Admissions information for international students
Bachelor of Biomedical Science

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for non-school-leavers

TAFE

Applicants with qualifications at a diploma level who have achieved an average of at least 80% will be considered for these courses. Those from a TAFE background with medical laboratory diplomas will be given preference.

University

Applicants are required to demonstrate their preparedness and aptitude for study by undertaking two single units, even if they have completed the VCE prerequisites or their equivalents. It is recommended that applicants choose units that correspond to the VCE prerequisite studies for this course (see below) or units that form part of the course.

Applicants require at least a distinction average (70%) in recent studies to be considered for admission.

VCE prerequisites

Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English, a study score of at least 25 in chemistry and in one of physics, mathematical methods (CAS) or specialist mathematics.

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
• score of at least 4 in chemistry SL or 3 in chemistry HL, and
• A score of at least 4 in mathematics SL or 4 in further mathematics SL or 3 in mathematics HL or 4 in physics SL or 3 in physics HL.

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

International Application Open and Closing Dates:

Applications for Semester 1 open on the 1st March preceding the year of entry, and close on the 15th January of the year of entry.

Applications for Semester 2 open on the 1st July preceding the year of entry, and close on the 15th May of the year of entry.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

2013 international qualification entry requirements and scores for this course are available from the Undergraduate Qualifications Database.

Qualification	Clayton
A Level GCE (Click on the Undergraduate Qualifications Database link above for details on how the A-Level score is calculated.)	12

Applications

Semester one (March)

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

Semester two (July)

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

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.