Course Place Offers and Quotas

Types of course places

A successful GEMSAS application may result in an offer of one of the following place types:

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)

A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government. You pay a student contribution toward the cost of your course.

Full Fee Places

A full-fee place is not subsidised. You are responsible for paying the full cost of your course.

Bonded Medical Places (BMP)

The Bonded Medical Program is a Commonwealth initiative designed to address workforce shortages, particularly in rural and remote areas.

Students in a BMP commit to working in eligible locations after graduation.

BMPs are available to:

Australian citizens
Permanent residents of Australia
Australian permanent humanitarian visa holders

If you have previously held a BMP, you must have met all obligations (including any repayments) before you can be offered a CSP or BMP through GEMSAS. Check your eligibility before applying.

Further information is available on the Australian Government Department of Health website.

Indicating your preferences

In your GEMSAS application, you will select (and for some schools, rank) the types of places you are willing to accept for each school.

To maximise your chances of receiving an offer, you should consider selecting all place types. Limiting your selection reduces the available places that can be offered to you.

How offers are allocated

Medical schools allocate places based on ranked applicant lists and quotas for each place type (typically CSP, BMP, then full-fee where applicable).

Selection for interview and place offers may consider:

GAMSAT performance
GPA
Interview performance
Additional application requirements (if applicable)
Casper test results (if required)
Eligibility for adjustments or bonuses

Each medical school applies these criteria differently. Refer to the individual entries in the Medical Schools Admissions Guide for details.

Offer rounds

Main offers are released in late October to early November
Additional offers may be made from late November to January if places remain

If you do not receive an offer, you will be notified. Unsuccessful applicants are automatically considered for any additional offers in the same intake and may reapply in future intakes.

The table below provides an outline on how each Medical School manages their place offers:

Medical School	Place Offer Details
Australian National University (ANU)	ANU will allocate place types based on the ranking of the applicant and their preferences.
Deakin University	Applicants may specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. You will not be considered for a type of place that you have not listed. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP and BMP, with the most highly ranked applicants being offered CSP places and so on down the merit order until all vacancies are filled.
Griffith University	Applicants must specify the types of places they wish to be considered for in your preferred order. You must also note your preference (1 and 2 or no preference) for the Gold Coast campus and the Sunshine Coast Health Institute teaching location. Allocations will be according to applicant rank and preferences, however your preference is not guaranteed.
Macquarie University	All places are Full-Fee paying and will be allocated based on the ranking of the applicant.
The University of Melbourne	Applicants may specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. You will not be considered for a type of place that you have not listed, however no consideration is given to the order of preferred offer types listed when offers are made. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP, BMP, and FEE, with the most highly ranked applicants being offered CSP places and so on down the merit order until all vacancies are filled. It is important that applicants who are not in a position to pay for a full fee (FEE) paying place DO NOT list this type of place in their application for the University of Melbourne. Once an applicant is offered a FEE place it is not possible to swap into a CSP or BMP. Students who enrol in a FEE place are ineligible to apply for a CSP in a subsequent application year whilst enrolled in a FEE place.
The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Fremantle, KCRMT, Broome and Sydney)	Applicants must specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. You will not be considered for a place you have not selected. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP first, BMP second (Fremantle and Sydney) and Full-Fee third (Sydney campus only), with the most highly ranked applicants being offered CSP places and so on down the merit order until all vacancies are filled. It is important that applicants who are not in a position to pay for a full fee (FEE) paying place DO NOT list this type of place in their application for The University of Notre Dame Australia. Once an applicant is offered a FEE place it is not possible to swap into a CSP or BMP.
The University of Queensland	Applicants may specify the types of places they wish to be considered for, however no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the order of CSP first and BMP second.
The University of Western Australia	Applicants may specify the types of places they wish to be considered for, however no consideration is given to preferred offer type when offers are made. Offers will be made in the following order: CSP then BMP.
The University of Wollongong	Applicants must specify the types of places they wish to be considered for. You will not be considered for a type of place that you have not listed. Rural End-to-End places will be allocated first, with remaining places allocated evenly across Medical Education tracks. You must also note your willingness to be allocated to a specific campus.

Medical School Quotas

Each medical school has a set number of places available for domestic applicants (Australian citizens, permanent residents, and New Zealand citizens).

These quotas include:

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)
Bonded Medical Places (BMP)
Full-fee places (available at Macquarie University, University of Melbourne, and University of Notre Dame Sydney only)

Most medical schools are required to allocate at least 25% of their Commonwealth Supported Places to applicants from a rural background.

Rural quotas may be filled across different place types and are not limited to bonded places.

Quotas for 2027 are expected to be:

School places	CSP	BMP CSP	Other	Total
Australian National University	63*	26*	Up to 30* international Approximately 40 of the available places are reserved for students who have come through an ANU undergraduate pathway program Places for Indigenous students are uncapped and may be offered in addition to the indicative CSP/BMP cap	119
Deakin University	100^	45^	Up to 15 international* ^ 30 places are reserved for the Rural Training Stream (CSP and BMP CSP, subject to rankings) in addition to the minimum 25% requirement	160
Griffith University	148*	60*	Up to 35 international 80 Medical Science Pathway including 20 students from University of Sunshine Coast B Medical Science (28.5% are BMP places) included in total CSP and BMP places	233
Macquarie University	N/A	N/A	60 full-fee 20 international	80
The University of Melbourne	179*	71*^	Up to 45 domestic full-fee* 60 international full-fee* Guaranteed Entry (no quota) ^Indigenous MD Student Entry Pathway (no quota) ^32 places are reserved for MD Rural Pathway applicants who apply outside of GEMSAS and 39 places will be allocated via the GEMSAS application process	355*
The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Fremantle)	80*	32*	Up to 15 international full-fee* Includes assured and priority pathways Places for Indigenous students are uncapped and may be offered in addition to the indicative CSP/BMP cap	127
The University of Notre Dame, Australia (Sydney)	43*	17*	Up to 57 domestic full-fee* Up to 35 international full-fee* Includes assured and priority pathways Places for Indigenous students are uncapped and may be offered in addition to the indicative CSP/BMP cap	149
The University of Queensland	107*	43*	190* international (including UQ-Ochsner) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pathways (no set quota)	340*
The University of Western Australia	74*	29*	40 international	143
The University of Wollongong	67*	27*	37 unbonded CSP* 27 bonded CSP (BMP)* 30 CSP (rural end-to-end)* 15 international	109

These quotas are indicative only and are subject to change

Key course offer information

If you decline a course offer or allow it to lapse, you will not be considered for another offer in that intake. You may reapply in a future year.

Conditional offers

You may receive a conditional offer. This means you must meet specific requirements before your offer becomes firm. These may include:

Providing final academic results
Confirming completion of your qualifying degree
Maintaining a minimum GPA

For some universities, you must either:

Authorise the release of your completion data to GEMSAS, or
Upload an official academic transcript confirming completion by 5:00pm 23 December 2026

Withdrawing or declining

If you wish to withdraw your application or decline an interview or course offer, notify the GEMSAS Support Team and the relevant medical school as soon as possible. This allows offers to be made to other applicants without delay.

Applicants that decline the course place offer, or let the offer lapse, cannot be considered for another place in that selection intake. Applicants can reapply in a subsequent year.