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If your application meets the required criteria to study at UNSW Medicine, you may be selected for an interview with us.
Interviews are offered based on your selection rank and UCAT ANZ overall score. Interviews are offered to applicants with the highest combined ranking in these two areas. Your results won’t be averaged. You must receive sufficiently high marks on both selection criteria to be successful at this stage. There are approximately 500 interview places for local applicants each year.
Interviews are structured and cover a wide range of relevant topics. There will be two interviewers who are either academic staff, medical practitioners or community representatives.
If you’re shortlisted, you must be available to attend an interview in Sydney in person during the interview period, which is listed in Important Dates. Applicants who can’t attend their interview won’t progress further. Selected information from your application form will be shared with your interviewers before your interview.
Year 12 Students
If you're applying to study based on your NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) results, you'll require an ATAR of 96.00 to be eligible for consideration.
The minimum requirements for other secondary results are:
Applicants with EAS points still need to meet the minimum selection criteria before an EAS application is considered.
University Students and Graduates
If you've completed at least one year of university study at the end of the year prior to your desired commencement in the Medicine program, you'll be assessed on both your secondary school results and university study results. These results are combined at a ratio of 50:50. You'll require an academic rank of 96.00 or above to be considered.
If you've completed less than 0.75 of full-time equivalent university study by the end of the year at the time of your application to UNSW Medicine, you'll be assessed on your final secondary school qualification only.
When selecting applicants to proceed to the interview stage, we consider the overall UCAT ANZ score.
The University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand (UCAT ANZ) is a two-hour computer-based test. The test assesses a range of abilities through five separately timed sub-tests. You'll be tested on Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning and Situational Judgement, each containing several multiple-choice questions.
There is no minimum UCAT ANZ requirement, but it is expected that applicants must reach the 50th percentile to proceed to the interview stage of the application process. The Situational Judgement mark from the UCAT ANZ will not be considered.
If you have or expecting to receive a medical interview offer for UNSW Medicine then you should consider:
Enrolling into Medical Interview training workshop. Register and secure your spot as NIE only accepts a small number of students per session.
2 March 2020 |
Registration for UCAT ANZ opens |
1 April 2020 |
Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) applications open |
1 April 2020 |
The Medicine Application Portal (MAP) opens |
11 May 2020 |
On-time registration deadline for UCAT ANZ |
1-31 July 2020 |
UCAT ANZ testing dates |
5 September 2020 |
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30 September 2020 |
Last day to lodge on-time application with UAC |
30 September 2020 |
Last day to submit UNSW Medicine application through the Medicine Application Portal (MAP) |
TBC |
Last day to submit UNSW SCATS application (only if applicable) |
18 December 2020 |
ATAR released on UAC website |
18 December 2020 |
Interview invitations for the December interview round are e-mailed to NSW/ACT applicants |
18-23 December 2020 |
Interviews (NSW/ACT applicants) - main interview round If you are a Lateral Entry Scheme applicant, you will be interviewed on 18 December 2020. |
3 January 2021 |
The absolute deadline to include the UNSW Medicine program (UAC course code 482000) as a UAC preference (if possible, include us as a preference from early December 2020) |
8 January 2021 |
January Round 1 offers released via UAC |
TBC |
Interview invitations for the 14 January interview round are e-mailed to NSW/ACT applicants |
14 January 2021 |
Interviews (NSW/ACT applicants) If you are a NSW/ACT applicant and we were unable to consider you for the December interview round because your results were not available on-time, then we will consider your application again for this interview round. |
21 January 2021 |
January Round 2 offers released via UAC |
tbc |
Interview invitations for the 28 January interview round are e-mailed to interstate/overseas applicants |
28 January 2021 |
Interviews (interstate/overseas applicants) |
4 February 2021 |
February Round 1 offers released via UAC |
15 February 2021 |
Commencement of Year 1 |
Applicants are offered an interview on the basis of the combination of their ATAR (or ATAR equivalent) and UCAT ANZ marks. Interviews are offered to the highest combined ranking applicants until all interview places have been filled (we usually interview approximately 450 local applicants each year). The overall ranking is not an average, thus to be invited for an interview, one must obtain high ranks on all selection tools – a high rank on one selection tool cannot compensate for a low rank on another.
Interviews are structured and cover a wide range of relevant issues. There will be two interviewers drawn from academic staff, medical practitioners and community representatives. All shortlisted applicants must be available to attend an interview in Sydney during the set interview period. Applicants who are unable to attend their interview on the relevant date will not be considered further.
The minimum achievements required to be considered for an interview are as follows:
The minimum achievements are:
ATAR of 96.00 (NSW, ACT, VIC, SA, NT, WA, TAS)
OP3 (QLD)
37 International Baccalaureate
Please check the Undergraduate Entry Table for minimum achievements in secondary certificates not listed above
*Note: The figures in this table are applicable to international students only and should be considered as an approximation only. Domestic applicants with other qualifications should use the Qualifications Assessments Service.
University students and graduates
Applicants who will have completed one year or more of tertiary studies at an undergraduate level by the end of the year preceding their start in the Medicine program will be assessed on the basis of both high school results (ATAR or ATAR equivalent) and tertiary study results, combined at a 50:50 ratio. Applicants will be required to attain an academic rank of at least 96.00.
Applicants who will have completed less than 0.75 full-time equivalent study at tertiary level by the end of the year preceding their start in the Medicine program will be assessed only on the basis of their high school qualification (see “Year 12 students” above).
Selection process
Your offer to study at UNSW Medicine will be based on three selection criteria:
Applicants are ranked using these three selection criteria. Offers for study in the medicine program are offered to applicants with the highest rank determined by all measures. Scores aren’t averaged, a high score in one area won’t compensate for a low score in another.
Email NIE to discuss the preparation strategies for the styles and structure of the interview questions at the University of New South Wales. UNSW medicine interview questions. UNSW medicine interview dates, or visit the university's website for complete information about admission into Medicine at the UNSW or read about Medical Program at UNSW.
Still unsure how to apply for UNSW Medicine? View UNSW Medicine Undergraduate Guide (page 76)
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