MD Standard Pathway – Domestic & International

In order to be considered for entry via the standard pathway, applicants:

Must have completed:

o An undergraduate degree in any discipline, with studies to have been completed within 10 years of 1 January in the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine; or

o For applicants whose most recently completed undergraduate degree was completed 10 or more years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine, a Graduate Diploma, Master or PhD degree or equivalent completed within 10 years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine; and;

Must have completed:

o the Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admission Test (GAMSAT); or

o for international students who are located overseas only, either the GAMSAT or the North American Medical Colleges Admission Test (MCAT); and

Perform satisfactorily at a Multi-Mini Interview

Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.

_{Please note: GAMSAT results are valid for four years. For example, if an applicant sat the test in September 2019, they may use the results obtained to apply for a graduate entry course commencing in 2024. Applicants can check the validity of their GAMSAT results on the GAMSAT website.}

MD Guaranteed Entry Pathway – Domestic & International

This pathway is available to applicants who are:

Chancellors Scholars (current University of Melbourne students or University of Melbourne students who completed their course the previous year, who entered their undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne with an ATAR of 99.90 or above); or
Guaranteed Full Fee Entry (current University of Melbourne students who entered their undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne with an ATAR of 99.00 or above).

Guaranteed Entry Pathway applicants are required to:

Perform satisfactorily at a Multi-Mini Interview. Students who fail to achieve a satisfactory performance will not be eligible for guaranteed entry into the course.
Full-Fee Guaranteed Entry applicants must also meet course Weighted Average Mark of 75 or above.

Guaranteed Entry Pathway applicants are NOT required to:

Apply via the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions System (GEMSAS) nor
Sit the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT)

_{Please note: Guaranteed Full Fee Entry domestic applicants who wish to be considered for a Commonwealth Supported Place or for entry to other medical schools will need to apply via for the Standard Pathway via GEMSAS. Applicants who choose to apply via GEMSAS will go through the same process as all other domestic applicants who are also applying via the standard pathway including being required to supply a valid GAMSAT result and being subject to ranking.}

MD Indigenous Pathway – Domestic only

This pathway is available to Indigenous applicants who:

Are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
Identify as a person of Australian Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander heritage and are accepted as such by an Indigenous community.

In order to be considered for entry, applicants:

Must have completed either

o An undergraduate degree in any discipline, with studies to have been completed within 10 years of 1 January in the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine; OR

o for applicants whose most recently completed undergraduate degree was completed 10 or more years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine, a Graduate Diploma, Masters or PhD degree or equivalent completed within 10 years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine; and

Will need to submit a Confirmation of Identity to mdhs-indigenous-admissions@unimelb.edu.au to be considered eligible via this pathway
Perform satisfactorily at a Multi-Mini Interview.

Verified Indigenous applicants are required to meet minimum selection criteria only and:

Achieve a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 or above; and
Successfully complete a Multi-Mini Interview

Indigenous applicants who satisfy these minimum requirements will be invited to attend an interview with a panel chaired by the Associate Dean (Indigenous) of the Faculty (or their nominee), and other appropriate Indigenous representatives.

Applicants for the MD Indigenous pathway are NOT required to:

Be subject to ranking; nor
Apply via the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions System (GEMSAS); nor
Sit the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT)

_{Please note: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants who choose to apply via GEMSAS will go through the same process as all other domestic applicants who are also applying via the standard pathway including being required to supply a valid GAMSAT result and being subject to ranking.}

MD Rural Pathway – Domestic only

There are 30 places available via the MD Rural Pathway. 15 bonded CSPs are reserved for graduates of the La Trobe University’s Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Medical) degree. The other 15 bonded Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) will be available for students who have completed an undergraduate degree with a minimum GPA of 5.0 or above and are able to demonstrate their rural origins.

In order to be considered for entry via the MD Rural Pathway applicants:

Must have completed either:

o The Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Medical) at La Trobe University with a Weighted Average Mark of at least 70; or

o An undergraduate degree in any discipline, with studies to have been completed within 10 years of 1 January in the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine; or

o For applicants whose most recently completed undergraduate degree was completed 10 or more years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine, a Graduate Diploma, Master or PhD degree or equivalent completed within 10 years before 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Doctor of Medicine;

Note: applicants for the MD Rural Pathway are not required to:

Apply via the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions System (GEMSAS), nor
Sit the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT).

_{Please note: Rural applicants wishing to also be considered via the University of Melbourne’s non-MD Rural Pathway or by other medical schools (in addition to the University of Melbourne) must apply through the Standard Pathway via GEMSAS. These applications will be considered separately. Applicants who choose to apply via GEMSAS will go through the same process as all other domestic applicants who are also applying via the standard pathway including being required to supply a valid GAMSAT result and being subject to ranking.}

Further information

For further details and important information about selection and entry requirements (including calculation of GPA and the Multiple Mini Interview process), ensure that you also read the Doctor of Medicine Selection Guidelines, the Doctor of Medicine Application of Interview in Course Selection Guidelines and the Doctor of Medicine Handbook entry.

Core participation requirements

In order to make informed decisions regarding their study, students should carefully consider the attributes set out in the Core Participation Requirements.

The Core Participation Requirements are categorised under specific skill areas and are based on the “Inherent Requirements for studying medicine in Australia and New Zealand”. This document has been endorsed by Representatives of Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand (8 October 2015). Additional information from the publication “Higher Education Occupational Physicians (HEOPS) Practitioners: medical students – fitness to train”, has also been incorporated.

The University of Melbourne welcomes applications from students with disabilities. It is University policy to take reasonable and proportionate measures to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study.

With appropriate support and reasonable adjustments where possible, students must be able to meet the Core Participation Requirements in order to graduate from the MD course. Students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate how they can meet these requirements in the context of their disability.

Additional requirements

Prior to commencement of the program, all Doctor of Medicine students must satisfy a range of mandatory pre-placement requirements. Information regarding these requirements can be found at: Pre-placement requirements (unimelb.edu.au) Further details about these requirements, including the due date for compliance, will be provided with course offers.

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