End September 2021- a critical time for undergraduate applications for medicine.
/August interviews
Flinders advise applicants of interview offers in mid to late August. The University of Melbourne also advise international applicants of their interview offers during this time.
August deadlines
The University of Queensland require applicants to submit their applications by 27th August in order to be considered for end September interviews.
The only undergraduate medicine program deadline in August is James Cook’s deadline of the 31st. If you are an international applicant, you need to have submitted your written application by this date and James Cook should have also received your Prediction of Academic Achievement Sheet by this time as well.
Deakin close their international applications at the end of August.
September interviews
The interview pace quickens to a full frenzy in September and October with graduate interviews being undertaken across the GEMSAS universities (being ANU, Deakin, Griffith, Macquarie, University of Melbourne, University of Notre Dame, University of Queensland, University of Western Australia and the University of Wollongong).
Advice about interviews will be released by GEMSAS in early September. The University of Melbourne also advises international applicants of their success in receiving an interview offer at this time. Domestic interview offers and onshore international interview allocations are then released in late September.
The University of Adelaide let international undergraduate applicants know if they have been successful in gaining an interview spot on 9th September. Their undergraduate interviews commence late September and continue until early October.
Interviews undertaken by the University of Melbourne for offshore international and domestic rural pathway applicants take place during the week of the 13th September
Charles Darwin and Flinders undertake their interviews between 20th September and 1st October, with Northern Territory interviews held between 21 - 23 September. Griffith interviews take place on 22nd and Macquarie interview domestic applicants on the 25th.
Monash (not part of GEMSAS) also commence their graduate international interviews, Dean's Rural List and End to end cohort in late September.
September offers
Bond notify Doctor of Physiotherapy applicants of their success by 20th September. This degree provides students the opportunity to apply for Bond’s medicine degree.
UCAT and GAMSAT testing
The last testing date for UCAT is 5th September. The GAMSAT testing window for September is from 3rd - 16th
Critical September closing dates
UTAS have 2nd September as their Round 2 closing date for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for international applicants.
If you are looking to apply for ANU medicine through an ANU undergraduate degree, you have until 6th September to accept your offer.
By the 7th September the Joint Medicine Program at University of Newcastle/University of New England require international students to have submitted their application.
Domestic applicants have until mid September to accept interview offers from the University of Melbourne.
UWA close their undergraduate domestic applications in late September.
The most critical date on the undergrad calendar is 30th September with this being the closing date for applications/early bird /timely applications for medicine. Make sure you are aware of what you need to do to complete your applications for your chosen universities. Also, and most critically, check whether you need to
apply to just the Admission Centre (ie UAC, VTAC, QTAC, SATAC or TISC) or
whether you apply directly to the university, or
whether you need to apply to both the Admission Centre and the university
Also check what documentation you need to submit and determine whether application fees also need to be paid. More details about the process can be found in the 10 Step Application Guide.
What Next and where to from here?
There’s a few things you can do if you would like more information:
Medical Schools in Australia Deadlines for late August and September 2021
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