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Undergraduate Study

Starting a degree is exciting. It's challenging and enlightening. It's the start of a new you. At ECU, it's also the start of a new way of thinking. Here, you'll learn to challenge things. To see problems as opportunities. And to think creatively about the world around you. It's your new superpower.

Creative thinkers made here.
Creative thinkers made here.

Why study at ECU?

Meet our undergraduates

Our undergraduate students come from all walks of life and educational backgrounds. Hear what some of them they have to say about their ECU experience in these short videos.

Explore your options

Becoming a midwife has been a long-time passion for Brodie Hibberd. Now she's on her way with ECU's unique double dose of nursing and midwifery degrees.

Liam Guy's passions include health and science. Little wonder he's now a Health Science student, specialising in Environmental Management and Health Promotion. It's a good career direction too.

Soumita Kale is a cyber security student who never sits still. When she's not studying, she's volunteering to run workshops about coding for high school girls or explaining cyber safety to kids.

After Michaela De Paolis fell in love with CrossFit, it led to a passion for nutrition – food being key to any kind of fitness routine. This led to a career change and a return to uni.

Dan's a brickie with a difference. He's studying psychology online with ECU, while juggling work, family and a social life.

Samantha Mowle is a psychology student who really appreciates flexibility. And she found it at a university that's renowned for helping all kinds of students get into their study groove.

Courses you can study here

To help you start to find a career direction, we group similar fields of work into study areas.

Within each study area, you can choose an undergraduate (first) degree. And within most degree courses, you can choose a specialty, or major subject in your first or second year.

Many of our undergraduate courses can also be studied online.

Explore your interests

To help you find a course to match your career aspirations, we've grouped broad areas of work into eight study areas. Each study area has disciplines you can explore to find your course.

Scholarship opportunities

Scholarships recognise students whose life journey may have been challenging, as well as people who've shown outstanding academic excellence and endeavour.

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Undergraduate course guide

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Experience Undergraduate at ECU.

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Need some help deciding what to study?

Our future student events include a mix of on-campus and online sessions designed to help you decide what to study at ECU.

Do you have any questions about Undergraduate degrees?

Student stories

  • Callum May

    Callum May

    ECU Speech Pathology graduate

    My course allowed me to undertake practical placements in every semester

    I chose Speech Pathology at ECU because I was interested in the area of communication and I was warmly welcomed into a very supportive learning environment.

    The course allowed me to undertake practicum placements in every semester since the very beginning.

    Practical experience, in my opinion, is the gateway to gaining a proper insight into speech pathology and the best preparation for having a job after university.

  • Mahendran Swominathan

    Mahendran Swominathan

    ECU Youth Work graduate

    ECU has helped me realise the type of youth worker I want to be

    My study experience at ECU has been really enjoyable. The lecturers are extremely helpful, providing me with career advice as well as support within the course.

    So far, I've undertaken three work placements, and all have been valuable. Not only have they helped me put theory into practice, they've also helped me realise the type of youth worker I want to be.

  • Mariah O'Dea

    Mariah O'Dea

    WAAPA Performing Arts graduate

    The Bachelor of Performing Arts has given me the skills to maintain, develop and practice as an independent artist

    The Bachelor of Performing Arts is the type of course that doesn't confine you to one specific artistic form. Instead it opens doors and windows to numerous forms of performance art and how it exists in the world, broadening your own horizons of how you can be a part of it.

    It has let me experience what was once unknown practices such as the Suzuki Training Method and Butoh, it has even taken me to Singapore to train with many different cultures from all around the world at ITI. But most importantly, it has taught me what it truly means to be an artist.

The Important Things

Things you should know about if you're thinking about studying here.

Course Entry

There's more than one admission pathway into an ECU course. It depends on what you've studied already, or your work or life experience.

Fees & Scholarships

Course tuition fees can change, but we can give you an estimate of your costs. If you're eligible, a scholarship or student loan can help too.

Applying

Applying for a course is a fairly simple process, especially if you have scanned copies of qualifications, your resume or other paperwork, ready to upload.

ECU Experience

Starting a course is an exciting and sometimes daunting time, so we make a massive effort to ensure you get all the support you need to have a positive experience.