2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology (ANU) in Canberra, ACT runs a graduate-entry medicine program for 2027 entry. Admission tests listed: GAMSAT. Published hurdles: GPA — minimum weighted GPA 5.0 to be considered for interview; GAMSAT — minimum Overall 50 AND minimum 50 in each section to be considered for interview. ANU holds a panel interview.
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Step-by-step: entry requirements, admission-test prep, personal statement, interview format and the key deadlines.
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Read the guide →Team-based learning + Case-based learning, 4 years (graduate entry), placements in Canberra, Sydney, south-east New South Wales and Central Australia.
See the course →ANU delivers a research-intensive 4-year graduate Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MChD) anchored at the Canberra Clinical School (Canberra, North Canberra and University of Canberra Hospitals), with a Sydney Clinical School at Sydney Adventist Hospital and a six-campus Rural Clinical School across Eurobodalla, Bega, Cooma, Goulburn, Cowra and Young, distinguished by a Years 1-2 research project and ANU's broader research culture.
ANU runs a 4-year graduate-entry MChD (Doctor of Medicine and Surgery) with a research-intensive identity — students complete a research project in Years 1-2, and completed higher research degrees attract a selection bonus (standalone Honours 2%, Masters by Research 2%, PhD 4%; highest only).
The Rural Clinical School runs six campuses — Eurobodalla, Bega, Cooma, Goulburn, Cowra and Young — alongside a Sydney Clinical School at Sydney Adventist Hospital, and GEMSAS states ANU offers 29% of its domestic places to students from a rural background. Predominantly CSP intake (63 CSP vs 26 BMP for 2027 entry).
Pre-interview ranking is an exact 50:50 of standardised weighted GPA and standardised Overall GAMSAT (plus any research bonus), and the interview then counts for exactly 50% of the final offer score. Note that approximately 40 of the available places are reserved for students arriving via an ANU undergraduate pathway.
Integrated curriculum. 4-year graduate Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MChD), AQF Level 9, Semester 1 intake only. Years 1-2 are built around clinical case studies at Acton supported by lectures, practicals, tutorials and a weekly clinical day, with one week in a rural location in each year and a research project.
From Year 3 students spend almost all contact hours in the health sector, rotating in four-week-plus blocks through the Canberra Clinical School (Canberra Hospital, North Canberra Hospital and University of Canberra Hospital), the Sydney Clinical School (Sydney Adventist Hospital) and the Rural Clinical School, including a six-week rural term in Year 3.
Year 4 opens with an elective term of four or more weeks anywhere in the world. Placements also reach the Northern Territory and overseas. Offers cannot be deferred, and ANU does not consider direct transfers from other medical schools.
ANU is strong in these research areas:
Format: Online interview, held in two parts (2027 entry) — ANU does not publish the format
ANU does not publish its interview format.
GEMSAS states only that interviews are "held in two parts", and ANU says they "cover a range of topics and scenarios" — no station count, station length or reading time is published by the university or by GEMSAS, so any specific station model you read on a prep-company site is inference, not ANU policy.
What IS official: every interview is held ONLINE, and GEMSAS states there is "no requirement to be in Canberra for the interview".
For 2027 entry the domestic interview window ran Friday 4 to Friday 11 September 2026, with allocated dates and times sent to applicants in late August/early September; international interviews are conducted by Zoom in mid/late July and Indigenous interviews in late July. Prepare for a broad, scenario-based online interview rather than drilling a fixed station count.
2027 entry: 63 CSP + 26 BMP (89 domestic) + up to 30 international full-fee, plus uncapped Indigenous places offered in addition to that cap — so up to roughly 119, plus Indigenous entrants. Note that approximately 40 of the available places are reserved for students who came through an ANU undergraduate pathway (ANU's BHLTH page: "Up to 40 domestic students from the BHLTH will receive an offer to the MChD program each year"), so materially fewer than 89 domestic places are contested through GEMSAS.
Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology was founded in 2004 and is based in Canberra.
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Try the AI interviewer| Entry pathway | Graduate entry |
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| GPA | Minimum weighted GPA 5.0 to be considered for interview |
| GAMSAT | Minimum Overall 50 AND minimum 50 in each section to be considered for interview |
| Interview format | Panel interview |
| Intake | 2027 entry: 63 CSP + 26 BMP (89 domestic) + up to 30 international full-fee, plus uncapped Indigenous places offered in addition to that cap |
| Admission overview | AQF Level 7 bachelor degree of at least 3.0 FTE, normally completed within 10 years of the application closing date; no prerequisite subjects are listed and no particular degree is preferred. Minimum 3-year weighted GPA 5.0/7.0 (4.5 for Indigenous applicants); GAMSAT overall 50+ with 50+ in every section (international applicants may substitute MCAT 125+ per section); online interview whose format ANU does not publish; rural sub-quota and a dedicated Indigenous entry pathway. |
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| GAMSAT | Minimum Overall 50 AND minimum 50 in each section to be considered for interview; meeting the minimum does not guarantee an interview. ANU accepts GAMSAT results as valid for four years. Used at 50% weight in the interview-ranking composite alongside the standardised weighted GPA (50%), with a higher-degree research bonus applied to the combined score (standalone Honours 2%, Masters by Research 2%, PhD 4%; highest only). ANU publishes no median or cut-off GAMSAT for offer-holders. International applicants have a published interview guarantee at GAMSAT 60 overall with 50+ per section (or MCAT 515 with 125+ per section) alongside weighted GPA 6.0. |
| GPA | Minimum weighted GPA 5.0 to be considered for interview — ANU states plainly that meeting it "does not guarantee an interview". The GPA is a 3-year weighted calculation over 3.0 FTE of the most recent eligible degree: final year x3, final-1 x2, final-2 x1. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants have a lower published minimum weighted GPA of 4.5. The only published interview GUARANTEE is for INTERNATIONAL applicants: weighted GPA 6.0 plus GAMSAT 60 overall (50+ per section) or MCAT 515 (125+ per section). ANU publishes no 5.6 threshold and no median offer-holder GPA. |
| Place types | 2027 cycle: 63 CSP + 26 BMP + up to 30 international + uncapped Indigenous places. ~40 places reserved for ANU undergraduate pathway graduates. |
| Indigenous pathway | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander places are uncapped — GEMSAS states they "may be offered in addition to the indicative CSP/BMP cap". Applicants may apply either directly to ANU or through GEMSAS. ANU publishes three Indigenous pathways — the Standard Indigenous pathway, Current ANU Students/Alumni, and Local Allied Health Professionals — and the latter two do not require the GAMSAT. The minimum weighted GPA is 4.5 (lower than the 5.0 standard minimum). A completed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Declaration Form with supporting evidence is required for every pathway. Interviews run in late July with offers in August, ahead of the domestic round; successful applicants receive a Commonwealth Supported Place and every admitted Indigenous student is automatically considered for a scholarship. |
| Bonded / rural | GEMSAS states ANU "offers 29% of its domestic places to students from a rural background" (Modified Monash MM2-7; primary place of residence for 5 years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively, declared in the GEMSAS application with supporting evidence). Separately, 26 of the 2027-entry domestic places are Bonded Medical Places — a Commonwealth Supported Place carrying a return-of-service obligation in eligible regional, rural and remote areas after graduation. The two are distinct: a rural background does not make a place bonded, and a BMP is not restricted to rural-background applicants. |
| Specialities offered | Clinical Research, Rural Medicine, Indigenous Health, Public Policy, General Practice |
| Format | Online interview, held in two parts (2027 entry) — ANU does not publish the format |
|---|---|
| Interview window (2027 entry) | Early-mid September (domestic); mid-late July (international); late July (Indigenous) — 2027 entry: domestic window 4-11 Sept 2026 |
| Decision date (2027 entry) | November-December (domestic); August (international and Indigenous) — 2027 entry |
| Post-interview chances | ANU does not publish interview-to-offer conversion. On the standard graduate pathway, offers are ranked on 50% interview score + 50% GPA/GAMSAT composite, so a strong pre-interview composite still carries half the final rank. |
ANU's research identity is genuinely distinctive — examiners specifically probe candidates who can articulate why a research-intensive MD suits their trajectory. Generic "I like science" answers score poorly; bring concrete examples of prior research engagement and a clear sense of how ANU's mandatory research project fits your goals. Do not rehearse to a fixed station count: ANU publishes no interview format, saying only that the interview runs "in two parts", is entirely online with no requirement to be in Canberra, and covers "a range of topics and scenarios" — so build flexible, scenario-ready answers and practise on camera rather than drilling a station timer. Be ready to discuss the Rural Clinical School footprint specifically — six campuses at Eurobodalla, Bega, Cooma, Goulburn, Cowra and Young, plus the Sydney Clinical School at Sydney Adventist Hospital — and note that ANU offers 29% of its domestic places to rural-background students.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for ANU’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
Consider the quote: 'Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.' What does this mean in the context of medical practice? Illustrate your answer with a specific clinical or ethical example.
Likely follow-up · How do these concepts apply to triage in an overwhelmed emergency department?
You are the solo doctor in a rural town. At 3am, a child presents with anaphylaxis. The retrieval helicopter is 2 hours away due to weather. Walk us through your approach.
Likely follow-up · What is your immediate clinical priority?
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