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Read the guide →Tasmania runs the only medical program in the state. It is a 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (BMedScMD), based at the Sandy Bay campus in Hobart. Placements run across Royal Hobart Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, and the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie. Two things set it apart.
It is Tasmania's sole medical pipeline, and it ranks applicants on ATAR first, with the UCAT-ANZ used only as a tiebreaker. There is no interview.
Tasmania is the only medical school in the state. ATAR thresholds 99.95 (non-rural) / 99.45 (rural or Tasmanian) have held flat since at least 2022 — UCAT serves only as a tiebreaker. Aboriginal Entry Pathway (palawa) waives UCAT and the clinical aptitude test. Graduate Entry stream of 25 places/year includes the Medical Research Stream (~50% of grad places).
Integrated curriculum. 5-year undergraduate Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine (course code H3X; legacy MBBS M3N). Years 1-3 foundations and clinical skills at Sandy Bay (Hobart). Years 4-5 clinical placements distributed across Royal Hobart, Launceston General, North West Regional (Burnie), and rural Tasmanian sites. Direct application to UTAS (NOT GEMSAS, NOT VTAC for most streams).
Tasmania is strong in these research areas:
Format: No interview — ATAR-first ranking with UCAT-ANZ tiebreaker
UTAS is one of very few Australian medical schools with no interview, no CASPer, and no formal personal-statement scoring. Applicants are ranked by ATAR (school-leaver) or GAMSAT/GPA (graduate), with UCAT-ANZ as secondary ranking (tiebreaker among ATAR-equivalent applicants). UTAS uses the combined scores of the 3 cognitive subtests of the UCAT-ANZ (Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning), excluding Situational Judgement.
Total not publicly aggregated; estimated ~110-135 domestic (school-leaver) + 25 graduate. TRTS 20 places; Medical Research Stream ~12-13 within graduate intake.
Founded in 1965. Based in Hobart.
Programmes offered:
UTAS is unusual: no interview, no CASPer, no personal statement scoring. Your ATAR (or graduate GAMSAT/GPA) is the primary lever and UCAT serves as a tiebreaker. Tasmanian residency or rural origin materially lowers the competitive ATAR from 99.95 to 99.45 via the Tasmanian Rural Training Stream. If you're applying as a graduate, the Medical Research Stream reserves ~50% of the 25 grad places — invest in articulating a credible research trajectory.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Tasmania’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
GP bulk-billing rates have dropped from over 88% to below 78% in some cohorts. Why is this happening, and what are the consequences for patients?
Likely follow-up · How did the MBS indexation freeze contribute to this trend?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have a life expectancy approximately 8 years shorter than non-Indigenous Australians. What is driving the gap, and is it closing?
Likely follow-up · What proportion of the gap is explained by chronic disease?
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Learn moreCompiled from University of Tasmania School of Medicine'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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