Curtin Medicine Interview
Format, Questions & Prep Tips
Curtin medicine interviews for 2027 entry are multiple mini interviews (MMI). Published figures: 2027 places Approximately 110; Interview ranking ATAR 35% / Casper 35% / UCAT ANZ 30%; Offer ranking ATAR 40% / UCAT ANZ 20% / MMI 40%.
- Institution
- Curtin University Medical School
- Interview (2027 entry)
- 3 and 7 December 2026; 7 January 2027; 22 January 2027 (non-WA, online)
- Decisions (2027 entry)
- TISC rounds just before Christmas 2026 and mid-January 2027; direct offers February 2027
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Problem-based learning + Integrated, 5 years (direct entry), placements across Perth, outer-metropolitan Perth and Mandurah, and rural Western Australia.
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Curtin is one of the newest Australian medical schools (first intake 2017) and runs a 5-year direct-entry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with a generalist, primary-care orientation for Western Australia's workforce. Shortlisted applicants sit a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) that tests communication, critical appraisal of information, consideration of important issues and the personal attributes essential to medicine; Curtin does not publish a station count or timings.
Casper is required alongside UCAT ANZ and ATAR: for 2027 entry, interview ranking weights ATAR, Casper and UCAT ANZ 35:35:30, and offers then weight ATAR, UCAT ANZ and interview 40:20:40. Prepare for CASPer as seriously as UCAT-ANZ; practise typed situational judgement responses under time pressure.
Curtin's mission is outer-metropolitan and rural WA workforce — examiners specifically probe candidates who can name communities (Mandurah, Rockingham, Northam, Esperance) and connect motivation to workforce shortages. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants apply directly to Curtin Medical School through a dedicated entry pathway and do not sit UCAT ANZ or Casper. Curtin has approximately 110 places for 2027.
Curtin interview at a glance (2027 entry)
| 2027 places | Approximately 110 |
|---|---|
| Interview ranking | ATAR 35% / Casper 35% / UCAT ANZ 30% |
| Offer ranking | ATAR 40% / UCAT ANZ 20% / MMI 40% |
| Interview mode | Primarily face to face; online for interstate/overseas |
| Lowest selection rank to receive an offer (most recent intake) | 92.20 (minimum ATAR to apply: 95) |
Interview format
- Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) at an assigned date and time; Curtin does not publish station numbers or timings.
- Casper required alongside UCAT ANZ and ATAR (not for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway applicants).
- Interviews are primarily face to face in Perth, with limited online interviews for interstate or overseas applicants.
- Three rounds for 2027 entry: 3 and 7 December 2026, 7 January 2027 and 22 January 2027 (non-WA applicants, online).
- Interview ranking weights ATAR, Casper and UCAT ANZ 35:35:30; offers weight ATAR, UCAT ANZ and interview 40:20:40.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathway: apply directly to Curtin Medical School by 13 October 2026; no UCAT ANZ or Casper.
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Sample interview questions
Why Curtin specifically? What attracts you to a newer medical programme with an outer-metropolitan and rural workforce mission?
Engage with Curtin's specific mission, the Bentley campus, and the East Metropolitan Health Service network. Authentic specifics over branding.
What's your connection to outer-metropolitan Perth or rural WA?
Concrete:
- Mandurah
- Rockingham
- Northam
- Esperance
- Kalgoorlie
Generic enthusiasm scores poorly.
A patient at Midland Public Hospital declines treatment because they don't trust the medical system. What do you do?
Engage with the historical reasons for distrust (particularly relevant to Indigenous and outer-metro communities), capacity, autonomy, and relational rebuilding of trust.
Voluntary assisted dying is legal in WA. How does the WA framework operate?
Engage with WA VAD Act's eligibility, conscientious objection provisions, and the VAD Navigator Service.
Role-play: explain to a patient in Esperance why their cardiac investigation requires retrieval to Perth.
Plain language. Time-critical without panic. Engage the patient. Reference RFDS / WA retrieval pathways.
What does the Curtin Rural Clinical School (Northam, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Bunbury) mean to you?
Concrete engagement with the geography and workforce needs.
Explain bulk-billing access and Medicare to a young patient in outer-metropolitan Perth.
Plain language. Concrete dollar example. Cultural context.
Closing the Gap targets continue to lag in outer-metropolitan Perth and rural WA. What role can a Curtin graduate play?
Concrete:
- AMS partnerships (Derbarl Yerrigan, Kimberley AMS)
- cultural safety
- recognising racism
- workforce closing the gap
Describe a time you connected with someone from a very different background.
Authentic. Outer-metro Perth is culturally diverse.
A patient asks for a controlled medication. SafeScript WA shows recent prescriptions from multiple sources. What do you do?
What they are listening for:
- Real-time monitoring
- addiction medicine
- therapeutic relationship
- alternatives
Tell us about a time you reflected on critical feedback.
Authentic.
Should Curtin's rural-bonded graduates be required to complete a defined rural service period?
What they are listening for:
- Workforce intent
- autonomy
- BMP framework
Balanced reasoning.
Role-play: explain to a parent in Mandurah why their child's viral fever doesn't need antibiotics.
Validate. Plain language. Antibiotic stewardship.
Describe a time you worked in a team in a constrained environment.
Process focus. Constructive problem-solving.
What concerns you most about a newer medical school like Curtin?
Honest. Network effects, alumni pipelines, identity formation. Self-aware engagement.
A teammate at Curtin makes a culturally insensitive comment during a Centre for Aboriginal Studies workshop. Address it.
Specific behaviour. Private conversation first. Escalation if needed.
What does CASPer as part of selection signal about Curtin's priorities?
Engage with the situational judgement signal and how it complements traditional academic assessment.
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