Departments and centres
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences is committed to improving patient health through world-class fundamental and translational medical research.
Department of Chiropractic
Featuring the Master of Chiropractic, this curriculum delivers learning experiences across clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic fields – all essential for becoming recognised as a registered practitioner.
Department of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine is central to Macquarie University's initiative to develop Australia's first fully-integrated health sciences centre under university leadership.
Department of Cognitive Science
Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary study of the mind and the brain. In the Department of Cognitive Science we use a variety of methods — ranging from brain stimulation to philosophy — to better understand how the mind and the brain 'work'.
Department of Health Professions
The Department of Health Professions provides New South Wales' first Doctor of Physiotherapy program, an innovative three-year extended masters degree.
Department of Health Systems and Populations
The Department of Health Systems and Populations is focused on multi-disciplinary ways of improving population health and health systems at local, national and international levels.
Learn more about the Department of Health Systems and Populations
Department of Linguistics
Fundamentally, linguistics at Macquarie strives to understand and improve communication. We endeavour to understand human speech production and reception, language processing, as well as language acquisition, across the lifespan.
Department of Psychology
In psychology, we seek to understand how the mind works and why people behave the way that they do.
Research Institutes
Australian Institute of Health Innovation
A major national resource for many people whose work is intrinsic to strengthening health systems, organisations and services.
Learn more about the Australian Institute of Health Innovation
Research centres
- Centre for Ageing Cognition and Wellbeing
- Centre for Elite Performance Expertise and Training
- Centre for Emotional Health
- Centre for Language Sciences
- Dementia Research Centre
- H:EAR | Hearing Education Application Research
- Macquarie University Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research
- Macquarie University Centre for Reading
- Multilingualism Research Centre
- Perception in Action Research Centre
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