Overview
Degree: Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Type: Undergraduate – 6 years – Full Time
Campus: University of New South Wales – Kensington
Course Code: 428000 (UAC)
Information
- UNSW Faculty of Medicine Website
- UNSW MBBS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- UNSW Medical Society
- UAC Course Description
Academic Requirements
Prerequisites: None
Assumed Knowledge: English (Fundamentals of English and/or English as a Second Language (ESL) is not considered suitable preparation for the UNSW medical program)
Recommended studies: Chemistry
Intake per Year
270 places
- Includes subquotas from different pathways (school leavers, rural, international, Indigenous)
- Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP): 149 places
- Bonded Medical Place (BMP): 52 places
- Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship (MRBS): 7 places
- International: 70 places
Entry Requirements
- >95 ATAR (or equivalent) (If more than 3/4 year of tertiary study has been undertaken, this will be considered along with the ATAR)
- UMAT score
- Interview
These three components are weighed equally during consideration of offers.
The UNSW Medicine Undergraduate Entry site states that:
Applicants need to be aware that because selection is on the basis of a combination of all three criteria (i.e. academic merit, UMAT and interview), they will increase their likelihood of being selected by achieving the highest possible result in each of the three criteria. (This is illustrated by the fact that although the minimum ATAR for eligibility is 96.00, the median ATAR required for entry is always greater than 99.60. Similarly for both UMAT and the interview, the median scores required for entry are close to the top of the respective ranges.)
Application Process
- Submit Registration of Interest form via the UNSW Faculty of Medicine website before the deadline.
- Submit a Medicine Application form via the UNSW Faculty of Medicine website before the deadline.
- UNSW will contact your school directly for predicted ATAR
- Register for 428000 B Medicine / B Surgery on UAC by the closing date.
- First round offers are released mid-January via UAC
- Second round offers are released in February via UAC.
UMAT
- UMAT scores are valid for two years (so applicants lodging a 2011 application require a 2010 or 2011 UMAT score)
- Applicants can sit the test from their last year of secondary study (i.e. Year 12)
- All sections are weighed equally and raw score is used rather than percentile
Interview Offers
- Applicants will be shortlisted for interview based on a sliding scale between predicted or attained ATAR and UMAT score (higher ATAR, lower UMAT required)
- Offers are provided via email in early November
- More details of this can be found on the UNSW Medicine website.
- Interstate applicants will be notified that they are eligible for an interview but given the opportunity to sit their interviews in January in order for convenience, at no disadvantage.
Interviews
- Interviews are held in late November / early December
- The interview consists of a panel of 2 interviewers and is considered as a semi-structured interview.
Final Ranking
- Final ranking for non-rural applicants is based equally on UMAT, ATAR and interview.
- Final ranking for rural applicants is based on UMAT, ATAR, interview and rural rating.
Rural Applicants
Rural Applicants apply to Medicine through the Rural Student Entry Scheme. Applicants are considered rural if they have lived in a defined rural location in Australia for a minimum of five years from the age of five.
- Applicants must choose to apply through the Rural Student Entry Scheme or General Entry, they cannot apply to both.
- Applicants who lived in a rural location other than Australia are not eligible for the scheme.
- The number of Rural applicants selected is 25% of total local intake (~50 places).
Indigenous Applicants
Applicants are considered Indigenous if they are an Australian or Torres Strait Islander. The number of Indigenous applicants selected is currently unknown.
Selection for interview is by the following criteria:
- Demonstrated motivation to practice medicine
- Academic capability, including, the capacity to achieve within the UNSW Medical Program
- Demonstrated ability to relate to Indigenous Health issue
Offers are released in late October via UNSW for progression to the UNSW pre-Medicine program.
Non-Standard Applicants
Non-standard applicants are Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens who are currently or have completed an undergraduate degree. Their university studies are considered equally as their ATAR (or equivalent) score. Non-standard applicants are considered with local applicants for the 208 local places.
International Applicants
International applicants are not Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or New Zealand citizens.
- Note that applicants who have Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency must apply as local applicants. They are ineligible to apply as an international student irrespective of their citizenship of any other country.
- The number of International applicants selected is 70.
Contact Details
Postal Address
Faculty of Medicine
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
Australia
Telephone
Phone: (02) 9385 8765
Fax: (02) 9385 1874
School Enquires
Online Enquiry/Feedback Form
