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Read the guide →Melbourne runs a research-rich 4-year graduate-entry MD. It is based across the Parkville hospital precinct, and extends to the Austin, Western, and St Vincent's clinical schools. It stands out for deep biomedical research integration and Australia's broadest hospital teaching network.
Melbourne runs Australia's flagship 4-year graduate-entry MD anchored across the Parkville biomedical precinct (Royal Melbourne, Royal Children's, Peter MacCallum) and extending to the Austin, Western, and St Vincent's clinical schools. Pre-interview ranking is a weighted composite of GAMSAT and GPA; the MMI then carries a substantial weight in the final offer composite.
Strong Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) entry stream via the Murrup Barak portal.
Integrated curriculum. 4-year graduate MD. Year 1 foundations and clinical skills at Parkville. Years 2-3 clinical placements across Royal Melbourne, Austin, Western, St Vincent's, and regional clinical schools (Shepparton, Ballarat, Bendigo). Year 4 specialty rotations and pre-internship. Mandatory Discovery research project woven through the program. Guaranteed Entry pathway: Chancellor's Scholars require ATAR 99.90+ (CSP); Full-fee Guaranteed Entry requires ATAR 99.00+.
WAM 75.0 minimum for guaranteed entry.
Melbourne is strong in these research areas:
Format: Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations × ~5 min)
Melbourne MMI uses 8 stations of ~5 minutes each (single-assessor format). Stations cover ethical reasoning, communication and role-play, motivation, teamwork, and reflective practice. Interviews are typically held on the Parkville campus or delivered virtually depending on cycle. Examiners are clinicians and senior MD academics; the rubric weights structured reasoning and personal insight equally over rehearsed conclusions.
2027 cycle: 179 CSP + 71 BMP + up to 105 Full-fee domestic ≈ ~355 total (GEMSAS UoM page). 2024 intake was 177 CSP + 70 BMP — year-on-year delta within ±2 places.
Founded in 1862. Based in Parkville.
Programmes offered:
Melbourne examiners reward structured reasoning over polished delivery. Show your working in ethics stations — name the competing principles, weigh them, and articulate the trade-off rather than jumping to a tidy answer. Build a portfolio of 8-10 concrete anecdotes you can deploy across motivation, teamwork, and resilience prompts. The Parkville precinct and Discovery research project are worth understanding deeply — examiners notice when candidates can speak specifically about why Melbourne rather than generically about graduate medicine.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Melbourne’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
How does the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) work, and what ethical questions arise when a new high-cost medicine is considered for listing?
Likely follow-up · What is the role of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC)?
Consider the quote: 'Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.' In five minutes, discuss what this means in the context of medical practice, drawing on a specific clinical or ethical example.
Likely follow-up · How do these concepts apply to triage in a constrained system?
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Learn moreCompiled from University of Melbourne Medical School's published admissions material and checked for internal consistency. Not independently re-checked against the official course page for 2027 entry — confirm the figures with the school before you rely on them.
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