Admission to Combined Medicine

• Summary information



• Eligibility



• Application process



• Areas of study

Summary information

*Students are eligible to apply for the Combined Medicine Degree Programs at the first opportunity after graduating high school, regardless of when their results are available.

*ATSI - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

Please visit the important dates for the interview schedule and closing dates for the change of preferences.

Eligibility

The basic admissions criteria for domestic applicants involve performance in:

1. ATAR (or equivalent): To be considered you must have a very high ATAR or equivalent (expected to be 99.95 for 2013 entry for most programs; Music-Med expected to be 99.50)
2. An interview
3. An audition (Music-Medicine applicants only)

International applicants

It is expected that the ATAR will be 99.5 or greater. Non-NSW HSC results are converted to an ATAR equivalence. Please refer to this conversion table for further information. Music Studies/MBBS applicants must also pass an audition/interview required by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music to be considered. Eligible applicants will be contacted by the University of Sydney for interview.

Application process

All domestic applicants must apply through UAC

International applicants must apply through UAC by 28 September 2012 if you are an international fee-paying applicant who is:

• attempting an Australian Year 12 qualification in 2012
• undertaking the New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3 in 2012

You may apply either directly to the International Office or through the NSW University Admissions Centre (UAC) by 28 September 2012 if you are attempting an International Baccalaureate in Australia in 2012.

If you are an international fee-paying applicant undertaking any qualification not listed above, please apply through the University of Sydney's International Office by 28 September 2012.

Short-listed applicants will be interviewed.

Official final results of an applicant's qualification must reach the International Office by 1 January of the year in which the applicant intends to commence the Combined Medical Degree Program.

Indigenous applications must be made through the Cadigal Special Entry Program of the Koori Centre.

Areas of study and progression

In the first three years of study students will undertake studies in their first chosen area (Arts, Commerce, Economics, Music or Science).

Students enrolled in the BA (Adv) (Hons) accelerate into the senior level of the Arts degree and have the opportunity to complete an Honours degree in three rather than the normal four years (for more information see the entry for BA (Advanced) (Honours).

Students are required to complete 3 subjects in the Science Faculty (Biology, Physics and Chemistry).

Students are also required to complete a zero-credit point subject – SMTP3007 during their first degree.
This subject involves students undertaking a one week observational study of their choosing.
Students are required to write and submit a 1000 word report of their experience.
Prior to commencing their placement students are required to comply with Sydney Medical School student requirements for entering NSW Health facilities.

Students must complete the initial Bachelor degree in minimum time and maintain, as a minimum, a credit average in that degree, this being the minimum level of academic performance required for admission to candidature for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

To remain in the combined medicine program students must:

• Complete units of study having a total value of at least 336 credit points
• Maintain a credit average or above in each of the first three years of the program
• Satisfactorily complete a zero credit point unit of study in the first three years of the program
• Satisfactorily complete three subjects in the Science Faculty (Biology Physics and Chemistry)*

*Not applicable to Science-Medicine candidates