Placement options
Rural placements offer a valuable, fun, and unique learning experience that also looks great on your resume.
You don’t have to be studying with the University of Newcastle to access placement support with us. If you’re an allied health, nursing or medicine student, and want to study within our NSW geographical footprint, we can provide support for your placement, study and accommodation.
Select your discipline to learn more:
- Exercise Physiology
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Postgraduate Psychology
- Physiotherapy
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Medical Radiation Science
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Pathology
- Pharmacy
- Social Work
Where could you go with the Department of Rural Health? Learn more about our main locations.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.