Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine Undergraduate (Direct-Entry)

The Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) course is a five-year program of study with direct entry from high school. The first two years are campus based and the final three years are hospital and community based.

The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery is the only Medicine course offered in Victoria where direct entry is available for school-leavers. The five-year undergraduate medical curriculum provides an interdisciplinary program, organised to provide integration of structure and function within the biomedical sciences. In the early years, the basic medical sciences are taught in the context of their relevance to patient care. Later in the course, clinical teaching builds upon and reinforces this strong scientific foundation.

• The MD course at Monash University Clayton Campus is only available to current Year 12 students; or applicants who have completed VCE (or equivalent) within the previous two years and have not commenced tertiary studies.
• Provide additional evidence of your ability to succeed in the course, such as a letter of support from previous work experience undertaken.
• You need to have successfully completed the pre-requisite subjects of English and Chemistry. For students who have not studied Year 12 Biology, the Faculty provides a bridging program.
• The Monash Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) consists of eight sequential interview ‘stations’ plus a possible rest station. At each station the applicant will be interviewed for eight minutes followed by two minutes for scoring and changeover (ie: ten minutes per station) with a ‘circuit’ taking 80 – 90 minutes to complete. Each applicant to be independently assessed by eight trained interviewers taken from a cross section of the medical and general community.