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The School of Biomedical Sciences offers the opportunity for international students to study anatomy for one or two semesters at UQ as part of their home institute’s degree. The Study Abroad students pay tuition costs to UQ while Incoming Exchange students pay tuition fees to their home institute. UQ has exchange agreements with over 130 countries. For more information about Study Abroad and Incoming Exchange program please visit..

Human Anatomy is the study of the structure of the body and its relation to function. It is concerned with understanding form and function, from the molecular to organismal level. The study of these processes is considered integral to modern biology. Anatomy is an important part of many new and emerging interdisciplinary fields in Science, including: Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Reproductive Technologies, and Transplantation Science. Now that the sequencing of the genome of several species, including humans, is completed, the major challenge facing biology is deciphering how this genetic blueprint is transformed into an organism. Anatomy is taking a leading role in the quest for interpreting the phenotypes of abnormal genotypes.

Students find Anatomy both a rich and rewarding intellectual experience. Anatomy students have previously progressed to careers in many areas, including: medicine, paramedical fields, diet and nutrition, exercise physiology, biomedical engineering, forensic science, biomechanics, comparative biology, evolutionary biology, archaeology and physical anthropology.

 

UQ's award winning Anatomy teaching team provides a unique learning opportunity for international students. Students learn Anatomy using cadaveric material provided though its extensive museum collection as well as its longstanding donor program. One of the distinct advantages of offering Human Anatomy at UQ is that many international universities do not provide access to cadaveric material to their undergraduate students. 

 

Our students find the Anatomy courses highly rewarding, intellectually challenging and enjoyable. They provide students with the opportunity to integrate and relate their cell and molecular knowledge at the human organismal level. Human Anatomy offers the real opportunity for students to stop treating the body as a black box and to understand structure-function relationships at a macro level. The practical classes receive high praise and students develop a strong cohort experience.

 

Anatomy provides a background for a large range of careers. The sub-disciplines are dynamic, especially now that cell and tissue engineering are revolutionising medical applications such as tissue and organ repair after injury or disease. As well as forming a core discipline for many professions such as medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology, there is also employment for anatomists in tertiary level teaching, front-line research, museums, environmental organisations, pathology labs and rehabilitation studies. The role of anatomists in sports medicine and forensic science is well known, and technical training in digital imaging, confocal and electron microscopy is broadly useful in many areas.

What will I study

Students have the opportunity to study Human Anatomy in either semester 1 or 2 during the regular academic year or during the summer semester. There are weekly lectures and practical classes. In addition to being able to enrol in the advanced anatomy courses offered in the Bachelor of Science program at UQ (BIOM3002 and BIOM3003), Study Abroad and Incoming Exchange students have the option of enrolling in any one of the specialised anatomy courses listed below.

Semester 1 

 

 

This is an integrated course in systematic and regional gross anatomy with clinical applications. Structure of the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urogenital, sensory and endocrine systems will be examined.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANAT1012 Regional Anatomy

 

 

 

 

ANAT3022 Functional Neuroanatomy

The course introduces students to the neuroanatomy of the human brain. Particular attention is focused on the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, limbic system and sensory pathways. In the first half of the course students undertake practicals using whole human brains and brain sections to understand the structural organisation of the brain. In the second half of the course students are introduced to the latest imaging techniques to analyse neuroanatomy in the living brain. Throughout the course, the anatomy of the brain is understood in terms of its functional roles in learning, memory, language, movement and emotion. We are lucky to have some of the country's best neuroscientists and imaging experts teaching this course.