How do I apply for admission to a Graduate-Entry Program?
 

Step 1:        Sit GAMSAT (or MCAT, for international students)

                    GAMSAT 2010 was held on Saturday, 20 March 2010

Step 2:        Apply for admission

Applications open in early May.

The same online system is used for Medicine, Dentistry, Dental Surgery and Pharmacy - just nominate which program(s) you wish to apply for once you enter the system.

NB if you apply to Medicine only, you submit one set of application documents (ie email printout, transcripts, and any additional documentation required). 

If you apply to e.g. all four programs ie Medicine and Dentistry and Dental Surgery and Pharmacy you submit four sets of documents, each in a separate envelope.

Deadlines

  • Domestic applications to Medicine, Dentistry and Dental Surgery closed at 5.00pm AEST on Friday 4 June 2010
  • International applications to Medicine, Dentistry and Dental Surgery closed at 5.00pm AEST Friday 25 June 2010
  • Domestic and international applications to Pharmacy close at 5.00pm AEST Friday 27 August 2010

    • Your application documents (including transcripts) must be posted to ACER by the published deadline

 

Selection criteria
Applicants are selected for admission into the graduate entry medical and dental programs on the basis of three criteria:

• GAMSAT score
• Bachelor degree
• Interview

The universities may differ in their weighting of performance on each of the criteria.

Exception: The University of Queensland do not interview applicants.

There is no interview for the Doctor of Dental Surgery at the University of Melbourne.

Admission for the University of Melbourne is also based on satisfactory completion of approved science subjects.

For selection into the Doctor of Optometry at the University of Melbourne please refer to the website. 

Selection into the Master of Pharmacy program is based on four criteria: Bachelor degree, GAMSAT score, seven essential prerequisites (completed less than five years previously) and a satisfactory score in the Pharmacy Case Study Scenario.

More specific information can be obtained by checking the schools' website and by referring to the Admission Guide.

 

Preferences
Domestic applicants may nominate up to three preferences out of the twelve medical schools. There are differences in entry requirements between the schools. Applicants are strongly advised to obtain detailed information from each of the schools to ensure they are fully informed on both selection criteria and the structure of the individual programs.

The school of your first preference will be provided with your application data.  Should you be selected by your first preference to be kept for the interview pool, then your application will not be passed on to your second preference. 

If you are not selected by the first preference school, then your application will be passed on to your second preference for consideration.  If you are not selected by the second preference school, then your application will be passed on to your third preference for consideration.

If after interview you are not made an offer of a place, your application will then be passed on to the next preference school for consideration.