the Caring Futures Institute are available in the following research areas of focus and Allied Health disciplines. However, we also welcome and encourage your own research projects that may not fit into the areas of focus below.
The Caring Futures Institute is Australia’s first fully dedicated research centre for the study of self-care and caring solutions leading to better lives, better communities, better care and better systems across the population’s lifespan.
Work with supervisors who are global experts across a range of health professions including exercise sciences, disability, health sciences, nursing, midwifery, nutrition, physiotherapy, and optometry.
Ready to find the perfect supervisor for your research journey?
Explore Research @ Flinders by Discipline
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