The University of Queensland's (UQ) medicine degree is a graduate degree, so you need to have completed previous university study if you want to do medicine at UQ. There is a provisional degree path to medicine at UQ and this entry pathway is more reflective of an undergraduate medicine degree application process than a graduate one. In addition, UQ include CQ University's Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine) degree as well as UniSQ’s Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Medicine Pathway) as additional provisional degree paths to UQ’s regionally based medicine program.

 

Scroll down to see the available entry paths to the University of Queensland's medicine program

 

 

Available paths 

 

There are 4 paths to medicine at UQ.

Path 1: Undergraduate degree (UQ)

This degree path is known as Provisional Entry and enables students with the required ATAR to gain entry into the graduate medicine degree, following successful completion of a UQ undergraduate degree.

Prerequisites consist the required subjects for the undergraduate degree as well as English. 

Provisional Entry students need a GPA of 5 and have to complete two prerequisite undergraduate subjects (also requiring a GPA of 5) by the end of the year prior to their commencement in the Doctor of Medicine degree, these being:

  • Integrative Cell and Tissue Biology, and

  • System Physiology

Path 2: Bachelor of Medical Science degree (CQU)

This Provisional Entry degree path enables domestic students with the required ATAR and prerequisite subjects of English (Units 3 and 4, C), Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent; and one of Biology, Chemistry, Physics (Units 3 & 4, C) or equivalent, to gain entry into the graduate medical degree, following successful completion of Bachelor of Medical Science degree at CQU.

Provisional Entry students need a GPA of 5.

Path 3: Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (UniSQ)

This provisional medicine pathway enables students with the required ATAR and prerequisite subjects of English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 and 4, C) to gain entry into the graduate medicine degree, following successful completion of Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences degree at UniSQ.

Provisional Entry students need a GPA of 5.

Path 4: Bachelor, Honours, Graduate Diploma, Masters or PhD degree (any degree, any university) 

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

As for Provisional Entry students, Graduate entry students are required to have completed two prerequisite subjects by the end of the year prior to commencement of the Doctor of Medicine degree, being:

  • Cell and Tissue Biology, and

  • Systems Physiology

An additional requirement is that your previous degree must be less than 10 years old. If it's older, you need to complete 1 semester of postgraduate coursework within 10 years of commencing the UQ medicine degree.  

 

 

How selection works

 

The selection criteria for UQ medicine, like most universities includes a second stage interview requirement.

UQ Provisional Entry Students: 

Stage 1: The offer of an interview is based on your UCAT performance (Note UQ do not accept ISAT).

Stage 2: Your UCAT, interview and ATAR results are used to determine who's offered a place in the UQ medicine degree. 

The Stage 1 and Stage 2 processes take place in the same manner as an undergraduate medicine degree (ie prior to commencement at university) with the offer of a medicine place made to take effect in 3 subsequent years.

CQU/UniSQ Provisional Entry Students: 

Stage 1: The offer of an interview is based on your UCAT performance.

Stage 2: Your UCAT (25%) + ATAR (25%) + Interview (50%) results are used to determine who's offered a place in CQU’s Bachelor of Medical Science degree. UCAT (25%) + ATAR (25%) + Interview (50%) results are also assessed to determine offers for UniSQ’s Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences degree. 

Indigenous applicants at CQU are assessed by the Office of Indigenous Engagement.

The Stage 1 and Stage 2 processes take place in the same manner as an undergraduate medicine degree (ie prior to commencement at university) with the offer of a medicine place made to take effect in 3 subsequent years.

Graduate Entry Students: 

Stage 1: Offers of an interview are made based on GAMSAT/MCAT results (50%) plus GPA (50%).

Stage 2: Offers of a place in UQ's medicine degree are based on GAMSAT plus GPA and interview.

The UQ medicine program is significantly regionally based. As a result, UQ also have a tiered offer system for regional training programs in the Central Queensland -Wide Bay and the Darling Downs – South West Medical regions. The tier ranking system works as follows:

Tier 1: Applicants from Central Queensland - Wide Bay or from Darling Downs - South West who have resided in the region for 5 consecutive years, or 10 years cumulatively.

Tier 2: Applicants with a rural background who have resided in any rural location in Australia for 5 consecutive years, or 10 years cumulatively (MM2-7).

Tier 3: Any other interested applicants interested in undertaking their medical studies in regional Queensland.

Regional Queensland applicants are ranked and offered by Tier order, from Tier 1 through to 2 and then 3. Those not selected for a regional Queensland place are considered with Brisbane (metropolitan) applicants.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 University of Queensland's 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 the University of Queensland.