The ANU medicine degree is a graduate degree, so you need to have completed previous university study in order to do medicine at ANU.

Scroll down to see the available entry paths to ANU medicine

Available paths 

There are 3 possible paths to medicine at ANU. 

Path 1 -  Bachelor degree or higher (any degree, any university).

There are no prerequisite undergraduate degrees and no requirement for undergraduate degrees to have been completed at ANU, so this means, if you have a Bachelor degree from any recognised university, you're able to apply. 

ANU also accepts applications from students who have undertaken further university studies - Honours degrees, Masters by research, Masters by coursework and PhDs. 

So basically, provided you have completed at least one undergraduate degree, you can apply to ANU's medicine program. 

In addition to this path, ANU provides 2 paths that are ANU specific. These paths provide entry paths to ANU medicine. 

Path 2 -  Bachelor of Health Science degree (ANU) and

Path 3 - Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science degree (ANU). 

You need a high ATAR (of 99) to be accepted into the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science degree, compared to 90 for the Bachelor of Health Sciences. It’s also important to note that entry into the Bachelor of Health Science degree is not based solely on your ATAR. Students wishing to study this degree also need to submit a supplementary application/pathway application form with entry based on a composite score - your ATAR and your supplementary application taken into consideration.

Neither the Bachelor of Health Science nor the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science degrees have nominated subject prerequisites - though it's worth noting, that certain science courses that can be taken in either of these Bachelor degrees, may have specific prerequisites. More to the point, students wanting to progress into the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the Bachelor of Health Science degree also need to come through the Pre-Med stream - with this involving selection of certain mandatory subjects.

How the paths compare

ANU Bachelor of Health Science degree, and ANU Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons) - Science degree applicants do not have to sit the GAMSAT (nor MCAT), though all other applicants for the medicine degree do.

How selection works

The selection criteria for ANU medicine comprises a 2 stage process (like many other universities):-

Stage 1 -  For students who are applying with a Bachelor or higher degree your GPA and GAMSAT results (50% for each) are used to determine who's offered an interview. 

Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science applicants also need to be interviewed, though it is not specified how an offer of interview is determined for Bachelor of Philosophy students. All students on track to complete the Bachelor of Health Science (Pre-Med stream) are interviewed.

Stage 2 - For students who are applying with a Bachelor or higher degree your interview results (50%) are then added to your combined GPA and GAMSAT (50%), to determine offers of a place in ANU's medical degree.  

Bachelor of Health Science applicants are offered a place in the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree based on their interview results as well as GPA - with the GPA based on the student’s best results from courses/subjects taken within the first 2 years of the Bachelor of Health Science degree. In this students need to have achieved a minimum 75% average. Bachelor of Health Science applicants for medicine need to achieve an interview score of 60%. The application to get into the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree also requires students to submit a written application. So all in all the process to be accepted through this path is rigorous, being based on interview (40%), GPA (40%) and assessment of a written application (20%) as well as progressing through the Pre-med stream.

Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) - Science applicants need to achieve an interview score of 60%. The offer of a place is awarded based on interview results (50%) as well as academic criteria (50%) with academic criteria set at satisfactory progression within the Bachelor of Philosophy degree.

Important changes for entry

A further important aspect to take into consideration in terms of applications for Path 2 and Path 3 ie ANU degrees, are ANU admission requirements.

Domestic students will have to prove they have:

Co-curricular or service requirement skills - demonstrate a minimum of 2 out of a total of 7 skills.

Mandatory maths and English is no longer required - ANU renounced the mandatory requirement for domestic students to also have studied at least 1 semester of maths and English in Year 11 for entry into undergraduate degrees with applications submitted in 2023 for commencement in 2024.

An important qualification

Study Medicine information has been compiled from Australian university information sources and therefore is a guide. Authoritative information is provided by the university only. Make sure you obtain information directly from the university before making any decisions. 

The above information is intended to help you understand the ANU medical degree and the available paths to gain entry. Remember, information can always change, so ensure you keep up to date by regularly checking directly with ANU.