Academic Eligibility Requirements

To be considered for the GEMSAS graduate-entry Medicine courses, you must have completed, or be in the final year of, a three-year full-time equivalent (FTE) bachelor or honours degree in any discipline.

  • The degree may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.
  • If you are in your final year at the time of application, any offer will be conditional on completing the three-year FTE degree.
  • GEMSAS does not give preference to any particular field of study. Applicants from all academic backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

If you do not meet the three-year FTE requirement, and instead hold or are undertaking one of the following, you should check the Medical Schools Admissions Guide to confirm whether you meet minimum academic requirements for individual schools:

  • Two-year degree
  • Three or four-year embedded degrees
  • Graduate-entry programs
  • One-year conversion degrees
  • Graduate coursework or research degrees (with prior completion of a three-year FTE Bachelor degree)

Australian undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications must be awarded by a Commonwealth-accredited institution listed by TEQSA. 

Overseas qualifications

Overseas qualifications must be recognised as comparable to an Australian bachelor or postgraduate degree by the Australian Department of Education (DE) (formerly AEI-NOOSR) or UK ENIC (formerly UK NARIC).

Your qualification will be assessed for equivalency after you submit your GEMSAS application. GEMSAS does not provide pre-application assessments.

Am I eligible to apply via GEMSAS based on my academic history?

To be considered for a place in a medicine course, you must meet the minimum eligibility requirements.

These requirements may include:

  • The duration, level and recency of your qualifications
  • English language proficiency
  • Minimum Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) results

Eligibility requirements vary by medical school. Before applying, check the individual medical school entries in the Medical School Admissions Guide to confirm you meet their specific criteria.