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Open the guide →Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions, FAQs and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Wollongong's 4-year graduate MD trains doctors for regional and rural NSW with longitudinal community placements in years 3-4 across the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, and Murrumbidgee regions.
Wollongong was established with an explicit rural and regional workforce mission. At least ~55 of ~109 places (~50%) carry Rural Entry Pathway eligibility — Combined Track 54 (min 32 REP), End-to-End 30 (min 17 REP), Health Access Stream 10 (min 6 REP) — not the often-quoted 25%. Year 3 includes a longitudinal integrated clerkship in a regional/rural community.
Integrated curriculum. 4-year graduate MD. Years 1-2 foundational and clinical skills at Wollongong campus; year 3 longitudinal integrated clerkship in a regional or rural community; year 4 specialty rotations. From 2027, GAMSAT/GPA/CASPer revert to pure qualifying hurdles — final offer ranking is 70% interview + 30% admissions bonuses.
There are 12 equally weighted, cumulative bonuses: UOW first preference, registered health professional, service commitment, sustained work experience, rural work experience, rural high school education, Illawarra local resident (MM1), NSW rural resident (MM2-7), UOW graduate, UOW graduate + academic excellence, Indigenous Health graduate, and financial disadvantage.
Note there is no general "postgraduate study" bonus — the only postgraduate bonus is a qualification specialising in Indigenous Health.
Wollongong is strong in these research areas:
Format: Multi-Mini Interview (~8 stations)
Wollongong runs a live online MMI of 8 stations. For 2027 entry, that is the week commencing 17 September 2026. UOW does not publish the per-station duration, and releases it to interviewees in early September. Be careful with the widely-quoted "8 minutes": it belongs to UOW's retired 11-station in-person format, and should not be relied on.
UOW's published blueprint assesses communication skills, an empathetic and ethical approach, a reflective manner, teamwork, and decision-making in clinical and community contexts. It also assesses the delivery of health care to rural, regional and remote communities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
2027 cycle: 37 Unbonded CSP + 30 CSP Rural End-to-End + 27 BMP + 15 International = ~109 total (GEMSAS UOW).
Founded in 2007. Based in Wollongong.
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Wollongong's longitudinal integrated clerkship is genuinely distinctive — examiners probe whether you understand what it means to spend a year embedded in one community rather than rotating wards. Practise articulating why continuity-of-care training appeals to you, not just "I like rural medicine".
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Wollongong’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
The University of Wollongong's Graduate Medicine program places students for an extended period in regional towns from Year 1. Why is this design choice notable?
Likely follow-up · What is longitudinal integrated clerkship, and how is it different from rotation-based clinical training?
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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