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Medical Schools in Australia: Compare Every Program

All 22 schools and 53 routes into Australian medicine for 2027 entry, from each university's own published rules. The entry game is completely different depending on where you're up to — so pick your door.

In Year 12 / school leaver

Undergraduate medical schools →

Apply straight from school: ATAR + UCAT + interview. Direct entry and provisional pathways with an MD place attached.

21 schools · 30 routes Have / finishing a degree

Postgraduate medical schools →

Graduate-entry MDs after any bachelor: GPA + GAMSAT + interview. Year 12 results aren't in the formula.

16 schools · 23 routes

Or let the matcher do it: where does your profile fit?

Tick your stage, state and strengths — see every program you're eligible for, ranked by how strongly each school's published rules reward you.

New & announced programs

20 verified announcements — CDU Menzies, QUT, Federation/NewMed, UQ–CQU, extra Commonwealth places

Charles Darwin University's CDU Menzies School of Medicine welcomed its inaugural cohort of 42 students (including two First Nations students), with classes beginning 9 February 2026 — the first medical program based in the Northern Territory. — First medical students welcomed to CDU by Prime Minister (C…
The CDU medical program is the Bachelor of Clinical Science Medicine/Doctor of Medicine (course code SMED01), a 5-year full-time undergraduate double degree delivered at the Casuarina campus in Darwin, with 40 Commonwealth Supported Places. — Bachelor of Clinical Science Medicine/Doctor of Medicine (S…
CDU's program will support 40 commencing Commonwealth-supported students per year from 2026, with the Prime Minister stating the school will have 200 domestic medical students by 2030. — First medical students welcomed to CDU by Prime Minister (C…
The CDU Menzies Medical Program received about 1,900 applications for its first intake and is housed in the $30.8 million Centre for Better Health Futures, which includes a simulated emergency department and a 12-bed simulated hospital ward. — First medical students welcomed to CDU by Prime Minister (C…
CDU entry routes: recent school leavers (within 2 years) need ATAR 85+, or current/completed higher-education applicants need GPA 5.0+, plus an interview (about 160 interviewed for 40 places); published subquotas prioritise NT First Nations (40%), NT residents (40%), non-NT First Nations (15%) and rural/remote (5%) applicants. — Bachelor of Clinical Science Medicine/Doctor of Medicine (S…
The Australian Government allocated $24.5 million to establish and operate the CDU Menzies Medical Program, with Australian Medical Council accreditation expected around November 2024 (per CDU's August 2024 update). — Medical program is one step closer (CDU news, 30 Aug 2024)
In February 2025 the federal government committed $48.8 million for additional medical school places — 100 new places per year from 2026, rising to 150 by 2028 — as part of a $617 million primary-care workforce package, with the Opposition pledging to match it. — A welcome investment in medical school places — Medical Dea…
On 24 November 2025, Ministers Mark Butler and Jason Clare announced the Stream A allocation: 100 additional medicine Commonwealth Supported Places per year from 2026, 10 each to Charles Sturt, Flinders, Griffith, Monash, Melbourne, New England, UNSW, Notre Dame Australia, Sydney and Wollongong, chosen via a competitive process prioritising primary-care/GP training. — Albanese Government to fund 100 additional university place…
A Stream B round will allocate a further 50 medical CSPs to bring the total to 150 additional places per year from 2028, with applications expected to open between March and June 2026. — Albanese Government to fund 100 additional university place…
Subject to the passage of legislation, a demand-driven stream will guarantee Commonwealth supported places for First Nations medical students from 2026. — Albanese Government to fund 100 additional university place…
The University of Wollongong confirmed (release dated 28 Nov 2025) it received 10 additional Commonwealth-funded medical places per year under the federal expansion, citing that UOW graduates are 1.8x more likely than other graduates nationally to become GPs. — Additional medical school places to help tackle GP shortage…
The University of New England secured 10 additional medical places annually from 2026 under the same federal Stream A round. — UNE secures 10 medical places in national push for more GPs…
On 31 March 2025, federal Labor announced an election commitment (funded in the 2025-26 Budget) for a new GP-focused medical school at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane — 240 Commonwealth-supported medical students across all year levels (48 new places annually), with first students then slated for 2027. — Strengthening Medicare: Labor delivering a new medical scho…
QUT now advises the first intake for its new medical program will be Semester 1, 2028 for a five-year Bachelor of Medical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine (subject to accreditation), with 48 CSPs per year (240 over five years) and two entry points: direct school-leaver entry to the five-year program, or a three-year graduate-entry Doctor of Medicine. — QUT Medical program — your questions answered (QUT)
On 8 December 2025, Federation University announced a partnership with New Medical Education Australia (NewMed) to launch a School of Medicine offering a four-year graduate-entry Doctor of Medicine, with a first intake planned for 2027 (subject to finalisation of Australian Medical Council accreditation) of approximately 90 full-fee-paying domestic students plus scholarship places, delivered via a distributed model with regional clusters. — Federation University and NewMed to launch groundbreaking m…
In February 2025 the inaugural cohort of the Central Queensland-Wide Bay Regional Medical Pathway — 67 students who completed CQUniversity's Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine) — began the University of Queensland's Doctor of Medicine delivered regionally for the first time, with 33 students in Bundaberg and the remainder in Rockhampton. — First-year medical students welcomed — Bundaberg Now (Bunda…
The CQUniversity-UQ Regional Medical Pathway's undergraduate stage, the Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine), commenced in 2022 with 40 first-round places (20 each at the Bundaberg and Rockhampton campuses) and attracted just under 1,000 applications. — New medical pathway attracts healthy interest — Bundaberg N…
James Cook University's first 'end-to-end' Cairns medicine cohort (about 39-40 students) began in February 2023, making it possible for the first time to complete the entire six-year JCU medical degree in Cairns rather than only the later clinical years. — Cairns Medicine degree begins — JCU media release (March 20…
The University of Sydney announced (18 May 2026) it will become the first Australian university to offer a part-time option for the Doctor of Medicine, starting in 2027 for students entering Year 3 (completed over two academic years), initially at Westmead Clinical School and the Dubbo School of Rural Health, targeting carers, students with disability or chronic illness, and mature-aged students. — University of Sydney to offer part-time medical degree, in …
A UniSQ-UQ 'Darling Downs-South West Medical Pathway' operates in Toowoomba: 27 students were selected for the 2025 intake of the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Medicine Pathway), which on completion (GPA 5.0+) gives direct entry to UQ's Doctor of Medicine delivered by the UQ Rural Clinical School in Toowoomba. — Someone call a doctor: We've got the (medicine) pathway to …

FAQ

How many medical schools are there in Australia?

This dataset covers 22 institutions offering 53 distinct routes for 2027 entry — 30 you can enter from Year 12 and 23 graduate-entry. New programs are also coming — see the announcements above.

Is it easier to get in as an undergraduate or a graduate?

Neither is universally easier — they select on different things (ATAR + UCAT vs GPA + GAMSAT). The better route depends on where your strengths lie — see the undergraduate vs postgraduate guide.

Where do these facts come from?

Each university's own admissions pages, the official GEMSAS guide and state admissions centres — independently re-verified, with "not published" stated rather than guessed. Every school card on the two comparison pages links its primary sources.

General information, not admissions advice — rules change every cycle; confirm with the university before applying.