Australian Schools

[lilium5260]

I am a 24 year old Canadian planning to attend physio school in Australia next year. I have accepted an offer from Griffith University and was planning to head over there for first semester. However, I recently received an offer from the University of Sydney.

I have tried to look up how the physiotherapy schools in Australia are ranked to one another, but haven't had any luck. I have also tried to use the search function, but couldn't find any applicable information. I know that the University of Sydney is ranked higher as a whole, but I'm not sure if the physiotherapy program is ranked equally high relative to the other options in the country. Griffith University will be $20 000 less expensive, so I'd prefer not to make a switch if it won't be significant.

I would enjoy living in both cities, and the programs themselves look similar enough. I was hoping to get an opinion from someone that may be more aware of the school's presence on the other side of the globe. Thank you for your assistance.

Hi dude:

I am an physiotherapy student in New Zealand, and also an international student as well. Though my experience is not in Australia, but the circumstance in NZ is similar to Oz, so hopefully my ideads would be helpful.

To be brief, if finacial issue is not killing you, and you want to be a cardiovescular/respiratory/ER/ICU physio, definately choose University of Sydney: (1) PT is nationally regulated in Oz & NZ, and there is no Provincial registration as in Canada, so both qualifications can enable you to practice in the entire Australia. (2) There is a on-going tsunami of physio graduates is Oz & NZ due to the explosion of accreditated physio programmes in Oz and the huge increase of new student intake in most programms. So the reputation and ranking of your university/institution is vital when you are trying to find a job. (3) Long-established universities and programmes tend to have abundant clinical placements due to their network and history (this is especially the case for cardiovescular/respiratory/ER/ICU placements, as such places are nearly only offered by hospitals), while new programmes/universities may not - the placements in hospitals are limited and once they have signed contract with certain universities they rarely change to other universities.

Otherwide just pick up the cheaper one.

Hopefully I am helpful.