Key dates for 2026 to start Medicine courses in 2027

Please see the Medical School Entries in the Medicine Admissions Guide for details about:

  • The information sessions they host for prospective applicants.
  • Other Medical School specific dates.
DateEvent
January 2026 Register for the GAMSAT (for details visit ACER's GAMSAT website)
28 February - 1 March and 20-22 March 2026 GAMSAT March testing windows
April 2026 Order academic transcripts if you attended (at any time) a university not participating in Automated Results Transfer System (ARTS). This includes tertiary studies you undertook overseas, including while on exchange or study abroad programs.
early April 2026 Medicine Admission Guide published on the GEMSAS website
early May 2026 Applications open for Medicine at all GEMSAS medical schools
29 May 2026 Applications (including payment) close at 5pm (AEST) for Medicine at all GEMSAS medical schools
By 5pm AEST, 15 June 2026

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 Medicine Admissions Guide for dates. Due dates may vary for some medical schools
By 5pm AEST, 15 July 2026 Due date to upload academic transcripts for studies undertaken in 2026 at universities that don’t use the Automated Results Transfer System (ARTS). The transcript should include results for subjects you took in the first-half of 2026, and list the subjects you’re planning in undertake in the second half of 2026
early September 2026

Interview offers released

Notification also sent to applicants unsuccessful in receiving an interview offer
September/October 2026 Interviews held. See the Medical School entries in the Medicine Admissions Guide for interview details
end of October/early November 2026

Release of place offers to start Medicine courses in the following year

The email will include advice about how to accept or decline the offer and enrol in the course, and the associated deadlines
COB 23 December 2026 Due date for applicants offered a place by mid-December 2026 to start a Medicine course in 2027 to meet any offer conditions (e.g. to meet place offer conditions, applicants who were studying in 2026 may need to provide final subjects results and/or show they’ve successfully completed their course)
November 2026/December 2026/January 2027 Additional place offers made to fill vacancies in Medicine courses
Late January 2027/February 2027 Most GEMSAS Medical School courses start in late January or February. See the Medical School entries in the Medicine Admissions Guide or their website, or course place offer emails, for details