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CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program vs Curtin

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin are both Australian medical schools, but the path to an offer at each is meaningfully different. CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program is in the Northern Territory while Curtin is in Western Australia. State of origin matters here: several schools rank local applicants ahead of interstate ones.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program uses UCAT-ANZ; Curtin uses UCAT-ANZ and CASPer. That mismatch means either preparing two assessments or choosing the school whose test suits you. The interview formats diverge — Interview vs MMI — and the prep approaches for the two are fundamentally different.

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Side-by-side comparison: CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin.
Comparison field	CDU / Flinders — NT Medical ProgramDarwin, Northern Territory	CurtinBentley
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Location	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia	Bentley, Australia
Entry pathway	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
Admission tests	UCAT-ANZ	UCAT-ANZ + CASPer
GAMSAT	-	-
UCAT-ANZ	Contributes 10% of the admission rank; no cut-off published.	No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure. Note the scale change: UCAT-ANZ dropped Abstract Reasoning at the UCAT ANZ 2025 sitting (2026 entry), so the cognitive total is now out of 2700, not 3600, and Curtin's 2027 guide ranks on the "UCAT ANZ score (out of 2700)". Any figure in the 2900-3000 range comes from the retired /3600 scale and exceeds the current maximum, so it is neither achievable nor comparable. For orientation only, the official all-candidate UCAT ANZ 2026 statistics (the sitting that feeds 2027 entry) show a mean cognitive total of 1,964, a 3rd quartile of 2,170 and a 9th decile of 2,340 — national figures for every test-taker, not a Curtin applicant profile. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 Casper : 30 UCAT-ANZ, per Curtin's own guide.. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 CASPer : 30 UCAT (per MedEntry / Curtin official Q&A — Fraser's 35:35:40 reporting is an error).
ATAR	Competitive at 90 or above; 85 or above for First Nations applicants. CDU frames these as competitive levels, not a published floor.	Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included in it. The 92.00 figure is the minimum notional ATAR for the non-school-leaver (graduate) pathway only; Curtin course switchers are assessed on a course weighted average of 80 instead. Rural or StepUp adjustment points (up to 5, from one scheme only) apply on top, capped at an adjusted 99.95. TISC 2026 Admission Ranks (Main Round, December 2025) for CUMBS: minimum rank for consideration n/a, lowest selection rank offered n/a — selection is NOT solely on ATAR.
Interview format	No interview — ranked on ATAR (90%) and UCAT-ANZ derived score (10%)	Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published)
Post-interview chance	-	Not publicly disclosed.
Decision date	-	December-January

ATAR	Competitive at 90 or above; 85 or above for First Nations applicants. CDU frames these as competitive levels, not a published floor.	Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included in it. The 92.00 figure is the minimum notional ATAR for the non-school-leaver (graduate) pathway only; Curtin course switchers are assessed on a course weighted average of 80 instead. Rural or StepUp adjustment points (up to 5, from one scheme only) apply on top, capped at an adjusted 99.95. TISC 2026 Admission Ranks (Main Round, December 2025) for CUMBS: minimum rank for consideration n/a, lowest selection rank offered n/a — selection is NOT solely on ATAR.
Contextual ATAR	-	Three special entry pathways: Rural entry (up to 25% of places; WA, NT and SA applicants of rural background, MM 2-7), Equity entry (WA school leavers qualifying for Curtin's StepUp Bonus scheme), and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathway. Rural applicants receive up to 5 adjustment points via CMS's Rural adjustment scheme OR Curtin's StepUp bonus scheme (StepUp within this route is WA school leavers only) — one scheme only, never both; StepUp alone adjusts by 5 points. All adjustments cap at an adjusted 99.95 and apply only to the Curtin MBBS. WA school leavers eligible for both rural and equity entry are considered under both. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are exempt from BOTH the UCAT-ANZ and the Casper Test, and apply directly to Curtin Medical School rather than through TISC.
GAMSAT	-	-
UCAT-ANZ	Contributes 10% of the admission rank; no cut-off published.	No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure. Note the scale change: UCAT-ANZ dropped Abstract Reasoning at the UCAT ANZ 2025 sitting (2026 entry), so the cognitive total is now out of 2700, not 3600, and Curtin's 2027 guide ranks on the "UCAT ANZ score (out of 2700)". Any figure in the 2900-3000 range comes from the retired /3600 scale and exceeds the current maximum, so it is neither achievable nor comparable. For orientation only, the official all-candidate UCAT ANZ 2026 statistics (the sitting that feeds 2027 entry) show a mean cognitive total of 1,964, a 3rd quartile of 2,170 and a 9th decile of 2,340 — national figures for every test-taker, not a Curtin applicant profile. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 Casper : 30 UCAT-ANZ, per Curtin's own guide.. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 CASPer : 30 UCAT (per MedEntry / Curtin official Q&A — Fraser's 35:35:40 reporting is an error).
CASPer	-	Required and ranked on actual score (only quartile band shown to applicant). Required and ranked on the Casper score in conjunction with ATAR and UCAT-ANZ; Curtin makes no adjustments or special consideration for Casper. Curtin publishes no Casper quartile threshold, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure at all — so no competitive band can be stated on the record, and the quartile guidance circulating on student forums is unconfirmable and should not be planned around. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are exempt from Casper.. ATSI applicants exempt.
ISAT	-	-
GPA	-	-
Prerequisites	-	-
Place types	-	2027 intake: approximately 110 domestic places (CSP, inclusive of BMP), plus 10-15 international full-fee places. Curtin states approximately 28% of Commonwealth Supported Places in Australian medical programs are set aside for the Bonded Medical Program; the Commonwealth's current published rate is 28.5%. Bonded places are allocated by the university across all MBBS entry pathways and cannot be applied for directly. Curtin prioritises WA candidates from rural and regional areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and students with long-term educational disadvantage — it does not publish a ranking between these groups.
Indigenous pathway	5 of the 12 places are NT First Nations and 2 are national First Nations.	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants apply DIRECTLY to Curtin Medical School — no TISC application, no UCAT-ANZ and no Casper Test — submitting the CMS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande…
Bonded / rural	NT origin status is an eligibility requirement for the programme.	Curtin offers "the only direct-entry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in Western Australia" (Curtin's own wording). The rural quota IS published: up to 25 per cent of places are alloca…

Interview window	-	December-January (domestic); July-August (international full-fee)
Interview details	Entry is by rank, not interview. Completing the first two years of the Bachelor of Clinical Sciences to the required GPA within the specified time frame guarantees entry into the NT Medical Program fr…	Curtin runs a Multiple Mini Interview but publishes no station count and no per-station timing — treat any specific figure with caution. Curtin describes the MMI as an opportunity to "demonstrate thei…

Specialities	Remote and rural medicine, First Nations health	Rural Medicine, Indigenous Health, Outer-Metropolitan Health, General Practice, Health Equity
Established	2011	2017
Course type	Undergraduate	Undergraduate
What makes it different	-	Curtin is one of the newest Australian medical schools (first intake 2017) and runs a 5-year undergraduate MBBS for outer-metropolitan Perth, rural WA, and Indigenous workforce service. CASPer require…
Official course page	https://www.cdu.edu.au/study/course/bachelor-clinical-sciences-wcsci1	https://www.curtin.edu.au/study/offering/course-ug-bachelor-of-medicine-bachelor-of-surgery--b-mbbs/

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program

Darwin, Northern Territory

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Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Entry pathway: Undergraduate
Admission tests: UCAT-ANZ
GAMSAT: -
UCAT-ANZ: Contributes 10% of the admission rank; no cut-off published.
ATAR: Competitive at 90 or above; 85 or above for First Nations applicants. CDU frames these as competitive levels, not a published floor.
Interview format: No interview — ranked on ATAR (90%) and UCAT-ANZ derived score (10%)
Post-interview chance: -
Decision date: -

Curtin

Bentley

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Location: Bentley, Australia
Entry pathway: Undergraduate
Admission tests: UCAT-ANZ + CASPer
GAMSAT: -
UCAT-ANZ: No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure. Note the scale change: UCAT-ANZ dropped Abstract Reasoning at the UCAT ANZ 2025 sitting (2026 entry), so the cognitive total is now out of 2700, not 3600, and Curtin's 2027 guide ranks on the "UCAT ANZ score (out of 2700)". Any figure in the 2900-3000 range comes from the retired /3600 scale and exceeds the current maximum, so it is neither achievable nor comparable. For orientation only, the official all-candidate UCAT ANZ 2026 statistics (the sitting that feeds 2027 entry) show a mean cognitive total of 1,964, a 3rd quartile of 2,170 and a 9th decile of 2,340 — national figures for every test-taker, not a Curtin applicant profile. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 Casper : 30 UCAT-ANZ, per Curtin's own guide.. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 CASPer : 30 UCAT (per MedEntry / Curtin official Q&A — Fraser's 35:35:40 reporting is an error).
ATAR: Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included in it. The 92.00 figure is the minimum notional ATAR for the non-school-leaver (graduate) pathway only; Curtin course switchers are assessed on a course weighted average of 80 instead. Rural or StepUp adjustment points (up to 5, from one scheme only) apply on top, capped at an adjusted 99.95. TISC 2026 Admission Ranks (Main Round, December 2025) for CUMBS: minimum rank for consideration n/a, lowest selection rank offered n/a — selection is NOT solely on ATAR.
Interview format: Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published)
Post-interview chance: Not publicly disclosed.
Decision date: December-January

ATAR: Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included in it. The 92.00 figure is the minimum notional ATAR for the non-school-leaver (graduate) pathway only; Curtin course switchers are assessed on a course weighted average of 80 instead. Rural or StepUp adjustment points (up to 5, from one scheme only) apply on top, capped at an adjusted 99.95. TISC 2026 Admission Ranks (Main Round, December 2025) for CUMBS: minimum rank for consideration n/a, lowest selection rank offered n/a — selection is NOT solely on ATAR.
Contextual ATAR: Three special entry pathways: Rural entry (up to 25% of places; WA, NT and SA applicants of rural background, MM 2-7), Equity entry (WA school leavers qualifying for Curtin's StepUp Bonus scheme), and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathway. Rural applicants receive up to 5 adjustment points via CMS's Rural adjustment scheme OR Curtin's StepUp bonus scheme (StepUp within this route is WA school leavers only) — one scheme only, never both; StepUp alone adjusts by 5 points. All adjustments cap at an adjusted 99.95 and apply only to the Curtin MBBS. WA school leavers eligible for both rural and equity entry are considered under both. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are exempt from BOTH the UCAT-ANZ and the Casper Test, and apply directly to Curtin Medical School rather than through TISC.
GAMSAT: -
UCAT-ANZ: No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure. Note the scale change: UCAT-ANZ dropped Abstract Reasoning at the UCAT ANZ 2025 sitting (2026 entry), so the cognitive total is now out of 2700, not 3600, and Curtin's 2027 guide ranks on the "UCAT ANZ score (out of 2700)". Any figure in the 2900-3000 range comes from the retired /3600 scale and exceeds the current maximum, so it is neither achievable nor comparable. For orientation only, the official all-candidate UCAT ANZ 2026 statistics (the sitting that feeds 2027 entry) show a mean cognitive total of 1,964, a 3rd quartile of 2,170 and a 9th decile of 2,340 — national figures for every test-taker, not a Curtin applicant profile. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 Casper : 30 UCAT-ANZ, per Curtin's own guide.. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 CASPer : 30 UCAT (per MedEntry / Curtin official Q&A — Fraser's 35:35:40 reporting is an error).
CASPer: Required and ranked on actual score (only quartile band shown to applicant). Required and ranked on the Casper score in conjunction with ATAR and UCAT-ANZ; Curtin makes no adjustments or special consideration for Casper. Curtin publishes no Casper quartile threshold, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure at all — so no competitive band can be stated on the record, and the quartile guidance circulating on student forums is unconfirmable and should not be planned around. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are exempt from Casper.. ATSI applicants exempt.
ISAT: -
GPA: -
Prerequisites: -
Place types: 2027 intake: approximately 110 domestic places (CSP, inclusive of BMP), plus 10-15 international full-fee places. Curtin states approximately 28% of Commonwealth Supported Places in Australian medical programs are set aside for the Bonded Medical Program; the Commonwealth's current published rate is 28.5%. Bonded places are allocated by the university across all MBBS entry pathways and cannot be applied for directly. Curtin prioritises WA candidates from rural and regional areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and students with long-term educational disadvantage — it does not publish a ranking between these groups.
Indigenous pathway: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants apply DIRECTLY to Curtin Medical School — no TISC application, no UCAT-ANZ and no Casper Test — submitting the CMS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islande…
Bonded / rural: Curtin offers "the only direct-entry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in Western Australia" (Curtin's own wording). The rural quota IS published: up to 25 per cent of places are alloca…

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CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program vs Curtin - in detail

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UCAT-ANZ cut-offs. CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — Contributes 10% of the admission rank; no cut-off published. Curtin — No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no…

Timing shapes the choice as much as the score. GAMSAT is graduate-only and sits in March and September; UCAT-ANZ is mostly undergraduate and sits in July. A few schools run their own selection model with no national test at all.

ATAR and academic profile

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program requires Ranked on Year 12 ATAR (90%) plus a UCAT-ANZ derived score (10%). To be competitive CDU states an ATAR of 90 or above, or 85 or above for First Nations applicants. 12 places a year — 5 NT residents, 5 NT First Nations, 2 national First Nations.

Applicants must demonstrate eligibility for NT origin status. SATAC code 104661.

Curtin requires Minimum ATAR 95.00 for all school leavers, WA and interstate alike, plus an ESSENTIAL Chemistry prerequisite (approximately 220 hours), met by ONE of: Chemistry ATAR with a final scaled score of 50 or higher; IB Chemistry HL/SL grade 4 or higher; NCEA Level 3 Chemistry with 24 achieved credit points; or TWO first-year AQF Level 7 university Chemistry units at 60 or higher in both — bridging units are explicitly not equivalent (the international guide additionally accepts GCE A-Level Chemistry at grade E or above).

STAT is not accepted except for English competency. UCAT-ANZ + Casper required for domestic applicants; 35:35:30 interview shortlist ratio (ATAR : Casper : UCAT-ANZ). Graduates enter on a minimum notional ATAR of 92, Curtin course switchers on a course weighted average of 80.

ATAR. CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — Competitive at 90 or above; 85 or above for First Nations applicants. CDU frames these as competitive levels, not a published floor.

Curtin — Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included…

Read every ATAR figure as a selection rank, not a raw score. Educational access bonuses, rural-origin uplift and Indigenous pathways all adjust it, so the published number is rarely the one that decides your application.

Interview formats

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program uses Interview (No interview — ranked on ATAR (90%) and UCAT-ANZ derived score (10%)); Curtin uses MMI (Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published)). These two formats reward different skills — Interview emphasises academic reasoning and thinking aloud through unfamiliar problems, while MMI rewards breadth and quick recovery.

If your strengths lie in conversational depth, either may suit you more. If you prefer discrete capsule answers under time pressure, Curtin is the better fit.

Curriculum and teaching style

Intake size: CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — 12 places a year (5 NT resident, 5 NT First Nations, 2 national First Nations).; Curtin — 2027 intake: approximately 110 domestic places (CSP, inclusive of Bonded Medical Places), plus 10-15 international full-fee places. Curtin 2027 Domestic and International Admissions Guides..

A larger cohort means more peer breadth; a smaller cohort means more tutor contact.

Which is right for you?

Start with the admission test: CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program needs UCAT-ANZ, Curtin needs UCAT-ANZ and CASPer. Preparing for one well beats splitting your time across two.

Check your state of origin before you apply — CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program draws heavily on the Northern Territory applicants and Curtin on Western Australia, and an interstate application often faces a materially higher bar.

Your preference list should ultimately weight: which admission test you can realistically score well in, whether your state of origin gives you a bonus at either school, and where you'd actually want to live for four to six years.

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CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program uses UCAT-ANZ. Curtin uses UCAT-ANZ and CASPer. 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.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — Contributes 10% of the admission rank; no cut-off published. Curtin — No official Curtin-published cut-off. Curtin ranks total UCAT score, not a fixed threshold. Curtin publishes no UCAT-ANZ cut-off, minimum or competitive band in any year — the 2027 guide contains no quartile, decile or percentile figure. Note the scale change: UCAT-ANZ dropped Abstract Reasoning at the UCAT ANZ 2025 sitting (2026 entry), so the cognitive total is now out of 2700, not 3600, and Curtin's 2027 guide ranks on the "UCAT ANZ score (out of 2700)". Any figure in the 2900-3000 range comes from the retired /3600 scale and exceeds the current maximum, so it is neither achievable nor comparable. For orientation only, the official all-candidate UCAT ANZ 2026 statistics (the sitting that feeds 2027 entry) show a mean cognitive total of 1,964, a 3rd quartile of 2,170 and a 9th decile of 2,340 — national figures for every test-taker, not a Curtin applicant profile. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 Casper : 30 UCAT-ANZ, per Curtin's own guide.. Interview shortlist ratio 35 ATAR : 35 CASPer : 30 UCAT (per MedEntry / Curtin official Q&A — Fraser's 35:35:40 reporting is an error). 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.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — Competitive at 90 or above; 85 or above for First Nations applicants. CDU frames these as competitive levels, not a published floor. Curtin — Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike — Curtin publishes one figure with no domicile split, and adjustment points are added on top of it rather than included in it. The 92.00 figure is the minimum notional ATAR for the non-school-leaver (graduate) pathway only; Curtin course switchers are assessed on a course weighted average of 80 instead. Rural or StepUp adjustment points (up to 5, from one scheme only) apply on top, capped at an adjusted 99.95. TISC 2026 Admission Ranks (Main Round, December 2025) for CUMBS: minimum rank for consideration n/a, lowest selection rank offered n/a — selection is NOT solely on ATAR. 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.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program uses: No interview — ranked on ATAR (90%) and UCAT-ANZ derived score (10%). Curtin uses: Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published). Different formats reward different skill sets. Plan separate prep streams for each. Interview windows: see school page (CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program); December-January (domestic); July-August (international full-fee) (Curtin).

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — place-type breakdown not published. Curtin — 2027 intake: approximately 110 domestic places (CSP, inclusive of BMP), plus 10-15 international full-fee places. Curtin states approximately 28% of Commonwealth Supported Places in Australian medical programs are set aside for the Bonded Medical Program; the Commonwealth's current published rate is 28.5%. Bonded places are allocated by the university across all MBBS entry pathways and cannot be applied for directly. Curtin prioritises WA candidates from rural and regional areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, and students with long-term educational disadvantage — it does not publish a ranking between these groups. 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.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — 5 of the 12 places are NT First Nations and 2 are national First Nations. Curtin — Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants apply DIRECTLY to Curtin Medical School — no TISC application, no UCAT-ANZ and no Casper Test — submitting the CMS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Entry Application Form by the published deadline (13 October 2026, 5pm AWST for 2027 entry) with a letter confirming descent stamped with the common seal of an Indigenous community organisation. Selection runs through a Formal Yarning Session with the CMS Aboriginal Health Team, after which shortlisted candidates sit MMIs in the December or January round. The Indigenous Pre-Medicine and Health Sciences Enabling Course (EN-INPMHE), 1 year full-time and the only enabling course Curtin accepts for the MBBS, is one route in; applicants using it must pass all units. Curtin's Centre for Aboriginal Studies (Karda) provides on-campus support. Successful candidates attend the three-day "Ngullar Moorditj Koorliny Keny" Medicine Pre-Orientation Program in February. Both schools accept ATSI applicants through the standard pathway as well; the dedicated pathway typically offers adjusted academic thresholds plus wrap-around academic support.

CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program — NT origin status is an eligibility requirement for the programme. Curtin — Curtin offers "the only direct-entry Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in Western Australia" (Curtin's own wording). The rural quota IS published: up to 25 per cent of places are allocated to the Rural entry pathway, open to Western Australian, Northern Territorian and South Australian applicants who, as of 31 December prior to the admission year, have spent at least 10 years cumulatively or any five years consecutively in a Modified Monash Model MM 2-7 area since Year 1. Rural applicants compete only against other rural applicants, must lodge a separate Rural entry application form with community-verified proof of origin by the published deadline (13 October 2026, 5.00pm AWST for 2027 entry), and receive up to 5 ATAR adjustment points. The federal BMP allocates ~28.5% of CSP places nationally; individual schools sit above or below that benchmark depending on their workforce remit.

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; CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin differ in their selection mechanics, so prepping both adds genuine optionality.

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CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program vs Curtin

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CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program vs Curtin - in detail

Admission tests compared

ATAR and academic profile

Interview formats

Curriculum and teaching style

Which is right for you?

Common questions

What admission tests do CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin use?

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How do interviews differ between CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin?

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What Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathways do CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin offer?

Does CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program or Curtin offer bonded / rural-entry places?

Should I apply to both CDU / Flinders — NT Medical Program and Curtin?

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