Key Dates for 2024 – entry in 2025

22 January – Standard registrations for GAMSAT close

9 – 10 March and 22 – 24 March – GAMSAT testing window

April – Order academic transcripts if you attended (at any time) a university not participating in ARTS. This includes exchange studies

early April – Medicine, Dentistry and Optometry Admissions Guides published on the GEMSAS website

early May – Applications open for Medicine at all GEMSAS medical schools and for Dentistry and Optometry at the University of Melbourne

31 May – Applications close at 5pm (AEST) for Medicine at all GEMSAS medical schools and for Dentistry at the University of Melbourne

17 June – Supporting documents uploaded and/or emailed to the relevant email address for academic, school specific and rurality claims.

  • Uploaded, includes a scanned copy of your original academic transcripts and English Language Competency documentation, if required.
  • Emailed, includes documents in support of rurality claims and school-specific claims e.g. Deakin adjustments (bonuses).

Please check the Admissions guide for dates for some school documentation as these may vary

31 July – Applications close at 5pm (AEST) for Optometry at the University of Melbourne 

early September – Offers of interviews for Medicine are released

September/October – Medicine interviews held

end of October/early November – Offers of places for Medicine are released

early November – Offers of places for Dentistry at the University of Melbourne are released

November – Offers of places for Optometry at the University of Melbourne are released 

November/December 2024/January 2025 – Additional offers made to fill vacancies