2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle) School of Medicine in Fremantle, WA runs a graduate-entry medicine program for 2027 entry. Admission tests listed: GAMSAT and CASPer. Notre Dame Fremantle holds multiple mini interviews (MMI).
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Read the guide →Problem-based learning + Integrated, 4 years (graduate entry), placements in Perth hospitals and general practices, and rural Western Australia.
See the course →Notre Dame Fremantle (the original Notre Dame Australia campus, est. 1989; medical school est. 2005) mirrors the Sydney campus model with a 4-year graduate-entry MD anchored at the Fremantle campus and Years 3-4 clinical placements in public and private hospitals, general practice and community-based services across the Perth metropolitan area, with optional rural placements through the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia.
Notre Dame does not publish a list of named Fremantle clinical sites.. From 2024, Casper-weighted selection (NOT portfolio); the KCRMT Broome rural stream has been taking students since the 2025 intake. Domestic applicants apply through GEMSAS; Indigenous applicants, long-term Kimberley/Pilbara residents and international applicants apply direct to the University.
Notre Dame Fremantle dropped its written Notre Dame Portfolio and replaced it with Casper from the 2024 intake — but the interview itself did not change: it was a Multiple Mini Interview before and after, delivered on a recorded online platform since 2020. There was never a panel format for domestic applicants.
— one of the heaviest CASPer weightings in Australian medicine (30% of pre-interview composite). The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT), Broome, is a Commonwealth-funded end-to-end rural stream that took its first cohort in Semester 1 2025 — it is not a 2027 innovation.
It carries up to 20 CSP places a year; students spend Years 1-2 on Notre Dame's Broome campus and Years 3-4 in regional training hubs across WA in partnership with the Rural Clinical School of WA. Rural and metropolitan applicants preference it inside the same GEMSAS application as Fremantle; long-term Kimberley/Pilbara residents apply direct to Notre Dame.
Note the centre's name — it is not the 'Kimberley Centre for Rural and Remote Medicine and Training'. From 1 January 2026 Indigenous CSP allocation is uncapped (Commonwealth policy change). Two reserved-entry routes exist, and Notre Dame publishes a number for neither.
(1) Assured Pathway — a school-leaver route: applicants apply to the Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Doctor of Medicine (Assured Pathway) at Fremantle or Sydney at the same time and secure an MD place on completing the bachelor degree, provided a minimum GPA of 2.5 is maintained each semester; it is closed to anyone who has already commenced tertiary study.
(2) Priority Entry Pathway — a graduate route reserving places for Notre Dame's own Bachelor of Biomedical Science graduates (including double degrees) first admitted from 2024 onwards, first entering in the 2026-2027 intake; these applicants still apply through GEMSAS and must achieve a GEMSAS-calculated GPA of 6.0 or higher, an unweighted GAMSAT of 55 or higher, and a Casper score no lower than 1 SD below the mean.
Notre Dame states only that reserved places are 'distributed nationally between campuses and fee types in a similar pattern to the distribution of general places'; GEMSAS notes the published place numbers already include both — 'Quota includes assured and priority pathways.' No 40 / 20+20 split is published anywhere official.
PBL curriculum. 4-year graduate MD. Years 1-2 foundations and clinical skills at Fremantle with early clinical immersion. Years 3-4 are clinical rotations in public and private hospitals, general practice and community-based services across the Perth metropolitan area, with optional rural placements through the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia.
The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT), Broome, is a separate end-to-end rural stream carrying up to 20 CSP places a year and taking students since the 2025 intake: students spend Years 1-2 on the Broome campus and Years 3-4 in regional training hubs across WA in partnership with RCSWA. Mandatory medical ethics thread runs across all four years.
Notre Dame Fremantle is strong in these research areas:
Format: MMI delivered on a recorded (asynchronous) online platform for domestic applicants; a live online panel interview for international applicants. Notre Dame named 'Modern Hire' as the recording tool in its 2025 international admissions brochure, but neither Notre Dame nor GEMSAS names a platform for the 2027 cycle — do not rely on it.
Interview shortlist composite (2024+ cycles): 30% GAMSAT + 30% GPA + 30% CASPer + 10% bonus points. Final offer: 50% shortlist composite + 50% MMI. The MMI is delivered on a recorded (asynchronous) online platform. Notre Dame and GEMSAS no longer publish the station count, station timings or platform name for the current cycle.
The GEMSAS 2024 guide (three cycles old) specified 'at least seven stations with a single interviewer/assessor per station' and noted the recorded online delivery had run 'since 2020'; that detail was dropped from the 2027 guide.
Treat any station count or per-station timing you read elsewhere as unconfirmed — the widely circulated '2 minutes reading + 5 minutes response' figure comes from commercial prep sites, not from the university or GEMSAS. Bonus points (10%) awarded for rurality, WA residency, and higher degrees research completion.
Notre Dame retains a Catholic ethics thread woven through the curriculum, but applicants of any faith (or none) are welcomed and adherence is not a selection criterion.
2027 cycle ~127 total: 80 CSP (60 Fremantle + 20 KCRMT Broome) + 32 BMP + up to 15 international + uncapped Indigenous. For context, the GEMSAS guides put Notre Dame Fremantle at CSP 71 + BMP 29 = 100 places for both 2023 and 2024 entry, and the 2027 guide gives CSP 80 (Fremantle 60, KCRMT Broome 20), BMP 32 and up to 15 full-fee international. The 2026-entry figures are not published on any current Tier-1 source, so no year-on-year delta should be stated. KCRMT Broome has been taking students since the 2025 intake, so the 2027 numbers are not a Broome-driven step change.
University of Notre Dame Australia (Fremantle) School of Medicine was founded in 2005 and is based in Fremantle.
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Try the AI interviewer| Entry pathway | Graduate entry |
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| GPA | Minimum weighted GPA 5.2/7.0 as calculated by GEMSAS over the three most recent FTE years, progressively weighted final-minus-2 x1, final-minus-1 x2, final x3 |
| GAMSAT | Minimum 52 overall + 50 in each subsection (UNDA averages the three sections rather than using the overall weighted GAMSAT) |
| Interview format | Multiple mini interviews (MMI) |
| Intake | 2027 cycle ~127 total: 80 CSP (60 Fremantle + 20 KCRMT Broome) + 32 BMP + up to 15 international + uncapped Indigenous |
| Admission overview | General domestic applicants apply through GEMSAS (applications 1-29 May 2026, closing 5pm AEST 29 May 2026). Bachelor degree at AQF Level 7 completed within the last 10 years of the closing date — or be in the final year of one; the 10-year rule may be waived where an additional AQF Level 7 or higher qualification has been completed by 31 July 2026. Weighted GPA of at least 5.2 as calculated by GEMSAS over three FTE years, progressively weighted final-minus-2 x1, final-minus-1 x2, final x3, with no more than one year of credit below AQF Level 7. Unweighted GAMSAT average of the three sections of at least 52, with a minimum of 50 in each subsection. A Casper score is mandatory — 'Applicants without a Casper score will not be considered.' Shortlisted applicants then sit an online Multiple Mini Interview. GEMSAS states: 'no considerations outside the published entry requirements will be taken into account. Strictly no additional factors, including but not limited to work experience, field experience, or other extracurricular achievements will be considered. |
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| GAMSAT | Minimum 52 overall + 50 in each subsection (UNDA averages the three sections rather than using the overall weighted GAMSAT). Notre Dame publishes the average GAMSAT of applicants OFFERED AN INTERVIEW (not of successful entrants), for Fremantle and Broome combined: 64.65 (2024 intake), 66.10 (2025 intake), 65.50 (2026 intake); Broome is included only from the 2026 intake. These exclude applicants considered on additional criteria including rurality and facilitated-interview eligibility. They are descriptive averages, not cut-offs: Notre Dame states that interview selection also weighs Casper and bonus points, and that place offers additionally take the interview score into account. The published hard minimum remains an unweighted GAMSAT average of 52 with at least 50 in every subsection. |
| CASPer | Required from 2024 entry, weighted at 30% of interview-shortlist composite. Quartile thresholds not publicly disclosed. |
| GPA | Minimum weighted GPA 5.2/7.0 as calculated by GEMSAS over the three most recent FTE years, progressively weighted final-minus-2 x1, final-minus-1 x2, final x3. Notre Dame's published average GPA of applicants OFFERED AN INTERVIEW at Fremantle and Broome: 6.58 (2024 intake), 6.66 (2025 intake), 6.60 (2026 intake), excluding applicants assessed on rurality or facilitated-interview criteria. These are interview-offer averages, not thresholds — interview selection also weighs Casper and bonus points. No 'competitive' GPA threshold is published. |
| Place types | 2027 cycle: 80 CSP (60 Fremantle + 20 KCRMT Broome pathway) + 32 BMP (Fremantle only) + up to 15 International (Fremantle only) + uncapped Indigenous (from 1 Jan 2026) Up to 127 total for 2027 entry — CSP 80 (Fremantle 60, KCRMT Broome 20), BMP 32 (Fremantle), and up to 15 full-fee international (Fremantle) — described by GEMSAS as expected numbers 'subject to change', and excluding Indigenous CSPs, which are uncapped and offered beyond these numbers. The international places are NOT available through GEMSAS: international applicants apply direct to the University's International Office. No 2026-cycle total is published on a current official source, so no year-on-year delta is claimed. |
| Indigenous pathway | Uncapped Indigenous CSP allocation from 1 January 2026 (Commonwealth policy change) — Notre Dame offers CSPs to all successful Indigenous applicants, beyond the published place numbers. Indigenous applicants apply DIRECT to Notre Dame, not through GEMSAS, for Fremantle, Sydney or KCRMT Broome. The published requirements are proof of Aboriginality, a minimum three-year FTE undergraduate degree completed within the last 10 years, a minimum GPA of 5.0 (below 5.0 considered case by case), a personal statement, a CV and a successful interview; GAMSAT and Casper are not listed among them, but confirm directly with the Indigenous Health and Medicine team before assuming either can be skipped. Four application rounds close 31 May, 30 June, 31 August and 31 October 2026; interviews commence from June. A one-week intensive pre-medicine preparation program runs each December for commencing Indigenous students. |
| Bonded / rural | 32 BMP places (Fremantle only) + up to 20 CSP at KCRMT Broome (taking students since the 2025 intake). At least 28.5% of Notre Dame's Commonwealth-supported medical student allocation must be of rural background as defined by the Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program. Bonus points carry a weight of 10 in the 30:30:30:10 interview-ranking composite (GAMSAT : GPA : Casper : bonus) and are awarded for rural background (MM2-7, evidenced to GEMSAS), 10+ years cumulative WA residency as at 29 May 2026, and Masters-by-Research or Doctoral degrees classified Course Complete by 31 July 2026. Separately, applicants who have lived in the Kimberley or Pilbara for 5 consecutive or 10 cumulative years apply DIRECT to Notre Dame for KCRMT (applications close 31 July 2026; three-year FTE degree with GPA 5.0 within the last 10 years plus a successful interview) and receive priority for KCRMT interviews and offers, alongside Indigenous applicants. |
| Specialities offered | Medical Ethics, Rural Medicine, Indigenous Health, Palliative Care, General Practice |
| Format | MMI delivered on a recorded (asynchronous) online platform for domestic applicants; a live online panel interview for international applicants. Notre Dame named 'Modern Hire' as the recording tool in its 2025 international admissions brochure, but neither Notre Dame nor GEMSAS names a platform for the 2027 cycle — do not rely on it. |
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| Interview window (2027 entry) | September-October (domestic GEMSAS route: interview offers early September 2026, interviews held September/October 2026). Separate timetables apply to the direct pathways: Indigenous-pathway interviews commence from June 2026, and international online panel interviews run 18 May - 30 November 2026. |
| Decision date (2027 entry) | Late October-early November 2026 for the main round of place offers, with additional vacancy-filling offers in November 2026, December 2026 and January 2027. The programme commences 18 January 2027 with compulsory in-person Orientation, and conditional offers require degree completion to be confirmed by 23 December 2026. |
| Post-interview chances | Not publicly disclosed. Notre Dame publishes no interview-to-offer ratio for the 2027 cycle, and GEMSAS states that individual scores and rankings are never released to applicants. |
Pre-interview ranking now turns heavily on CASPer (30%) alongside GAMSAT (30%), GPA (30%), and bonus points (10%) — prepare for CASPer as seriously as GAMSAT. The MMI is recorded asynchronously online, so rehearse to a camera until your delivery is steady — but Notre Dame no longer publishes the platform, station count or response length, so do not drill to a specific clock. The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT), Broome, carries up to 20 CSP places a year and has been taking students since the 2025 intake; rural and metropolitan applicants preference it inside the same GEMSAS application as Fremantle, while long-term Kimberley/Pilbara residents and Indigenous applicants apply direct to Notre Dame and get priority for KCRMT interviews and offers. One more thing worth knowing: GEMSAS states that nothing outside the published criteria is scored — 'strictly no additional factors, including but not limited to work experience, field experience, or other extracurricular achievements will be considered.' That governs the paper application; motivation and personal qualities are still assessed at the MMI. Catholic ethos questions are about engagement, not adherence.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Notre Dame Fremantle’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
Consider the quote: 'Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.' What does this mean in the context of medical practice? Illustrate your answer with a specific clinical or ethical example.
Likely follow-up · How do these concepts apply to triage in an overwhelmed emergency department?
A doctor has a conscientious objection to VAD. What are their obligations to a patient who asks about it?
Likely follow-up · What protections do state VAD Acts provide for objectors?
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