Occupational Science and Therapy department

Part of health sciences at AUT, the Occupational Science and Therapy department aims to increase health professionals’ understanding of humans as occupational beings and the complexities and meanings of occupations.

Our teaching and research provides advanced occupational practice techniques and knowledge. We aim to further the skills of occupational therapists and play a critical role in inter-professional healthcare practice.

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate study in occupational science and therapy will give you a solid grounding in this area.

Postgraduate courses

Occupational science and therapy postgraduate degrees

Interprofessional study options

Health professional education programmes

Leadership and management programmes

Older adult: health and wellness programmes

Research in health sciences

We believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across health sciences.

More about our research

Centres and institutes

Get hands-on experience in our health clinics

Students work with close supervision at our North Campus clinic, AUT Integrated Health. Open to the public, it offers health and rehab services, including occupational therapy.

AUT Integrated Health