Question 1

What admission tests do ANU and UWA use?

Accepted Answer

ANU uses GAMSAT. UWA uses UCAT-ANZ, GAMSAT, ISAT and MCAT. The test mismatch means you may need to prep two assessments simultaneously, or you can pick the school whose admission test you're stronger in. GAMSAT is graduate-only and sat in March/September; UCAT-ANZ is undergraduate-leaning and sat in July; some schools (notably Bond and JCU) run their own selection model with no national test.

Question 2

What GAMSAT score do I need for ANU vs UWA?

Accepted Answer

ANU — 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. UWA — Graduate Pathway: minimum GAMSAT 55 overall with no section below 50. Scores are valid for four years as at the application closing date — for 2028 commencement the earliest accepted sitting is September 2023 and the latest March 2027. Applicants holding more than one valid score may use their best, not necessarily the most recent. 2027 interview shortlist: 60% GPA + 40% GAMSAT (both GAMSAT and GPA are standardised before shortlisting, and all scores are standardised prior to final ranking). Domestic applicants who were successful in obtaining an interview for 2026 entry averaged GAMSAT 68.53 (GEMSAS) — an interview-invite average, not an offer-holder average; UWA and GEMSAS publish no offer-holder figures. These are the requirements on record for 2027-entry applicants. GAMSAT results are valid for four years with ACER, but some graduate MD programs accept only the most recent two cycles — verify before relying on an older sitting.

Question 3

What UCAT-ANZ score do I need for ANU vs UWA?

Accepted Answer

ANU — does not publish a UCAT-ANZ cut-off (may not use UCAT-ANZ; check the admission-test question above). UWA — Required only for the domestic Assured Pathway (High Academic Achiever, Rural and Broadway quotas), and it must be sat in the year of application — a score cannot be carried over. UWA publishes no threshold: 'There is no set minimum score requirement; the UCAT ANZ threshold is set by ranking within each quota each year. Minimum results from previous years are not published.' Ranking uses the cognitive total only — the sum of Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning, scored 900-2700 — while Situational Judgement is reported separately (300-900) and UWA 'reserves the right' to use it in future. Figures on the retired /3600 four-subtest scale are not comparable and cannot be ratio-converted to /2700. International school leavers sit ISAT, not UCAT-ANZ. These are the requirements on record for 2027-entry applicants. UCAT-ANZ cut-offs are cohort-dependent, so the headline number from one cycle is not guaranteed for the next — use it as a planning anchor, not a guarantee.

Question 4

What ATAR do I need for ANU vs UWA?

Accepted Answer

ANU — ATAR data not published in the structured AU requirements; see free-text admission requirements on the school page. UWA — Direct Pathway: HAA / Broadway / Rural streams require ATAR 98 minimum; Indigenous school-leaver pathway minimum ATAR 90, with the School of Indigenous Studies (or askUWA) as first contact. The Boola Boola Djinda / CAMDH route is the GRADUATE Indigenous pathway and uses no ATAR at all. TISC publishes no rank data for UG056 (Doctor of Medicine via Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) Assured Pathway) — both the minimum rank for consideration and the lowest selection rank offered are listed as n/a, because selection is not rank-only. The separate standalone Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) (UP056) ran 92.00 minimum / 96.65 lowest selection rank (2024 admission), 92.00 / 97.50 (2025) and 95.00 / 97.70 (2026). These are the requirements on record for 2027-entry applicants. Selection rank typically includes Educational Access Scheme bonuses, rural-origin uplift, and (where applicable) Indigenous-pathway adjustments — your raw ATAR is rarely the final figure used.

Question 5

What GPA do I need for ANU vs UWA?

Accepted Answer

ANU — 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. UWA — Graduate Pathway minimum GPA 5.5 at the time of interview selection, unweighted, calculated over the most recent three full-time-equivalent years (3 FTE = 144 credit points at UWA), excluding credit/advanced standing. A completed PhD, or a completed UWA Doctor of Dental Medicine, is deemed a GPA of 7.0; a completed Masters by research adds a 0.2 bonus. There is no 10-year rule. Domestic applicants who were successful in obtaining an interview for 2026 entry averaged GPA 6.82 (GEMSAS) — an interview-invite average, not an offer-holder average and not a threshold; the published minimum is GPA 5.5 at the time of interview selection. Assured Pathway: students complete the 3-year Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) with the Integrated Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice major (TISC application code UG056; UWA course code BP056), holding the conditional MD place by achieving a selection GPA of at least 5.5 within the first two years; the major carries one year of credit into the MD, so both degrees finish in six years. These are the requirements on record for 2027-entry applicants. Many AU graduate MD programs treat the GPA as a hurdle (above the floor, all candidates are weighted equally on GAMSAT and interview) rather than as a sliding-scale rank — confirm each school's specific model.

Question 6

How do interviews differ between ANU and UWA?

Accepted Answer

ANU uses: Online interview, held in two parts (2027 entry) — ANU does not publish the format. UWA uses: Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations x 7 minutes) for domestic applicants; panel of two interviewers (~50 minutes) for international applicants. Different formats reward different skill sets. Plan separate prep streams for each. Interview windows: Early-mid September (domestic); mid-late July (international); late July (Indigenous) — 2027 entry: domestic window 4-11 Sept 2026 (ANU); Late September-early October (graduate MD, expected online); 30 November-11 December 2026 (domestic school leaver). International: main round May, second round late July/early August. (UWA).

Question 7

What place types (CSP / BMP / Full-fee) do ANU and UWA offer?

Accepted Answer

ANU — 2027 cycle: 63 CSP + 26 BMP + up to 30 international + uncapped Indigenous places. ~40 places reserved for ANU undergraduate pathway graduates. UWA — 2027 cycle: 206 domestic places plus approximately 40 international across both pathways, with up to 50% of places filled by school-leaver (Assured Pathway) entry and the remainder by graduate entry — GEMSAS lists up to 103 domestic graduate places. UWA designates 28.5% of Commonwealth supported places as Bonded Medical Places (the page also words this as 28.5% of all domestic places); within the domestic quota up to 10% is Indigenous and 30% rural, and 20 school-leaver places are reserved for Broadway schools. (Fraser's). Indigenous allocation up to 10% of domestic places. CSP (Commonwealth Supported Place) is the lowest student contribution; BMP (Bonded Medical Program) adds a 1-year return-of-service obligation in a Modified Monash Model 2-7 area after Fellowship; Full-fee places carry no bond but the highest tuition.

Question 8

What Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathways do ANU and UWA offer?

Accepted Answer

ANU — 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. UWA — Boola Boola Djinda ('Many, Many Stars'), established in 2025 as the successor to the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH, established 1996) and still referred to as CAMDH on UWA's MD page and by GEMSAS, runs the graduate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander pathway for both the UWA MD and DMD: GPA 5.0 or above, no GAMSAT and no ATAR required, and a one-day panel interview at the centre. Two intakes (July and September) with applications due mid-June and mid-August and interviews at the end of July and end of September. Final ranking for Indigenous graduate applicants is on GPA and interview only. The school-leaver Indigenous route is separate — minimum ATAR 90 (vs 98 standard), with the School of Indigenous Studies as first contact. 2027 Indigenous allocation up to 10% of domestic places. Both schools accept ATSI applicants through the standard pathway as well; the dedicated pathway typically offers adjusted academic thresholds plus wrap-around academic support.

Question 9

Does ANU or UWA offer bonded / rural-entry places?

Accepted Answer

ANU — 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. UWA — ~30% of domestic places allocated rural; eligibility requires a principal home address in a Modified Monash Model (MMM 2023) MM-2 to MM-7 area for five consecutive years or at least ten cumulative years, with school leavers lodging UWA's Rural Eligibility form via TISC by the TISC closing date and graduates submitting supporting documentation via GEMSAS (due 15 June 2026 for 2027 entry). 2027 final ranking (rural graduate): GPA 22.5% + GAMSAT 15% + Interview 37.5% + Rurality rating 25%. Rural school leavers: ATAR 22.5% + Interview 37.5% + UCAT-ANZ 15% + Rurality rating 25%. Standard non-rural final ranking: GPA 30% + GAMSAT 20% + Interview 50%. The federal BMP allocates ~28.5% of CSP places nationally; individual schools sit above or below that benchmark depending on their workforce remit.

Question 10

When does each school release decisions?

Accepted Answer

ANU typically releases medicine offers November-December (domestic); August (international and Indigenous) — 2027 entry. UWA releases medicine offers November-January (domestic: graduate offer rounds from November via GEMSAS, school-leaver offers on TISC timelines in December/January); international offers from late May and early August. AU MD offers run through GEMSAS (graduate consortium) or direct school portals; if one is earlier than the other you may need to defer a decision while waiting for the second.

Question 11

What curriculum style do ANU and UWA use?

Accepted Answer

ANU runs a Integrated curriculum. UWA runs a Integrated curriculum. Both schools deliver teaching in the same broad style, so day-to-day study habits will feel similar. ANU specifics: 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 UWA specifics: Assured Pathway: 3-year Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) with the Integrated Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice major (TISC code UG056, UWA code BP056), needing a selection GPA of 5.5 within

Question 12

Should I apply to both ANU and UWA?

Accepted Answer

Yes — AU medical applicants typically lodge preferences across multiple schools via GEMSAS (graduate) or direct-undergraduate portals + state TACs (UAC for NSW, VTAC for VIC, QTAC for QLD, etc.). The two schools' selection mechanics differ enough that listing both is a legitimate diversification strategy. A common mistake is over-indexing on schools with the same test-and-interview profile; ANU and UWA differ in their selection mechanics, so prepping both adds genuine optionality.

Comparison field	ANUCanberra	UWACrawley
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Location	Canberra, Australia	Crawley, Australia
Entry pathway	Graduate	Dual (UG + Grad)
Admission tests	GAMSAT	UCAT-ANZ + GAMSAT + ISAT + MCAT
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.	Graduate Pathway: minimum GAMSAT 55 overall with no section below 50. Scores are valid for four years as at the application closing date — for 2028 commencement the earliest accepted sitting is September 2023 and the latest March 2027. Applicants holding more than one valid score may use their best, not necessarily the most recent. 2027 interview shortlist: 60% GPA + 40% GAMSAT (both GAMSAT and GPA are standardised before shortlisting, and all scores are standardised prior to final ranking). Domestic applicants who were successful in obtaining an interview for 2026 entry averaged GAMSAT 68.53 (GEMSAS) — an interview-invite average, not an offer-holder average; UWA and GEMSAS publish no offer-holder figures.
UCAT-ANZ	-	Required only for the domestic Assured Pathway (High Academic Achiever, Rural and Broadway quotas), and it must be sat in the year of application — a score cannot be carried over. UWA publishes no threshold: 'There is no set minimum score requirement; the UCAT ANZ threshold is set by ranking within each quota each year. Minimum results from previous years are not published.' Ranking uses the cognitive total only — the sum of Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning, scored 900-2700 — while Situational Judgement is reported separately (300-900) and UWA 'reserves the right' to use it in future. Figures on the retired /3600 four-subtest scale are not comparable and cannot be ratio-converted to /2700. International school leavers sit ISAT, not UCAT-ANZ.
ATAR	-	Direct Pathway: HAA / Broadway / Rural streams require ATAR 98 minimum; Indigenous school-leaver pathway minimum ATAR 90, with the School of Indigenous Studies (or askUWA) as first contact. The Boola Boola Djinda / CAMDH route is the GRADUATE Indigenous pathway and uses no ATAR at all. TISC publishes no rank data for UG056 (Doctor of Medicine via Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) Assured Pathway) — both the minimum rank for consideration and the lowest selection rank offered are listed as n/a, because selection is not rank-only. The separate standalone Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) (UP056) ran 92.00 minimum / 96.65 lowest selection rank (2024 admission), 92.00 / 97.50 (2025) and 95.00 / 97.70 (2026).
Interview format	Online interview, held in two parts (2027 entry) — ANU does not publish the format	Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations x 7 minutes) for domestic applicants; panel of two interviewers (~50 minutes) for international applicants
Post-interview chance	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.	Not publicly disclosed.
Decision date	November-December (domestic); August (international and Indigenous) — 2027 entry	November-January (domestic: graduate offer rounds from November via GEMSAS, school-leaver offers on TISC timelines in December/January); international offers from late May and early August

ATAR	-	Direct Pathway: HAA / Broadway / Rural streams require ATAR 98 minimum; Indigenous school-leaver pathway minimum ATAR 90, with the School of Indigenous Studies (or askUWA) as first contact. The Boola Boola Djinda / CAMDH route is the GRADUATE Indigenous pathway and uses no ATAR at all. TISC publishes no rank data for UG056 (Doctor of Medicine via Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) Assured Pathway) — both the minimum rank for consideration and the lowest selection rank offered are listed as n/a, because selection is not rank-only. The separate standalone Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) (UP056) ran 92.00 minimum / 96.65 lowest selection rank (2024 admission), 92.00 / 97.50 (2025) and 95.00 / 97.70 (2026).
Contextual ATAR	-	Indigenous school-leaver Assured Pathway minimum ATAR 90 (vs 98 standard), via the School of Indigenous Studies. For the Broadway and Rural quotas the ATAR 98 minimum is assessed AFTER applicable Broadway adjustments, and EAS or Uway adjustments are taken into account for all quotas. Rural school leavers carry a 25% rurality rating in the final ranking (ATAR 22.5% + interview 37.5% + UCAT-ANZ 15% + rurality 25%).
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.	Graduate Pathway: minimum GAMSAT 55 overall with no section below 50. Scores are valid for four years as at the application closing date — for 2028 commencement the earliest accepted sitting is September 2023 and the latest March 2027. Applicants holding more than one valid score may use their best, not necessarily the most recent. 2027 interview shortlist: 60% GPA + 40% GAMSAT (both GAMSAT and GPA are standardised before shortlisting, and all scores are standardised prior to final ranking). Domestic applicants who were successful in obtaining an interview for 2026 entry averaged GAMSAT 68.53 (GEMSAS) — an interview-invite average, not an offer-holder average; UWA and GEMSAS publish no offer-holder figures.
UCAT-ANZ	-	Required only for the domestic Assured Pathway (High Academic Achiever, Rural and Broadway quotas), and it must be sat in the year of application — a score cannot be carried over. UWA publishes no threshold: 'There is no set minimum score requirement; the UCAT ANZ threshold is set by ranking within each quota each year. Minimum results from previous years are not published.' Ranking uses the cognitive total only — the sum of Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning, scored 900-2700 — while Situational Judgement is reported separately (300-900) and UWA 'reserves the right' to use it in future. Figures on the retired /3600 four-subtest scale are not comparable and cannot be ratio-converted to /2700. International school leavers sit ISAT, not UCAT-ANZ.
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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.	Graduate Pathway minimum GPA 5.5 at the time of interview selection, unweighted, calculated over the most recent three full-time-equivalent years (3 FTE = 144 credit points at UWA), excluding credit/advanced standing. A completed PhD, or a completed UWA Doctor of Dental Medicine, is deemed a GPA of 7.0; a completed Masters by research adds a 0.2 bonus. There is no 10-year rule. Domestic applicants who were successful in obtaining an interview for 2026 entry averaged GPA 6.82 (GEMSAS) — an interview-invite average, not an offer-holder average and not a threshold; the published minimum is GPA 5.5 at the time of interview selection. Assured Pathway: students complete the 3-year Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) with the Integrated Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice major (TISC application code UG056; UWA course code BP056), holding the conditional MD place by achieving a selection GPA of at least 5.5 within the first two years; the major carries one year of credit into the MD, so both degrees finish in six years.
Prerequisites	-	-
Place types	2027 cycle: 63 CSP + 26 BMP + up to 30 international + uncapped Indigenous places. ~40 places reserved for ANU undergraduate pathway graduates.	2027 cycle: 206 domestic places plus approximately 40 international across both pathways, with up to 50% of places filled by school-leaver (Assured Pathway) entry and the remainder by graduate entry — GEMSAS lists up to 103 domestic graduate places. UWA designates 28.5% of Commonwealth supported places as Bonded Medical Places (the page also words this as 28.5% of all domestic places); within the domestic quota up to 10% is Indigenous and 30% rural, and 20 school-leaver places are reserved for Broadway schools. (Fraser's). Indigenous allocation up to 10% of domestic places.
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…	Boola Boola Djinda ('Many, Many Stars'), established in 2025 as the successor to the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH, established 1996) and still referred to as CAMDH on UWA's M…
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, declare…	~30% of domestic places allocated rural; eligibility requires a principal home address in a Modified Monash Model (MMM 2023) MM-2 to MM-7 area for five consecutive years or at least ten cumulative yea…

Interview window	Early-mid September (domestic); mid-late July (international); late July (Indigenous) — 2027 entry: domestic window 4-11 Sept 2026	Late September-early October (graduate MD, expected online); 30 November-11 December 2026 (domestic school leaver). International: main round May, second round late July/early August.
Interview details	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 r…	UWA MMI uses 8 numbered stations of 7 minutes each — 2 minutes to consider the written question, then 5 minutes with the interviewer — with the whole process taking approximately 70-75 minutes includi…

Specialities	Clinical Research, Rural Medicine, Indigenous Health, Public Policy, General Practice	Rural and Remote Medicine, Indigenous Health, Tropical Medicine, Clinical Research, General Practice
Established	2004	1957
Course type	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
What makes it different	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 att…	UWA is one of only a handful of Australian medical schools with a true dual-pathway entry: a 6-year Assured Pathway from school (3-year Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised) then the MD with one year…
Official course page	https://science.anu.edu.au/study/masters/doctor-medicine-surgery-mchd	https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/courses/doctor-of-medicine

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