2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Bond University Medical Program in Gold Coast, QLD runs a school-leaver and graduate-entry medicine program for 2027 entry. Admission tests listed: Bond-Test. Published hurdles: ATAR — Undergraduate (Year 12): minimum competitive academic rank OP 1-3 / ATAR 96+ / IB Dip 38+. Bond holds an assessment day.
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Read the guide →Problem-based learning + Case-based learning, 4 years 8 months, placements in Brisbane, South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
See the course →Bond runs a private, entirely full-fee medical program — an accelerated 4-year-8-month Bachelor of Medical Studies + Doctor of Medicine on a three-semester calendar at the Robina campus, distinguished by two intakes per year (May + September), a full-fee structure with no BMP, and a Bond-specific psychometric selection process.
Bond is a private, not-for-profit university and its medical program is entirely full-fee — no Commonwealth Supported Places and no Bonded Medical Program participation (Macquarie's MD is the other Australian medicine program with no CSPs).
It is unusual in running two intakes a year (May, September — NO February intake) on an accelerated calendar: 3 semesters per year, 14 semesters over 4 years 8 months.
No UCAT-ANZ, GAMSAT or UMAT — Bond runs its own online psychometric sitting (a personality test and an emotional intelligence test; the instruments were changed in October 2025 and Bond does not name them). All places are full-fee (no CSP, FEE-HELP eligible for domestic students but capped well below the total cost; no BMP).
At 2026 rates that is $33,610/semester × 14 ≈ $470,540 — Bond has not published 2027 rates and warns fees "are subject to change on an annual basis", so a 2027 starter should expect to pay more than that.
PBL curriculum. 4-year-8-month accelerated Bachelor of Medical Studies (BMedSt, 8 semesters) + Doctor of Medicine (MD, 6 semesters, AQF extended Level 9) on a three-semester (Jan/May/Sep teaching) calendar — though direct-entry intake is only May and September. 14 semesters total, and students must complete both degrees to be eligible for medical registration in Australia or New Zealand.
Pre-clinical years at the Robina campus, with Year 3 based at the Bond University Clinical Education and Research Centre inside Robina Hospital.
The MD is 12 clinical placements of seven weeks each, typically across Brisbane, South-East Queensland and Northern New South Wales with some rural and overseas possibilities; Bond names Gold Coast Hospital & Health Service, Tweed Valley Hospital, The Wesley, John Flynn and Pindara private hospitals among its Phase 2 placement sites.
At 2026 rates $33,610/semester × 14 ≈ $470,540; 2027 rates are not yet published.
Bond is strong in these research areas:
Format: Bond psychometric assessment + online selection interview (~90 min including registration and debriefing; Bond does not publish the interview structure)
Bond's 3-stage selection: (1) academic screen via QTAC reviewing ATAR/GPA, (2) Bond psychometric test — Bond says "approximately 50% of applicants will be offered the opportunity to complete an online psychometric test based on their academic achievement", which its 2026 guide puts at about 900 applicants — two assessments in one sitting — an emotional intelligence test and a personality test — around 90 minutes of testing within a 2-hour cap, fully online and webcam-proctored by a live proctor; Bond warns to allow over 2 hours for the whole session because equipment, connection and identity checks come first.
Fee paid direct to the test provider ($346.50 inc. GST in 2025, the most recent figure Bond publishes), results valid 24 months.
Bond changed the test in October 2025 and voided every result obtained before then; it does not name the instruments, publish item counts, or release individual reports, (3) an online selection interview — Bond states "Interviews are conducted online only" and does not publish the station structure; approximately 90 minutes including registration and debriefing (the 2027 dates page allows up to ~2 hours), with compulsory technical checks in the days beforehand.
Interviewers do not see your ATAR/GPA or psychometric results. Stage (4) is the offer round. From 2025 Bond aims to allocate 40% of interview invitations to applicants from the Queensland and Richmond-Tweed community (an aim, not a reserved quota).
Up to 180-200 domestic places a year across two intakes (May + September) — Bond's entry-requirements page says "up to 180 domestic places" while its FAQ says "up to 200". About 80% undergraduate / 20% graduate. Full-fee only, no CSP, does NOT participate in BMP. Bond's 2026 programme guide sets out the funnel: approximately 900 applicants invited to psychometric testing, of whom approximately 400 are shortlisted for interview.
Bond University Medical Program was founded in 2005 and is based in Gold Coast.
Programmes offered:
These are real recordings of the interviewers you would meet, from a panel of 19 photoreal faces. Speak your answers out loud, get pressed with follow-ups, and receive rubric-scored feedback about two minutes after you finish, with a replay of your answers.
Try the AI interviewer| Entry pathway | Undergraduate and graduate entry |
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| ATAR | Undergraduate (Year 12): minimum competitive academic rank OP 1-3 / ATAR 96+ / IB Dip 38+ |
| Interview format | Assessment day |
| Intake | Up to 180-200 domestic places a year across two intakes (May + September) |
| Admission overview | Undergraduate (Year 12) ATAR 96+ / IB 38+ / OP 1-3, OR Graduate cumulative GPA ≥ 6.0/7.0 from recognised tertiary program. English (Units 3/4, C) or equivalent prerequisite. Bond psychometric test (two assessments, ~90 min, online and webcam-proctored; $346.50 inc. GST in 2025) + an online selection interview. Direct entry is open only to Australian citizens and permanent residents, Australian Humanitarian visa holders and New Zealand citizens (not NZ permanent residents). Lateral entry into Year 2 BMedSt is available to graduates of Bond's BBiomedSci (Pre-Health Professional major), MOT, DPT or MNDP at GPA ≥ 3.00/4.00 (Bond scale) — and to Master of Healthcare Innovations graduates only if they completed a Bond BBiomedSci first, assessed case-by-case on transcripts. Lateral entry is the only route open to international students. |
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| ATAR | Undergraduate (Year 12): minimum competitive academic rank OP 1-3 / ATAR 96+ / IB Dip 38+ — Bond frames this as the bar to be competitive for psychometric-test selection, not a guaranteed offer. Graduate: cumulative GPA greater than 6.0 on a 7-point scale, converted to an academic rank by QTAC. For the 2025 intake Bond published a cut-off academic rank of 96.75 (undergraduate) and 98.50 (graduate); Bond states the final cut-off depends on the strength of each applicant pool and does not say whether that rank is the threshold to progress or the final entry rank. |
| Contextual ATAR | None. Bond states "Adjustment factors cannot be used for the Bond Medical Program" — QTAC Educational Access Scheme points, elite-athlete adjustments and school bonus points do not lift your rank for medicine. |
| Prerequisites | Year 12 English, English as an Additional Language, Literature, or English & Literature Extension (QCAA General Subject, Units 3 and 4 at Grade C or equivalent). No Chemistry, Biology or Maths prerequisite. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisite must complete an approved bridging course before their application can be considered. |
| Place types | Bond quotes up to 180 domestic places a year across the May + September intakes on its entry-requirements page and up to 200 in its FAQ — treat 180-200 domestic places as the range. About 80% go to undergraduate applicants and 20% to graduate applicants. Full-fee only: as a private not-for-profit university Bond has no Commonwealth Supported Places and does not participate in the BMP; domestic students may use FEE-HELP, which Bond states does not cover the full tuition cost. |
| Indigenous pathway | Bond runs a First Nations Australian pathway into the Medical Program, initiated automatically when you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander on the QTAC form. On top of academic rank, psychometric testing and the standard interview, it adds a First Nations Candidate Statement and a Community-Based Interview. Two Bond University First Nations Medical Partial Scholarships (including a $5,500 living allowance for the first semester if living away from home) are available in each of 2027, 2028 and 2029. Confirmation of Indigeneity is required. |
| Specialities offered | General Practice, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Health Innovation |
| Format | Bond psychometric assessment + online selection interview (~90 min including registration and debriefing; Bond does not publish the interview structure) |
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| Interview window (2027 entry) | 2027 entry: online interviews 9-12 March 2027 (technical checks 4, 5 and 8 March); psychometric testing online 12-17 Feb 2027; psychometric invitations 9 Feb 2027; interview invitations 26 Feb 2027 |
| Decision date (2027 entry) | 23 March 2027 (Round 1 / QTAC Round 650 offers, lapsing 30 March 2027; further direct offers from 5 April 2027); one annual selection round feeding two fixed intakes — classes commence 17 May or 13 September 2027 (no February intake) |
| Post-interview chances | Bond does not publish an interview-to-offer rate. Inferring from its own figures — the 2026 guide's approximately 400 applicants invited to interview against up to 180-200 domestic places — roughly half of interviewees end up with a place, but that is an inference across two separately published numbers, offers are not places, and Bond publishes no conversion figure. |
Bond's accelerated three-semester calendar is the elephant in the room — examiners want assurance that you understand the pace and have the stamina for it. Generic "I work hard" answers don't cut it; show specific examples of sustained intensity. Cost is the other live issue: be ready to address financial sustainability without sounding defensive about choosing a full-fee program. The Bond-specific psychometric is unfamiliar to most applicants, but there is nothing to buy and nothing to cram: Bond publishes no practice materials, states that "no preparation is required", and explicitly does not endorse commercial services claiming to prepare candidates for its psychometric or its interview. Answer honestly, be well-rested, and do the technical checks early — Bond warns to allow over two hours for the psychometric session because equipment, connection and identity checks come first, and a failed webcam or connection is the realistic risk on the day. Remember the interview is online, roughly 90 minutes, and your interviewers will not have seen your ATAR, GPA or psychometric results.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Bond’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
Australia operates a mixed public-private hospital system. How does this dual structure affect equity of access, and what tensions does it create?
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The Commonwealth spends approximately $6 billion per year on the Private Health Insurance Rebate. Critics call it a regressive subsidy. Defenders say it sustains the public system. Where do you sit?
Likely follow-up · Who claims the rebate most heavily, by income quintile?
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