List of medical schools in Australia

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Medical education in Australia is provided by the medical schools and faculties of various universities, accreditation for which is provided by the Australian Medical Council (AMC). The admission to undergraduate courses require University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT), and postgraduate medical courses require Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) or Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).

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Current medical schools

State/territorySchoolCityEst.First ClassCurrent Degree(s)Previous Degree(s)NotesAdmissions Test
Australian Capital Territory Australian National University Canberra 2004MChD MBBS http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au GAMSAT/MCAT
New South Wales Sydney Medical School Camperdown, Sydney 1883 [1] 1888 [1] MD MBBS http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/ GAMSAT/MCAT
New South Wales University of New South Wales Kensington, Sydney 1960 [2] 1967 [3] BMed/MD [4] MBBS http://med.unsw.edu.au/ UCAT
New South Wales Western Sydney University Campbelltown, Sydney 20072011BClinSci/MDMBBS https://westernsydney.edu.au/medicine UCAT
New South Wales University of Wollongong Wollongong 2006 [5] 2007MDMBBS http://smah.uow.edu.au/medicine/index.html GAMSAT/MCAT
New South Wales University of Newcastle
University of New England 		Newcastle
Armidale 		1978
2008 [6] 		1982 (BMed at UoN) [7]
2012 (BMed — Joint Medical Program at UoN & UNE)		BMedSc/MD [8] BMed [9] http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/medprac-pop/
http://www.une.edu.au/about-une/academic-schools/school-of-rural-medicine 		UCAT
New South Wales University of Notre Dame School of Medicine, Sydney Darlinghurst, Sydney 2008 [10] [11] 2011 [12] MDMBBS http://www.nd.edu.au/sydney/schools/medicine GAMSAT/MCAT
New South Wales Macquarie University School of Medicine Sydney 2018MDMBBS https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/medicine-and-health-sciences/macquarie-md GAMSAT/MCAT
New South Wales Charles Sturt University School of Rural Medicine Orange ?BClinSci/MD? https://study.csu.edu.au/courses/doctor-medicine UCAT
Queensland Bond University Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine Gold Coast 2005 [13] 2009 [14] BMedSt/MDMBBS http://www.bond.edu.au/hsm/ Psychometric Test [15]
Queensland Griffith University School of Medicine Southport, Gold Coast

Birtinya, Sunshine Coast 		2004 [16] 2008 [16] MDMBBS https://www.griffith.edu.au/griffith-health/school-medicine-dentistry GAMSAT/MCAT
Queensland James Cook University School of Medicine and Dentistry Cairns, Townsville 2000 [17] 2005 [17] MBBS— https://www.jcu.edu.au/college-of-medicine-and-dentistry —
Queensland University of Queensland School of Medicine Herston, Brisbane 1936 [18] MDMBBS https://medicine.uq.edu.au/ GAMSAT/MCAT/UCAT
South Australia University of Adelaide Medical School Adelaide 1885 [19] BMedSt/MDMBBS http://health.adelaide.edu.au/medicine/ UCAT
South Australia Flinders University School of Medicine Adelaide 1974 [20] BClinSci/MD, MDBMBS http://www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/ GAMSAT/UCAT/MCAT
Tasmania University of Tasmania School of Medicine Hobart 1965 [21] BMedSc/MDMBBS http://www.medicine.utas.edu.au/ UCAT/MCAT
Victoria Melbourne Medical School Parkville, Melbourne 1862MD [22] BMedSc/MBBS http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/ GAMSAT/MCAT
Victoria Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Clayton, Melbourne 19581966BMedSc/MDMBBS (Hons) http://www.med.monash.edu.au/ —
Victoria Deakin University School of Medicine Geelong 20082011MDBMBS https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/doctor-medicine GAMSAT/MCAT
Western Australia University of Notre Dame School of Medicine, Fremantle Fremantle 20052008 [23] MDMBBS http://www.nd.edu.au/fremantle/schools/medicine/medfreo.shtml GAMSAT/MCAT
Western Australia University of Western Australia School of Medicine Perth 1956 [24] MDMBBS https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/medicine GAMSAT/MCAT/UCAT
Western Australia Curtin University Curtin Medical School Bentley 2017MBBS— http://healthsciences.curtin.edu.au/schools-and-departments/curtin-medical-school/ UCAT/CASPER

Proposed medical school

State/territorySchoolCityEst.First ClassCurrent Degree(s)Previous Degree(s)NotesAdmissions Test
Northern Territory Charles Darwin University [25] Darwin 2025 or 2026

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