Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
Bachelor of Dental Surgery
Full details of selection criteria, application deadlines and other requirements for all applicants are set out in the ‘2013 Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Admissions Guide’. This will be available online from mid-April 2012 at the following address: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/.
Applicants are expected to obtain a copy of this booklet from the university. Failure to read this booklet will not be grounds for special consideration. This booklet expands on the summary information provided here and clearly sets out details of information sessions, other steps in the application process, and timelines.
Entry to the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery program is mostly reserved for school leavers (i.e. applicants with no academic record at a tertiary education institution). However a limited number of places are available for applicants currently studying at the University of Adelaide and wishing to apply as a tertiary transfer applicant. Up to 25 places will be set aside for applicants under the Rural Background Entry Cohort.
There will be approximately 150 places for domestic first year students in the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery program in 2012. Commonwealth Supported Places (both bonded and not bonded) will be available as will places under the Commonwealth Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme and the SA Government Bonded Scholarship Scheme.
Entry to the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program is open both to school leavers and applicants with a tertiary academic record.
Selection into both programs will be based on the following criteria:
* Performance in UMAT;
* Performance in a Structured Oral Assessment (for the top UMAT performers); and
* Academic Performance (Year 12 or tertiary performance record, as appropriate).
There are two special entry categories: one for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, and a second for applicants without a traditional school background.
International students wishing to apply for the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery or Bachelor of Dental Surgery programs are not required to take UMAT and should contact the Student Centre at the University of Adelaide for further information.
