Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
(Course code 0040)
It is expected that there will be 190 Commonwealth Supported Places, 62 Bonded Medical Places (BMP) and approximately 6 Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme places available to 2012 school leavers for entry to the five-year medicine course. Approximately thirty (30) of these places are available to students entering the Extended Rural Cohort. Full-fee paying places are not available for domestic students.
Entry is available to school leavers only, i.e. applicants with no academic record at a tertiary education institution.
Selection will be based on a combination of:
* Performance in UMAT;
* Performance in an interview; and
* Performance in Year 12 studies (ATAR).
Prerequisites:
* English (Year 12 or NZ NCEA Level 3);
* Chemistry (Year 12 or NZ NCEA Level 3).
The results in both prerequisite subjects must be equivalent to a minimum study score of 30 in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE); a minimum study score equivalent to 35 is required for ESL.
The Faculty gives special consideration to applicants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin. Applicants of rural origin are invited to apply for inclusion on the Dean’s Rural List.
Full details of selection criteria and the selection process are set out in the booklet ‘Undergraduate Medicine at Monash 2011’, and can be found at http://www.med.monash.edu.au/medical/central/prospective-students.html
All applications for the Medicine course must be submitted to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) by 28 September 2012.
Late applications received in the November round will not be accepted. The Medicine course cannot be added to your preferences after you have made your initial application to VTAC.
International applicants are not required to take UMAT; instead, they should sit ISAT (see www.acer.edu.au/isat).
For further information, see www.med.monash.edu.au or contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Bachelor of Physiotherapy
There will be approximately 75 Commonwealth Supported Places available to 2013 applicants to the Bachelor of Physiotherapy degree program.
For Year 12 applicants, selection will be based on a combination of:
* Performance in UMAT;
* ATAR, including performance in Year 12 prerequisite subjects; and
* Interview.
For non-Year 12 applicants, selection will be based on a combination of:
* Performance in UMAT;
* GPA, including performance in Year 12 prerequisite subjects and their tertiary equivalent; and
* Interview.
Prerequisites:
* VCE units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in English (any) and a study score of at least 25 in any two of biology, chemistry, mathematical methods, physics or specialist mathematics).
Monash University gives special consideration to applicants from rural and remote areas of Australia and to applicants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin who apply through VTAC and apply for the Special Entry Access Scheme.
Timely applications for the Physiotherapy course must be submitted to the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) by 28 September 2012.
International applicants will be considered for entry in 2013. International applicants are not required to take UMAT; instead, they should sit the ISAT (see http://www.acer.edu.au/isat). If an international applicant is expecting to change to Australian residency prior to January 2013, they should also sit the UMAT.
For further information, see www.med.monash.edu.au/physiotherapy
