Medical schools

Types of medical courses

Medical admissions pathways can be complicated.

There are 3 ways to get into medicine:

Undergraduate entry: studying medicine straight from high school

Provisional entry: studying an undergraduate course with guaranteed entry into medicine afterwards if you maintain high scores

Postgraduate entry: studying another undergraduate course before applying for medicine

Each university has a different application process.

For undergraduate pathways, requirements vary widely between universities, including pre-requisite subjects, minimum ATAR, UCAT, and interview processes.

Provisional entry pathways can be even more complicated. This can be especially stressful for students who are the first in their family to attend university or pursue a health career.

For postgraduate pathways, most universities accept students from any undergraduate degree. Interview offers are usually based on GAMSAT scores and undergraduate marks.

It doesn’t matter whether you enter medicine through an undergraduate, provisional, or postgraduate pathway – everyone becomes a doctor.

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