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Secure your future with highly specialised training, exciting placements and flexible outcomes.

Speech pathologists are allied health professionals responsible for the assessment and treatment of children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders, such as delayed speech and language development, cleft lip and palate, voice disorders and stuttering.

When you study a Bachelor of Speech Pathology at UON you are accessing the most comprehensive degree of its kind in Australia, opening up experiences and job opportunities like no other.

Why study with us?

Our speech pathology graduates get jobs with 87% securing employment within four months of completing their degree.

Hands on learning with 20+ weeks of clinical placements throughout your studies ensure you gain comprehensive professional experience.

Exciting international placements such as our Southeast Asia stream enrich your learning and skills development.

On-campus speech pathology clinics provide easy access to industry experience via our Stuttering, Voice and Speech Intelligibility Clinics.

Globally recognised qualifications and Australian accreditation opens up multiple opportunities and career options.

What you will study

You will develop competencies and learn the necessary skills to confidently take on the full range of conditions that speech pathologists assess and rehabilitate, including:

All acquired and developmental human communication disorders

• Audiology
• Swallowing disorders
• Phonological and articulatory disorders
• Stuttering
• Voice disorders
• Communication disorders of neurological origin

Students will study a variety of foundation courses including:

• Linguistics
• Psychology
• Bioscience
• Anatomy
• Neuroscience

Career opportunities

Gain professionally accredited expertise in all areas of speech pathology. The strong experience-based nature of this degree, along with an internationally recognised professional accreditation, prepares UON graduates for immediate professional employment. In fact, 87% of our graduates in 2016 were employed within four months of completion.

Opportunities exist in:

• hospitals
• community health centres
• schools
• rehabilitation units
• nursing homes
• specialist disability services
• academic research
• management positions
• private practice