Important Dates - Domestic applicants

Last Updated:: May 2020

NOTE: The Faculty is continuing to monitor the changing coronavirus situation so any changes to this will be communicated. Keep checking this page and our updates page to stay up-to-date.

Application and Interview timeline for domestic medicine applicants

2021 Entry
2nd March  - 11 May

Registration for UCAT is open at UCAT ANZ and book your testing venue, date and time.

1st July - 31 July

Sit the UCAT test at your nominated date, time and venue.

August

Digital Open Day on 29, 30 & 31 August 2020.

September

Apply through VTAC - by 30th September 2020 at 5pm (including Scholarships and SEAS applications).
Telephone: 1300 364 133 Web: www.vtac.edu.au

IMPORTANT NOTE: Applicants who wish to be considered for Medicine at Monash in 2021 MUST apply to VTAC by the close of timely applications. Only those applicants who include at least one Medicine code in their preferences at this time will be considered. If you remove Medicine from your preferences after the closing of applications, you cannot add it back to your preferences and you will no longer be eligible to be considered.

  • Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) - VTAC code: 2800311231
  • Extended Rural Cohort (ERC) - VTAC code: 2800311261
  • Bonded Medical Place (BMP) - VTAC code 2800311251

UCAT results released.  If you have not sat the UCAT test this year, you will not be eligible to apply for medicine for the 2021 intake.

October

Week commencing 12 October 2020  - eligible applicants, those who have sat the UCAT this year and have one of the medicine courses as a preference, will receive an email from the Faculty.

At this time applicants will be invited to apply for the Dean’s Rural List and Dean’s Indigenous List. Applications for DRL will close on 6th November 2020 at 5pm.  Applicants will not receive any correspondence regarding the outcome of their DRL application from the University.

NOTE: It is the applicants' responsibility to regularly check their email including their SPAM and TRASH folders. Please do not contact the Faculty Admission Unit unless you have thoroughly checked your emails.

December / January / February

All interviews will be held online via Zoom

  • Week commencing 2 December 2020 - Invitations for an interview** to be sent (subject to change)
  • 15, 16 & 17 December 2020** - Medicine interviews (MMI)
  • 30 December 2020 - Year 12 results released in Victoria.
  • 6  & 7 January 2021 - further Medicine interviews (MMI) if required.
  • 20 & 21 January 2021 - interstate & New Zealand interviews

Important Notes Regarding the Interviews:

  • Interviews are scheduled at the discretion of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
  • **Due to COVID-19 and VCE results late released date, December interviews (only) will be based on an applicant's UCAT total score.
  • Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview via email and will be required to log in to an online system to self-allocate a time to attend. Once the system closes, changes will not be permitted and late requests cannot be accommodated.
  • Applicants should make themselves available for all published dates if they wish to remain eligible for Medicine at Monash.
  • There are no other options available for interview, all interviews are using the MMI format.
  • Only those applicants who attend an interview will remain eligible for an offer.