Doctor of Medicine (WA)
School of Medicine
Are you curious about medical research or clinical practice? The Doctor of Medicine of The University of Notre Dame Australia is a four-year postgraduate degree accredited by the Medical Board of Australia on the recommendation of the Australian Medical Council. You will undertake clinical placements in the third and fourth year in various settings, including aged care facilities, public and private hospitals, general practice, and community-based services in urban and rural areas across Australia. Extend your medical career today.
Program information for 2026:
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Why study this degree?
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others? Do you aspire to become a compassionate, competent doctor? Welcome to the University of Notre Dame Australia, where your journey to a rewarding medical career begins.
At the School of Medicine, we are committed to providing an education that not only teaches the science and craft of medicine but also develops passionate and devoted medical practitioners. It is for this reason that our entry requirements are based on so much more than your test scores, with traits such as passion, motivation and purpose highly regarded.
The first two years of your degree are underpinned by Problem Based Learning (PBL) and include the study of basic clinical sciences, population and preventive health, bioethics, therapeutics and more.
Your third and fourth years are clinically based and present the opportunity to explore the different disciplines of medicine such as paediatrics and surgery. You are required to complete eight to nine week discipline-based rotations in a clinical setting and further develop your research skills with a translational research project based in the health sector. There are rural/remote training opportunities and for some students, placement with the Rural Clinical School in third-year.
Essential elements of our Medical postgraduate degree include:
- Access to innovative clinical skills training
- Learning from clinical academics who are experts in their fields
- Aboriginal health, rural and remote placements
- A problem-based learning curriculum delivered in small groups in years one and two
- Clinical placements in both the public and private sector hospitals in years three and four
- A liberal arts education in bioethics
- Applied research project in an area of interest to you
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Program summary
Year One
- Foundations of a Medical Vocation
Year Two
- Foundations of Clinical Practice
Year Three
- Clinical Apprenticeships/ Clinical Apprenticeships in a Rural Setting
- Systematic Research Inquiry
Year Four
- Preparing for Internship
More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.
Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.
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Entry requirements
Admission to the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program is currently only available to Australian citizens, Australian permanent humanitarian visa holders, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.
International students please select international at the top of the page for relevant information on international admission.
Domestic applicants are required to apply for admission via GEMSAS. Full admission requirements will be published in the GEMSAS Guide each year. Applicants should refer to this guide for further details before applying.
Applicants for the Doctor of Medicine will be selected for admission based on the following criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree (recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework or the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition Guide) within the last 10 years, or be in the final year of a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
- GAMSAT
- Grade Point Average
- Casper score from the online Situational Judgement Test (see key dates). For more information on Casper and how to register for the tests, refer directly to https://acuityinsights.app/
- Interview: The School of Medicine uses an online Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format.
As a guide, interview offers for the Doctor of Medicine at Notre Dame Fremantle in 2025 intake had an average GPA and GAMSAT as shown in the table below.
Campus
Interview average
Place offer average
GPA
GAMSAT
GPA
GAMSAT
2024
6.58
64.65
6.58
64.85
2025
6.66
66.10
Please note that interview places also take into account other factors, including Casper and bonus points. Place offers additionally take into account interview scores. Average GPA and GAMSAT scores do not include applicants who were considered on additional criteria including, but not limited to, rurality, and facilitated interview pathway eligibility.
Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT)
The KCRMT commenced in 2025 as a new end-to-end (4 year) medical program for up to 20 students. It is designed to increase access to the MD for students from rural communities and build a future medical workforce, particularly for the Broome / Kimberley, and Pilbara regions, and provide students with the opportunity to complete all their medical training in regional WA. This Rural Training Scheme is only available via the Fremantle Campus. Further information on the Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training can also be found on the Notre Dame website.
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Doctor of Medicine graduates will be able to:
- Provide quality patient-centred care through the application of safe clinical skills and judgment in the context of evidence-based practice
- Apply integrated medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations, and health systems
- Communicate with patients, their families, and their advocates with compassion, respect, and empathy
- Advocate for the health of Aboriginal Peoples* and exercise leadership to reduce inequalities and disparities in health and healthcare delivery in rural, remote, and other under-served populations
- Consider, apply, and evaluate strategies which address and reduce the impact of global health issues on the Australian population
- Work professionally and collaboratively as a member of an interprofessional healthcare team
- Use initiative and self-regulation strategies to address knowledge and skill limitations and commit to lifelong learning, reflective practice and the management of personal health and wellbeing
- Systematically retrieve, critically appraise, evaluate, and synthesise information in health related literature and clinical systems to inform practice
- Engage in research and scholarly inquiry to advance health, health care and health systems
- Appreciate the intrinsic dignity of each human, and exhibit ethical, legal, and professional behaviour in all their actions
- Evaluate the Australian healthcare system in the broader context of governance, and local, national, and international societal values
- Demonstrate leadership in accepting responsibility for health promotion and education of health professionals and the community
- Integrate prevention, early detection, health maintenance and chronic disease management principles into clinical practice
- Apply a high-level knowledge of therapeutic interventions and treatments to ensure safe and quality patient care; and
- Communicate effectively with their profession, their peers, and the wider community.
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Entry pathways
For information regarding alternative entry and facilitated interview pathways, please visit Pathways to Medicine.
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Key dates for Doctor of Medicine 2025 entry
Date Entry Events 1 May 2025 GEMSAS Applications open 5pm AEST/3pm AWST 30 May 2025 GEMSAS Applications close Early September Offers of interviews made Mid September (TBC) Interviews Early November Offers of places made January 2026 (TBC) Classes commence Casper Testing Dates
UNDA MD domestic applicants for the 2024-2025 admissions cycle:- Thursday 20 March - 5:00PM AEDT
- Wednesday 30 April - 7:00PM AEST
- Thursday 22 May - 7:00PM AEST
- Thursday 5 June - 7:00PM AEDT
Please see the GEMSAS website for further details on admission requirements for the Doctor of Medicine.
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Practical component
Clinical Placements and rural work experiences are included in this program.
Students are required to complete:
- MEDI6100 Foundations of a Medical Vocation
- MEDI6200 Foundations of a Clinical Practice
- MEDI6300 Clinical Apprenticeships
- MEDI6400 Preparing for Internship
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Career opportunities
A Doctor of Medicine degree can lead to many career opportunities depending on your area of specialisation or interest. Careers include Medical practitioners, cardiologists, physiologists, obstetricians, gastroenterologists, neurologists, and oncologists.
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Real-world experience
As with all our degrees, the Doctor of Medicine places a strong emphasis on practical training and experiential learning. Throughout the four years of your study you will undertake clinical placements in a variety of settings including aged care facilities, public and private hospitals and general practice.
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Professional accreditation
The Doctor of Medicine (MD) is accredited by the Australian Medical Council as meeting national standards of medical education, permitting graduates to receive provisional registration and become a junior doctor (also known as a doctor-in-training) and enter the medical workforce.
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Scholarships
Scholarships provide financial support to students while they are completing their studies. There are various scholarships available to prospective and current students, across all study levels and campuses.
These can be funded by Notre Dame, industry, individuals and non-profit organisations, to provide financial assistance to students to support costs associated with study. This could include buying food, paying rent, transport, and household bills, raising children as single parents, being a single-income household, becoming unemployed or caring for a sick loved one.
Please visit the Scholarships Finder to see which scholarships are available to Postgraduate students.
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Fees and costs
This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is a place at a university where the Australian Government pays part of your fees. This part is a subsidy, not a loan, and you don’t have to pay it back. However, this subsidy does not cover the entire cost of your study. Students must pay the rest, which is called the ‘student contribution amount’.In a Commonwealth Supported Place, your fees are subsidised by the Australian Government. Your fees will be split into two portions:
The Commonwealth contribution, which is the portion paid by the Australian Government.
The student contribution, which is the portion you pay. You may choose to pay upfront or defer your student contribution with a HECS-HELP Loan. The HECS-HELP loan scheme assists eligible students with the payment of all, or part, of their tuition fees, not including additional study costs such as accommodation or textbooks. Your HECS-HELP debt will be indexed each year in line with the Consumer Price Index.
Eligible students will be offered a CSP – you do not need to apply.
For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.
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More information
Considering your uni options?
Our advisors provide support while choosing a program of study and completing our application process.If you need advice about studying at Notre Dame, the Prospective Students Office can help. Talk to one of our career advisors for a personalised advice session.
Phone: 1800 878 916
Email: future@nd.edu.au
Address: 23 High St, Fremantle, WA 6160
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Why study this degree?
Are you curious about medical research and/or clinical practice? Do you have an innate need to help your fellow human? Or maybe you have a calling to help poorly-serviced communities with special health needs? If so, our Doctor of Medicine degree program has special appeal for you.
At the School of Medicine, we are committed to providing an education that not only teaches the science and craft of medicine, but also develops passionate and devoted medical practitioners. It is for this reason that our entry requirements are based on so much more than your test scores, with traits such as passion, motivation and purpose highly regarded.
The first two years of your degree are underpinned by Problem Based Learning (PBL) and include the study of basic clinical sciences, population and preventive health, bioethics, therapeutics and more.
Your third and fourth years are clinically based and present the opportunity to explore the different disciplines of medicine such as paediatrics and surgery. You are required to complete eight to nine week discipline-based rotations in a clinical setting, and further develop your research skills with a translational research project based in the health sector. There are rural/remote training opportunities and for some students, placement with the Rural Clinical School in third-year.
Essential elements of our Medical postgraduate degree include:
- Access to innovative clinical skills training
- Learning from clinical academics who are experts in their fields
- Aboriginal health, rural and remote placements
- A problem-based learning curriculum delivered in small groups in years one and two
- Clinical placements in both the public and private sector hospitals in years three and four
- A liberal arts education in bioethics
- Applied research project in an area of interest to you
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Program summary
Year One
- Foundations of a Medical Vocation
Year Two
- Foundations of Clinical Practice
Year Three
- Clinical Apprenticeships/ Clinical Apprenticeships in a Rural Setting
- Systematic Research Inquiry
Year Four
- Preparing for Internship
More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions page.
Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.
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Entry requirements for international applicants
International Applicants will be selected for admission based on the following criteria:
- A Bachelor’s degree that has been recognised as equivalent to an Australian Bachelor’s degree, AQF Level 7 and which has been taught and assessed in English within the last 10 years, or to be in the final year of an eligible Bachelor’s degree.
- An overall weighted Grade Point Average of 5.2 or higher on a 7 point scale, calculated from the applicant’s most recent three years of undergraduate study.
- Unweighted GAMSAT Score of at least 50 (in all sections and overall) or overall MCAT score of at least 500.
- The School of Medicine uses a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format, these interviews will be conducted online. For the online version of the MMI, you will be asked several separate interview questions. The interview will be recorded with the use of an online interviewing software tool.
At Notre Dame, we welcome international students to our community and our various campuses across Australia.
For general information about becoming an international student at Notre Dame, please visit International students.
To apply, and for details of required documentation, please see How To Apply: International students.
If you have any questions, contact the International Students Office.How to apply
International applicants for the Doctor of Medicine are required to submit the following*:
- Completed international application form
- Certified copies of academic transcripts
- Certified proof of English language proficiency
- Certified copies of GAMSAT or MCAT results
- Additional documents as outlined in the international application form
*International applicants should apply directly to the University, not through GEMSAS
Applications must be submitted online at www.notredame.edu.au/forms/apply
Contact us
To find out more, visit www.notredame.edu.au or contact the International Office on international@nd.edu.au
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the Doctor of Medicine graduates will be able to:
- Provide quality patient-centred care through the application of safe clinical skills and judgment in the context of evidence-based practice
- Apply integrated medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations, and health systems
- Communicate with patients, their families, and their advocates with compassion, respect, and empathy
- Advocate for the health of Aboriginal Peoples* and exercise leadership to reduce inequalities and disparities in health and healthcare delivery in rural, remote, and other under-served populations
- Consider, apply, and evaluate strategies which address and reduce the impact of global health issues on the Australian population
- Work professionally and collaboratively as a member of an interprofessional healthcare team
- Use initiative and self-regulation strategies to address knowledge and skill limitations and commit to lifelong learning, reflective practice and the management of personal health and wellbeing
- Systematically retrieve, critically appraise, evaluate, and synthesise information in health related literature and clinical systems to inform practice
- Engage in research and scholarly inquiry to advance health, health care and health systems
- Appreciate the intrinsic dignity of each human, and exhibit ethical, legal, and professional behaviour in all their actions
- Evaluate the Australian healthcare system in the broader context of governance, and local, national, and international societal values
- Demonstrate leadership in accepting responsibility for health promotion and education of health professionals and the community
- Integrate prevention, early detection, health maintenance and chronic disease management principles into clinical practice
- Apply a high-level knowledge of therapeutic interventions and treatments to ensure safe and quality patient care; and
- Communicate effectively with their profession, their peers, and the wider community.
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Key dates for Doctor of Medicine 2025 entry
Start Date End Date Application Period 01/02/24 30/11/24 International Student Interview Ranking 01/04/24 30/11/24 International Medicine Panel Interviews 01/04/24 30/11/24 Mini Multi Interviews (MMI) 01/04/24 30/11/24 Rolling Offers 01/05/24 30/11/24 -
Practical component
Clinical Placements and rural work experiences are included in this program. Students are to complete all clinical placements including after-hours work and attend all rural experiences.
Your third and fourth years are clinically-based and present the opportunity to explore the different disciplines of medicine. You will complete discipline-based rotations in a clinical setting.
- Year 3 rotations include: Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, General Practice, Surgery, and Medicine.
- Year 4 rotations include: General Practice, Surgery, Medicine, ICU - Intensive Care, ED - Emergency, and Psychiatry.
Students are required to complete:
- MEDI6100 Foundations of a Medical Vocation
- MEDI6200 Foundations of a Clinical Practice
- MEDI6300 Clinical Apprenticeships
- MEDI6400 Preparing for Internship
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Career opportunities
A Doctor of Medicine degree can lead to many career opportunities depending on your area of specialisation or interest. Careers include General practice, Surgery, Physician, Public health, Medical Education, Medical research, Government departments, Not-for-profit organisations.
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Real-world experience
As with all our degrees, the Doctor of Medicine places a strong emphasis on practical training and experiential learning. Throughout the four years of your study you will undertake clinical placements in a variety of settings, including aged care facilities, public and private hospitals and general practice.
-
Professional accreditation
The Doctor of Medicine (MD) is accredited by the Australian Medical Council as meeting national standards of medical education, permitting graduates to receive provisional registration and become a junior doctor (also known as a doctor-in-training) and enter the medical workforce.
-
Scholarships
Scholarships provide financial support to students while they are completing their studies. There are various scholarships available to prospective and current students, across all study levels and campuses.
These can be funded by Notre Dame, industry, individuals and non-profit organisations, to provide financial assistance to students to support costs associated with study. This could include buying food, paying rent, transport, and household bills, raising children as single parents, being a single-income household, becoming unemployed or caring for a sick loved one.
Please visit the Scholarships Finder to see which scholarships are available to Postgraduate students.
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Fees and costs
Indicative Fee: $81,000
The figure quoted is the indicative annual fee for 2025 for international students. The exact fee for an individual student will depend on the mix of courses studied. All costs and fees are provided in Australian Dollars (AUD$).
All international enquiries should contact the International Students Office on international@nd.edu.au.
This Program has the following loan scheme(s) available for eligible students:
International Full-Fee Paying
Tuition costs depend on an international student’s study load and discipline. Fees are payable each semester at least four weeks prior to the commencement of your program.For indicative fees and information on how to pay, including Government loan schemes and our online calculator, visit our Fees, costs and scholarships page.
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More information
Considering your uni options?
Our advisors provide support while choosing a program of study and completing our application process.International students
If you need advice about studying at Notre Dame, fill out our Make an Enquiry form, and you can book a session with one of our friendly International Student Advisors.Fremantle and Broome International Office
Phone: +61 8 9433 0873
Address: 19 Mouat St, Fremantle, WA 6160
Postal address: PO Box 1225, Fremantle WA 6959Sydney and Melbourne International Office
Phone: +61 2 8204 4229
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