Monash End-to-End Rural Cohorts

Are you passionate about improving health outcomes for rural communities, or curious about exploring a regional medical career? Being part of a Monash End-to-End Rural cohort allows you to complete most of your medical degree in regional Victoria—either in the north west or south east of Victoria.

What are the Monash End-to-End Rural Cohorts?

The Monash End-to-End Rural Cohorts are made up of domestic graduate entry students within the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD). These students undertake their clinical placements as part of one of two rural cohorts.

  • North West Rural Cohort based in the north west, with placements in Bendigo, Mildura and across the Loddon Mallee region, including Swan Hill, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Kyneton, Gisborne and Woodend.
  • Gippsland Rural Cohort (in-take commencing in 2027) based in the south east, with placements across the Gippsland region.

Each year, 35 of the approximately 72 places within the graduate entry MD are set aside for students in the Monash End-to-End Rural cohorts—30 in the North west cohort and five in the Gippsland cohort (intake commencing in 2027).

 

As an End-to-End student, you will complete the Monash graduate entry MD curriculum in rural and regional Victoria.

You will gain invaluable skills in clinical decision-making, patient safety, as well as enhanced research and professional practice skills to improve the health of our communities.

Students undertaking End-to-End rural training have unparalleled access to hands-on clinical skills training with clinicians and experienced educators, and they enjoy a great lifestyle, too.

Study locations

Your first year will be at Monash Rural Health Churchill in Gippsland (Year A).

The next two and a half years of your three years of clinical training are completed in rural and regional hospitals and community-based practices. These are in rural north-west Victoria's Loddon Mallee region or Gippsland region.

During your final clinical training year, which involves a series of six-week placements, you can choose to undertake 18 weeks in metropolitan hospitals.

Explore each year of the End-to-End Rural Cohorts, along with stories from some of our students below:

Eligibility

To be considered for a place in this program, you must be an Australian domestic student.

You must also be currently studying or have completed one of the following degrees through Monash University with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of 70 or above in:

 

Application process

Apply online

Admission procedures, deadlines and requirements are the same for all domestic students applying for a place in the graduate entry MD. Learn more about applying for graduate entry medicine.

Preference the End-to-End Rural Cohorts

Choosing the End-to-End Rural Cohort is a two-step process.

  1. Submit your application for a place in the graduate entry MD by 31 July 2026.
  2. Shortly after the closing date, the Faculty's admissions team will email all applicants with information about how to provide course preferences. All applicants will be required to provide their course preferences by 10 August 2026.

Dean’s Rural List

If you grew up in a regional area, you could be eligible for the Dean’s Rural List, which can help boost your chances of getting an interview for entry into medicine. The same follow-up email will give you details about applying for the Dean's Rural List if you meet these criteria.

Check the key dates on the MD website for more information about this process.

 

Contact us

If you have questions about the Monash End-to-End Rural Cohorts, please contact the Monash Rural Health education team at rural.health@monash.edu

The Monash North West End-to-End Rural Cohort is funded by the Australian Government under the Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network.