Question 1

What UCAT-ANZ and CASPer score do you need for Curtin medicine?

Accepted Answer

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. UCAT-ANZ required alongside Casper for DOMESTIC applicants; pre-interview ranking weights ATAR, Casper and UCAT-ANZ (out of 2700) at 35:35:30. School leavers and Curtin course switchers sit the Undergraduate Casper; graduates sit the Postgraduate Casper. Two exemptions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants sit neither test, and Curtin's 2027 International Admissions Guide requires neither of international applicants — it ranks them on academic merit : interview in the ratio 40:60 alone. UCAT-ANZ and Casper scores are valid only for the admissions year immediately following the test, so re-applicants must re-sit both.

Question 2

What ATAR do you need for Curtin medicine?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 3

What interview format does Curtin use for medicine?

Accepted Answer

Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published). 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 their communication skills, critical appraisal of information, ability to consider important issues and display personal attributes essential to the medical profession". Interview short-listing: ATAR : Casper : UCAT-ANZ (out of 2700) in ratio 35 : 35 : 30. Final offer ranking: academic merit (actual ATAR or equivalent) : UCAT-ANZ : interview in ratio 40 : 20 : 40 — Casper is NOT used at the final offer stage, only at interview shortlist. Interviews are primarily face to face at Curtin Perth, with limited online interviews where required; non-WA domestic applicants (interstate and overseas) are interviewed online in the late-January round. International full-fee applicants sit a separate online (Microsoft Teams) interview in July/August and are ranked 40 academic : 60 interview. Attendance is mandatory to retain eligibility for an offer, and interviews cannot be rescheduled to unpublished dates.

Question 4

Does Curtin have an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entry pathway?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

What place types (CSP / BMP / Full-fee) does Curtin offer?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Does Curtin medicine have bonded or rural-entry places?

Accepted Answer

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.

Entry pathway	Undergraduate (school-leaver) entry
ATAR	Minimum ATAR 95.00 for every school-leaver applicant, WA and interstate alike
UCAT-ANZ	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
Interview format	Multiple mini interviews (MMI)
Intake	2027 intake: approximately 110 domestic places (CSP, inclusive of Bonded Medical Places), plus 10-15 international full-fee places
Decisions (2027 entry)	December 2026-January 2027

Format	Multiple Mini Interview (station count not published)
Interview window (2027 entry)	December 2026-January 2027 (domestic); July 2027-August 2026 (international full-fee)
Decision date (2027 entry)	December 2026-January 2027
Post-interview chances	Not publicly disclosed.

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Admission overview	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	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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
Specialities offered	Rural Medicine, Indigenous Health, Outer-Metropolitan Health, General Practice, Health Equity