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Read the guide →UQ runs Australia's largest graduate-entry MD, over 4 years. Placements span the Herston, Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane, Mater, and Gold Coast clinical schools. There are also rural pathways and an international pathway at Ochsner in New Orleans. It stands out for scale, hospital breadth, and translational research depth.
UQ runs Australia's largest 4-year graduate-entry MD (~470 places), anchored across the Herston Health Sciences precinct and the Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane, Mater, and Gold Coast clinical schools. The Ochsner Clinical School in New Orleans offers an internationally co-badged pathway.
Pre-interview ranking is a weighted GAMSAT + GPA composite; the MMI and MSA together carry significant weight in the final offer composite.
Integrated curriculum. 4-year graduate MD. Years 1-2 foundations and clinical skills at the Herston Health Sciences precinct. Years 3-4 clinical placements distributed across Princess Alexandra, Royal Brisbane, Mater, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, and Rural Clinical School sites. Ochsner pathway places years 3-4 in New Orleans, USA.
Provisional Entry: separate school-leaver pathway, ~140 CSP, uses UCAT-ANZ + ATAR + MMI.
UQ is strong in these research areas:
Format: Multi-Mini Interview (8 stations)
UQ uses an 8-station MMI. Stations run 8 minutes each with a 2-minute reading window and cover ethical reasoning, communication, motivation, teamwork, and current-issue debates. Interviews are typically held at the Herston Health Sciences precinct or delivered virtually. UQ has Australia's largest MD intake so logistics run across multiple days.
2027 graduate intake: 107 CSP + 43 BMP + up to 190 international = up to 340 total (reduced from 350). Plus ~140 Provisional Entry CSP (school-leaver) with 28% reserved for Rural Access Scheme.
Founded in 1936. Based in Herston.
Programmes offered:
UQ's scale means the MMI is heavily logistics-driven — practise the format with the actual cadence (8 minutes per station, 2-minute reading window). Have a clear, defensible answer for whether you would consider the Ochsner pathway and why. UQ examiners value range — pulling examples across teaching hospitals, rural placement, and international health plays well.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for UQ’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.' 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?
Australia has one of the highest rates of rheumatic heart disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population worldwide, concentrated in northern Australia. Why, and what is the END RHD strategy?
Likely follow-up · What is the disease pathway from streptococcal sore throat to rheumatic heart disease?
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Learn moreA field on this record was corrected against University of Queensland Medical School's official course page on 14 August 2026; the record as a whole has not been re-checked against source.
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