About the faculty

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offers undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and research programs in medicine, dental science, physiotherapy, nursing, behavioural science (psychology), population health, rural health and the life sciences.

There are seven schools: Medicine, Behavioural Science, Dental Science, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Population Health and Rural Health.

It is one of Australia's leading biomedical research faculties and together with its research partners attracts more national peer-reviewed medical research funding than any other medical and health sciences faculty in the country. It is one of the university's largest faculties in terms of:

• management of financial resources - the 2006 operating budget is approximately $80 million and income from other sources (including research grants, trust funds and bequests) is around $130 million;
• employment of academic and general staff - the 2006 complement was around 1544 full-time equivalent staff (approximately 441 teaching and research staff, 583 research only and over and 520 professional staff);
• teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students - the student teaching load in 2006 was 5845 equivalent full-time student units (including 1,544 higher degree).

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