Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Student Centre, The University of Melbourne

Places available in 2011

• 50 Domestic (of which at least 50% will be CSP)
• 40 International

Domestic applications closed on 4 June 2010; international applications close on 25 June 2010.

Bachelor Degree/GPA
2011 is the first intake for the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and no minimum GPA or GAMSAT has been set. The minimum will be determined on the basis of the ranked list.
The GPA will be measured by considering the last 3 years of the applicant’s undergraduate coursework studies (including Honours), and weighting the first of the final three years by 1, the second year by 2 and the final year by 3.

Results outstanding
Applicants enrolled in their final year of their undergraduate degree are requested to forward their Semester 1, 2010 results by Tuesday 13 July to the MDHS Student Centre, Brownless Biomedical Library, Building 182, the University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010.
Successful completion of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry at second year level is required.

Pre-requisite subjects
A table of pre-requisite equivalent subjects can be found here. Applicants who believe they meet the pre-requisites, and who have not had their subjects assessed by the University of Melbourne, should include the descriptions of relevant subjects with their application documents.

GAMSAT
The DDS is a new course and no minimum GAMSAT cut-off has been set. It is likely that applicants would need a minimum score of 50 in each of the three Sections to be competitive. The GAMSAT Overall Score will not be used.

Interviews
There are no interviews for the Doctor of Dental Surgery.

Offers
The final selection of applicants will be based on consideration of standardized scores for:
»GPA (50%);
»GAMSAT (50%).

Applicants approved for the Graduate Access Scheme may receive bonus points which will then be incorporated into the final ranking.
Offers for applicants in the final year of their degree will be provisional. Final results must be received by the University of Melbourne no later than Friday 17 December 2010.

Selection Criteria
For detailed selection criteria, applicants should refer to the University of Melbourne website at http://coursesearch.unimelb.edu.au/

International Students
International students may apply with a score from either GAMSAT or (if they are resident outside of Australia) from MCAT, US DAT, the Canadian DAT, the UK BMAT. On MCAT it is likely that applicants would need a minimum score of 8/8/M/8 to be competitive.
Applicants who have undertaken their undergraduate studies in a language other than English should consult the website for information about minimum English language requirements.

Health@Melbourne Expo
For information about the Health@Melbourne expo to be held on Friday 7 May, 2010 refer to the Faculty website