Overview

ACU’s online mental health nursing (Online) course are designed for registered nurses working in mental health settings. Grounded in recovery principles and evidence-based practice, these courses help you sharpen your therapeutic skills, strengthen clinical confidence and better support people living with complex mental health conditions.

Whether you’re consolidating your specialist knowledge or preparing to step into senior clinical, leadership or research roles, you’ll build practical skills you can apply straight away in clinical settings.

Career opportunities:

Graduates of ACU’s mental health nursing courses are well positioned to move into more senior roles across public and private mental health services, community care and specialised clinical environments.

These qualifications also support ongoing professional recognition and leadership development within the nursing profession.

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Programme Structure

The master’s degree deepens your therapeutic practice, strengthens your research capability and enhances your understanding of how mental health services are designed and delivered.

With research and project stream options, you’ll graduate ready to contribute to service development and improvement, clinical leadership and evidence-based mental health care.

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 18 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-03 00:00:00
Starting 2027-02-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-20 00:00:00
Starting 2027-07-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-07-02 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

Nursing View 63 other Masters in Nursing in Australia

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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

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS - 00004G

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

37200 AUD / year

≈ 37200 AUD / year
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Citizens or residents

6916 AUD / year

≈ 6916 AUD / year

Additional Details

$6918 CSP

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Mental Health Nursing (Online).

Available Scholarships

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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