Admission

* NEWS FLASH *  2010 Cut Off Statement

***The ANU Medical School ranks on combined weighted GPA (score out of 42) and overall GAMSAT score.  This means we offer interviews to people with a range of GPA/Overall GAMSAT score combinations.  For the 2010 cohort, the minimum wGPA was 34 and the minimum overall GAMSAT was 55.  Candidates with various combinations of the two criteria were considered for interview.  Candidates should be aware that meeting the minimum criteria does not guarantee interview. ***

The ANU Medical School offers a 4-year, graduate entry medical degree. Students who successfully complete 4 years of fulltime study will graduate with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).

Ninety Australian government funded places are available to Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents. Two places are set aside annually for Indigenous students, although Indigenous student may apply for general admission.

Up to twenty domestic students admitted annually will enter a Rural Stream that will provide rural education experiences in south-eastern New South Wales. The focal point of these experiences will be in the third year, when students will complete their entire Year 3 of study in regional centres surrounding Canberra, attached to the regions general practices, but also working with regional specialists. This track will be supported by appropriate IT experiences in local hospitals and weekly structured teaching activities. A current driver’s licence and a motor vehicle will be necessary.  All students will undertake at least 8 weeks rural placement training during Years 1-3, with an optional futher 4 weeks of training in Year 4.

Of the 90 Australian Commonwealth supported places at the Medical School, 3 must be filled by applicants who take up Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS), and 23 must be filled by applicants who take up Bonded Medical Places (BMP). Both types of places are only available to Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships represent an Australian government initiative to encourage doctors to take up positions in rural areas of Australia after completion of basic medical training and postgraduate training. Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships are suitable for students admitted to the Rural Stream but are not restricted to such students. Details of scholarships are available at: http://www.health.gov.au/mrbscholarships.

Bonded Medical places have been set up by the Australian government to provide health care in areas where there is a workforce shortage. Further details of this scheme can be obtained from http://www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme.

The ANU may also admit up to 20 full fee-paying international students.

Although entry is normally by way of Bachelor degree, high achieving school leavers may gain provisional entry. More information on all routes of entry is provided under headings in the left-hand panel of this page.

Detailed information on the MBBS program, including course requirements and program CRICOS code, is available on Study@ at http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4900XMBBS%20;overview.html.

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) administers the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) and processes domestic and international applications for medicine.  Registration for the GAMSAT generally opens in October the year before the test.  The GAMSAT is held in March each year and results are released in May, when online applications open via the GAMSAT website at http://www.gamsat.acer.edu.au/.  Applicants must refer to the GAMSAT webpages for opening and closing dates.  Late applications will not be accepted for any reason.

Applicants should send a printout of their online application form, original transcripts and any supplementary documentation required for Conjoint degree, Indigenous Australian or Rural Stream applications to:

Graduate Medical Admissions Centre

ACER Mulgrave Office

750 Springvale Road

Mulgrave VIC 3170

Australia