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Monash Medical School2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Location Clayton, AustraliaEstablished 1961Interviews October-DecemberDecisions December-January
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About Monash
Monash delivers Australia's largest dual-pathway medical program — a 5-year undergraduate MD (Direct Entry) and a 4-year graduate MD (Gippsland) — anchored at the Clayton campus and extending across Monash Health (Clayton, Dandenong, Casey), Peninsula Health, and rural clinical schools at Mildura and Bendigo.
What makes it different
Monash runs a dual-pathway MD: Direct Entry (M6011, 5-year BMedSc+MD at Clayton, UCAT-ANZ + ATAR) and Graduate Entry (4-year MD at Gippsland / Churchill campus). Graduate Entry MD requires Monash undergraduate study (closed to external grads since 2017 GAMSAT removal); no GAMSAT required for the graduate pathway. The Direct Entry December round uses UCAT-only ranking before ATAR is released; the January round uses combined UCAT + ATAR.
Course & teaching
Integrated curriculum. Direct Entry 5-year MD: years 1-2 foundations and clinical skills at Clayton; years 3-5 clinical placements across Monash Health, Peninsula, and rural clinical schools. Graduate Entry 4-year MD at the Gippsland (Churchill) campus, restricted to Monash (and Federation Uni Gippsland Partnership) Bachelor of Biomedical Science / Pharmacy Hons / Physiotherapy Hons / designated BSc graduates. Both streams converge into the same hospital and rural placement networks.
Research strengths
Monash has notable research strength in Stem cell biology, Cardiovascular medicine, Drug discovery, Rural workforce.
Interview
Monash interviews via Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations × 8 min, 2 min reading). Monash MMI uses 8 stations of 8 minutes each (with 2 minutes reading), delivered on the Clayton campus or virtually depending on cohort. Stations assess advocacy, collaboration, critical thinking, empathy, ethical reasoning, motivation, and resilience. Both undergraduate (Direct Entry) and Graduate Entry applicants progress to the same MMI format after pre-interview ranking. Graduate Entry additionally includes an SJT (~90 minutes); MMI runs ~60-70 minutes across 6 stations for grad-entry.
Intake
Direct Entry (Clayton): ~264 domestic (234 + 30 ERC). Graduate Entry (Gippsland): ~70 domestic + 30 Rural End-to-End + ~30 international. Total combined ~390+ (Fraser's Monash MD 2027 guide).
At a glance
Founded in 1961, based in Clayton. Programmes offered: Rural Medicine, Clinical Research, Global Health, Indigenous Health, General Practice.
Entry requirements
What you need to apply to Monash
Admission overview
Direct Entry: ATAR minimum 90 (competitive typically ≥99.45) + UCAT-ANZ + MMI; VCE English (study score 35 EAL or 30 English) and Chemistry (30) prerequisites. Graduate Entry: Monash undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Pharmacy Hons, Physiotherapy Hons, designated BSc units, or Federation Uni Bachelor of Biomedical Science via Gippsland Partnership) with WAM ≥ 70 + MMI + SJT. No GAMSAT for grad pathway since 2017.
ATAR
Direct Entry minimum ATAR 90; competitive typically ≥99.45.
Contextual ATAR
Monash Access Scheme provides adjustment factors for applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds; rural pathway adjustment available. Indigenous applicants can be admitted with ATAR 50+ (or equivalent) via VTAC.
GAMSAT
NOT required. Removed from Graduate Entry selection in 2017; never used for Direct Entry.
UCAT-ANZ
Direct Entry only. 2026 entry December round cut-off ~2380/2700 (~94th percentile, post-rebase). 2023 entry on old /3600 scale was ~2990 non-rural / ~2620 rural — not directly comparable due to 2024 UCAT-ANZ rebase.
GPA
Graduate Entry: WAM minimum 70. Lowest accepted WAM (2025 cycle, student-reported) 81.179.
Place types
Direct Entry: ~234 domestic + 30 Extended Rural Cohort = ~264 (Clayton). Graduate Entry: ~70 domestic + 30 Rural End-to-End + ~30 international (Gippsland). BMP allocation 28.5% of all Monash medicine places.
Indigenous pathway
William Cooper Institute (formerly Yulendj Indigenous Engagement Unit) — admissions test (UCAT/GAMSAT) waived for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants; ATAR 50+ entry via VTAC with academic support via the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Workforces Centre.
Bonded / rural
BMP 28.5% of all Monash places. Direct Entry Extended Rural Cohort (ERC) up to 30 places at Clayton; Graduate Entry Rural End-to-End Cohort 30 places.
Specialities offered
Rural Medicine, Clinical Research, Global Health, Indigenous Health, General Practice
Interview
How Monash interviews applicants
Format
Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations × 8 min, 2 min reading)
Interview window
October-December
Decision date
December-January
Post-interview chances
Not publicly disclosed.
Tutor insight
Monash Direct Entry does NOT use CASPer — public 2025-2026 documentation (Monash, Acuity Insights, MedEntry, Fraser's, GradReady) is consistent on this. Prepare instead for UCAT-ANZ cognitive plus the December/January round split (December = UCAT-only ranking, January = UCAT + ATAR). For the Graduate Entry stream, focus on demonstrating Monash undergraduate readiness — external graduates cannot apply. The MMI assesses advocacy, collaboration, critical thinking, empathy, ethics, motivation, and resilience: bring 8-10 concrete anecdotes spanning those domains.
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