Applications and fees

Last Updated: 31 March 2026

Application Process

The selection process for direct entry medicine at Clayton consists of three equally-weighted components:

  1. ATAR aggregate, including adjustment factors, e.g. Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS);
  2. UCAT ANZ (University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand) total score; and,
  3. Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) performance.

Key Dates - 2027 Entry

3 March - 15 May 2026

Registrations open for 2026 UCAT ANZ

1 July - 5 August 2026

2026 UCAT ANZ test period

2 August 2026

Monash Open Day (Clayton Campus)

3 August - 28 September 2026

Course applications open through VTAC.

Timely applications close at 5pm Monday, 28 September 2026 (Melbourne local time).

2 - 9 October 2026#

On Friday, 2 October 2026 all VTAC applicants will receive an email from the Faculty outlining the application process and instructions to apply for the Dean’s Rural List (DRL).

This will be sent to the email used in your VTAC application. If you have not received an email by 5pm, please check your spam/junk folder before contacting us.

Applications for the DRL will close at 12pm (midday) Friday, 9 October 2026 (Melbourne local time).

9 October 2026

VTAC equity schemes (SEAS) applications close.

December 2026#

First round interviews - Dean's Rural List (DRL)

Open to any student, regardless of location, who qualifies for the DRL.

Selection for interview is based on UCAT ANZ total score only.

Interviews will be held on Zoom on 1 & 2 December 2026.

Invitations will be released on the afternoon of Monday, 12 October 2026. See previous cut-off scores here.

December 2026#

First round interviews - Victorian-based* applicants not on the DRL

* Location is determined based on residential address as provided in your VTAC application at the close of timely applications on 28 September 2026.

Selection for interview is based on UCAT ANZ total score only.

Interviews will be held on Zoom on 8 & 9 December 2026.

Invitations will be released on the afternoon of Wednesday, 14 October 2026. See previous cut-off scores here.

January 2027#

Second round interviews

Open to:

  • Victorian-based* applicants; and,
  • any student, regardless of location, who qualifies for the Dean's Rural List (DRL).

* Location is determined based on residential address as provided in your VTAC application.

Selection for interview is based on an equally-weighted combination of ATAR aggregate (including adjustment factors) and UCAT ANZ total score.

Interviews will be held on Zoom on 4 & 5 January 2027.

Invitations will be released on Monday, 21 December 2026.

January 2027#

Third round interviews

Open to:

  • Year 12 completed interstate or overseas.

Selection for interview will be based on an equally-weighted combination of ATAR aggregate (including adjustment factors) and UCAT ANZ total score.

Interviews will be held on Zoom on 18 & 19 January 2027.

Invitations will be released on the afternoon of Friday, 15 January 2027.

#Dates subject to change

How to apply

All domestic students must apply through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) by the close of timely applications - 5pm, Monday 28 September 2026 (Melbourne local time).

Domestic students should refer to the Medicine program admission requirements to confirm their eligibility before applying.

VTAC Course Codes

Important Note

  • Only applicants with at least one Medicine VTAC code on their preferences at the close of timely applications will be eligible for consideration.
  • Applicants without a Monash Medicine preference at the close of timely applications cannot add a preference for Monash Medicine at a later date.
  • Similarly, any applicant who removes all Monash Medicine preferences after the close of timely applications will not be able to add one back to their preference list, and so will not be eligible to be considered for the course.

Offers

January Round 1 offers will be released by VTAC in mid-January 2027. A smaller number of additional offers will be made in January Round 2, released in late-January 2027, with all applicants considered regardless of when they completed their MMI.

February VTAC round offers will only made to backfill places that become available when applicants who initially accepted an offer in the January rounds later withdraw from the course - historically fewer than 10 places.

For more information on VTAC offer dates, please visit the VTAC website.

Fees and other costs

All domestic applicants are admitted into the program on a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP). More information can be found on the course fees website.

Other expenses domestic students would expect to incur are accommodation, transport and living expenses, plus textbooks and stationery. Read more about cost of living in Melbourne and other study costs.

Indigenous students

The Monash Indigenous Entry Scheme recognises the systemic under representation of Indigenous Australians in higher education and seeks to remedy this.

Indigenous Australian applicants will be exempt from competitive ranking and will instead complete a panel interview. The interview involves meeting with an all-Indigenous panel which includes academics, student engagement staff, and a community member. This panel interview replaces the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) and the University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand (UCAT ANZ). To attend an interview simply fill in this form.

For more information please visit the website or contact med.indigenoushealth@monash.edu.