Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Scholar Program) for 2013

At a glance

Major study areas  
2013 Handbook entry 

Career opportunities

You will open global opportunities with medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical research centres and companies with this high-powered degree. You could also find many exciting openings in education, the media and government.

Why study Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Scholar Program)?

This challenging course is designed for high achievers keen to undertake an individual program of study under the guidance of some of the world's best biomedical researchers.

Depending on your previous studies, you could undertake additional units and accelerate your learning to take full advantage of the groundbreaking research activity at Monash.

Our new Monash Biomedical Imaging facility, located near the Australian Synchroton and home to Australia's first Siemens MAGNETOM Skyra MRI, is providing our researchers with unprecedented detail and faster workflows.

Many of our biomedical research centres are based at the Monash Medical Centre, one of Melbourne's main teaching hospitals, putting our researchers in direct contact with the doctors whose medical challenges they are helping to solve.

Our links with the CSIRO, Prince Henry's Institute, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and global experts in medicine, science, engineering, industry and government add to the brainpower you will encounter at Monash.

If you want to do your brilliant best and prepare yourself for a career that could make a real difference to health outcomes around the world, this is the degree for you.

Entry requirements

Clearly in ATAR score (2013):

  • 99.05 (Clayton)

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

3 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Average annual student contribution
$ 9,000 AUD
Note: see information on how average fee is calculated.

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Clayton: full-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3975

CRICOS code: 069435C

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   Telephone: +61 3 9902 9400 Email: biomed@monash.edu Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/biomed

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Duration

3 years full-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$ 33,500 AUD

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March)

Attendances

  • On-campus at Clayton: full-time

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.

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3975

CRICOS code: 069435C

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements  

International Student Enquiries

Telephone: +61 3 9903 4788
Email: study@monash.edu

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Equivalent Australian Year 12

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 40 in chemistry and one of physics, mathematics methods (CAS) or specialist mathematics.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

A score of at least 5 in English SL or 4 in English HL. Chemistry, and one of Mathematics, Further Mathematics or Physics at a minimum of grade four at standard level.

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.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Entry scores

Qualification Clayton
2013 ATAR clearly in for CSP 99.05

Applications

Semester one (March)

Applications for on campus studies should be made online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

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 40 in chemistry and one of physics, mathematics methods (CAS) or specialist mathematics.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites

A score of at least 5 in English SL or 4 in English HL. Chemistry, and one of Mathematics, Further Mathematics or Physics at a minimum of grade four at standard level.

English requirements for international students

IELTS 7.0 with no individual band score less than 6.5; TOEFL 600 with a TWE of 4.5; or an internet based TOEFL score of 100 with 24 in writing and no section lower than 20.

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.

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.) 15

Applications

Semester one (March)

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.

Major study areas

Anatomy and physiology, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biomedical science,

Biophysics, Biotechnology, Genetics, Health sciences, Human biology, Human sciences, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Molecular and human genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Physiology.