Our course is designed to develop and provide students with the knowledge and skills to make significant contributions to therapeutic product research, development, evaluation, regulation and monitoring for the health and wellbeing of the community.
Who is it for?
Our course is designed for clinicians wishing to pursue careers that relate to the development and safe use of medicines, cell and gene therapies and medical devices.
Career paths
Our Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development) has been designed to ensure that the knowledge you gain can be applied to current industry needs and be readily integrated into your day-to-day work.
Graduates of this course will have the opportunity to move into careers in different areas of the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical technology industry including:
medical and scientific affairs
regulatory affairs
clinical trials
pharmacovigilance and product safety
health technology assessment or pharmacoeconomics
quality assurance
manufacturing
research and development
Graduates may also move into government roles in the TGA or Federal or State Departments of Health or contract research or manufacturing organisations.
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15 May 2025
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August 2025
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
15 May 2025
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Start date
February 2025
Admission to the course requires:
a medical degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification.
IELTS score: A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band
TOEFL - IBT score: A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 20 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 22 in Writing
Pearsons Test of English: A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 61 in each band
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The University of Sydney is ranked 4th in the world and 1st in Australia for graduate employability by the 2022 QS Graduate Employability Rankings.