Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (Indigenous)

Key dates

DateActivity
Early MarchDirect ANU applications open
1 MayGEMSAS applications open
30 MayGEMSAS applications close
30 JuneDirect ANU applications close
Late JulyIndigenous Interviews
AugustIndigenous offers released

These dates are subject to change. Email admissions.smp@anu.edu.au for confirmation. 

Understand the entry requirements

The Doctor of Medicine and Surgery program has identified places available each year to applicants of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage applicants of this background interested in pursuing a career in medicine to apply.

The ANU offers multiple pathways into our postgraduate medicine program for eligible Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants. Some of these pathways do not require students to sit the Graduate Entry Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT).

Applicants through all pathways must provide the completed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Declaration Form, including supporting evidence.

The programs and courses website outlines the award rules for this program. For further details please see below.

English Language Requirements

Applicants must meet the Australian National University's English language requirements for admission to postgraduate coursework programs.

Applicant should be aware that the ANU’s English language requirements differ from the Medical Board of Australia’s English Language requirements. This becomes more significant upon graduation and prior to registering for an internship.
 

Qualification Requirements

Applicants may be eligible to apply under one of the below pathway options:

Standard Indigenous pathway

  • Must sit the GAMSAT and achieve a minimum overall score of 50, with a minimum score of 50 in each section.
  • Must have completed or be studying the final year of a bachelor’s degree at the time of application. The bachelor’s degree must be an AQF Level 7 qualification (at minimum) and comprise of at least three full-time equivalent years (3.0 FTE) worth of study

Current ANU students or ANU Alumni

  • GAMSAT not required
  • Applicants must have completed or be studying the final year of a bachelor degree at the time of application. The bachelor degree must be from the ANU and be an AQF Level 7 qualification (at minimum) and comprise of at least three full-time equivalent years (3.0 FTE) worth of study.
  • Must have successfully completed at least two 6-unit courses at the 2000 and/or 3000 level from the following approved ANU course codes:
    • ANTH
    • BIOL
    • BIAN
    • CHEM
    • EMSC
    • HLTH
    • MEDN
    • NEUR
    • PHYS
    • PSYC

Local Allied Health Professionals

  • GAMSAT not required
  • Applicants must have completed or be studying the final year of an approved allied health degree at the time of application.
  • The degree must be an approved allied health qualification completed at one of the below institution:
    • Australian National University (ANU)
    • University of Canberra (UC)
    • University of Wollongong (UOW)
    • Charles Sturt University (CSU)
    • Australian Catholic University (ACU)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students also considered through other ANU pathway programs, more details available by clicking the Pathways tab above.

Achieve the minimum GPA

Must achieve a minimum weighted GPA of 4.5

For further details about the GPA calculation please read the information under the guidelines tab above.

If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact admissions.smp@anu.edu.au 

Submit an application

Applicants who are applying through a pathway that does not require a GAMSAT result, must apply directly to the ANU.

If you are applying through the standard indigenous pathway which requires a valid GAMSAT result you can apply either directly to the ANU or via GEMSAS.

Please note the respective application opening and closing dates in the key dates section above. 

Provide supporting documentation

As part of your application the following supporting documentation is required:

*All tertiary level study must be declared in the application. For the purpose of University admissions, the withholding of information and the submission of incorrect or misleading information are deemed fraudulent. Action taken in such cases may include cancellation of an application for admissions, withdrawal of an offer of admissions, or cancellation of an enrolment.

** Please check if you meet the requirements to be included as part of our rural background quota. Please read the evidence of rurality document linked above and provide the required documented evidence in your application.

Attend an interview

Selection for interview will take into consideration an applicant’s weighted GPA and GAMSAT score (if applicable).

Receive an offer

Selection for offers will take into consideration an applicant’s interview performance and suitability for medicine, their GPA and GAMSAT score (if applicable).

Successful applicants will be offered a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP)

All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are admitted into the program are automatically considered for a scholarship.

Once you receive an offer, please follow the instructions in the letter to accept your place at ANU.

Get screened and vaccinated

All commencing MChD students are required to meet the mandatory screening and vaccination requirements for the ANU, ACT Health and NSW Health.

If you're offered a place in the MChD program, you will receive the detailed Screening and Vaccination Information Booklet with your offer letter. You must complete and provide evidence for all requirements in the booklet prior to commencing the program. Some of the primary requirements include: