Doctor of Medicine

Rural Pathway (domestic applicants only):

• Evidence of rural background, including:
  • A statutory declaration in your name indicating your rural residential address and history including the dates you resided at each rural residential address. If you are providing bills or invoices in a parent’s name, from when you were under 18, then both a statutory declaration from a parent and one from yourself will be required.

AND either:

• Professional supporting letters from a GP/dentist, bank, school, university or workplace. Professional supporting letters must be dated, signed, include your rural residential address and rural address history, and the dates that you resided at the address. The professional supporting letters must detail how you are known to the author of the letter and you must be known in a professional capacity e.g. patient of the GP or student of the school/university. The GP practice/school/bank/work place/university should be in or around the same rural area you are providing support for residing. If not, the letter needs to clearly detail how the author is able to confirm the rural address history and time periods. The professional letter of support must be official on letterhead and include, if from a GP their AHPRA registration number or official practice stamp

OR

• Documents to prove residence such as invoices for telephone, utilities, or bank statements showing your (or your family’s) address, can be provided. If you were over 18 at the time, bills and invoices will only be accepted if in your name. Rates notices are not acceptable. An online printed invoice will only be acceptable if dated the year it was issued. E.g. a bank statement must be dated the year you are supporting (i.e. dated 19 July 2017 if you are supporting the year 2017, it cannot be dated 2021 if you are supporting the year 2017).
• If you are applying for GAM, please gather the relevant supporting documentation required for the appropriate category.

• A Confirmation document or a Statutory Declaration supplied to mdhs-indigenous-admissions@unimelb.edu.au to affirm you:
  • are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by descent,
  • identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and
  • are accepted as such within the community in which you live or have lived

  Learn more about confirming your eligibility.

• If you are applying for GAM, please gather the relevant supporting documentation required for the appropriate category.

Standard pathway:

Standard pathway candidates must:

• Sit the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) by the deadline, AND
• Apply via the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions System (GEMSAS) by the deadline, AND
• If selected, attend a Multi-Mini interview to demonstrate adequate communication skills.

Guaranteed Entry pathway:

Guaranteed entry pathway candidates must:

• Apply via the University of Melbourne Course Application Portal by the deadline, AND
• Attend a Multi-Mini interview to demonstrate adequate communication skills.

Rural pathway:

Rural pathway candidates must:

• Apply via the University of Melbourne Course Application Portal by the deadline, selecting the course code MC-DMED – Parkville Campus to indicate eligibility for this pathway, AND
• Upload documentation supporting rural residency and/or origin as detailed on the Entry requirements page, AND
  • Please note: students graduating from the La Trobe University Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Medical) degree are not required to submit further documentation in support of their rural residency and/or origins

• If selected, provide a personal statement regarding their connection with their rural or regional community, AND
• If selected, attend a Multi-Mini interview to demonstrate adequate communication skills.

Indigenous pathway:

Indigenous pathway candidates must:

• Apply via the University of Melbourne Course Application Portal by the deadline, AND

• Submit a Confirmation of Identity to mdhs-indigenous-admissions@unimelb.edu.au.