Admissions information for international students
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

Entry requirements

International entry requirements

2012 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Equivalent Australian Year 12.

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

Places will not be offered to non-school applicants in the MBBS course. Non-school leaver applicants should consider investigating the Monash University graduate medical program at the Gippsland campus.

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English and a study score of at least 30 in chemistry.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

A score of at least 5 in English SL or 4 in English HL or 6 in English B SL or 5 in English B HL, and

A score of at least 5 in chemistry SL or 4 in chemistry HL.

Applicants must sit the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT). Registration forms must be submitted to UMAT at ACER in early June. For further information contact the UMAT officer at ACER (03) 9277 5746, email umat@acer.edu.au; website http://www.umat.acer.edu.au/. Short listed applicants will be required to attend an interview.

English requirements for international students

Gaining the required result in one of the following tests of English language:

IELTS score of 7.0 with no individual band score less than 6.5.

A TOEFL minimum test score of either;

in the written TOEFL, 600 with a Test of Written English (TWE) score of at least 5.0; or

in the internet-based TOEFL, an overall score of at least 100 with at least 24 in the written section and no less than 20 in any other section.

Special application requirements

LOCAL APPLICANTS (Australian and New Zealand Citizens and Australian Permanent Residents only)

Applicants must sit the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT). Registration forms must be submitted to UMAT at ACER in early June. For further information contact the UMAT Officer at ACER (03) 9277 5746, (03) 8508 7643; email umat@acer.edu.au; web site http://umatweb.acer.edu.au/.

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (Non Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents)

International VCE or interstate Yr 12 applicants who are onshore MUST apply through VTAC and must sit the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT) (information regarding ISAT to be obtained from ACER at www.isat.acer.edu.au), and if invited to do so must attend an interview at Monash Clayton (notified by phone or email). Invitation to attend an interview will depend on the applicants ISAT score.

Other onshore international Medicine applicants need to apply directly to Monash International Recruitment Services (/www.monash.edu/study/international).

Offshore international Medicine applicants need to apply directly to Monash International Recruitment Services (/www.monash.edu/study/international).

For current information about important dates, please visit:

http://www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/central/important-dates.html

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

On enrolment a medical certificate specifying the student's current health and immunisation status is required. Students will also be asked to obtain a National Police Certificate (annual requirement) and a Working With Children check on enrolment in the program. It is highly recommended that students hold or attain by the end of first semester, a current registered Level 2 or Senior First Aid Certificate.

A preference for Medicine/Surgery must appear in the initial VTAC application for applicants to be eligible for consideration. Applicants must notify the Faculty Office of changes to their address or telephone details. Only applicants who have listed a preference with VTAC for Medicine/Surgery by the late closing date will be eligible. All interviews will be scheduled and most are completed before the change of preference date.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

2012 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications are made directly to the University and can be made online via International Recruitment Services.

Applicants for the Malaysia campus should apply directly to the campus. More information can be found by visiting the campus website

Semester two (July)

This course currently doesn't have places available for mid-year entry.

Enrolment obligation

International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than 25% of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students cannot enrol exclusively in distance and/or online learning study in any compulsory study period. See standard 9.4 of The National Code 2007.