Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine
Bachelor
Overview
About this course
This qualification allows exceptional students to commence a 3-year undergraduate arts degree followed by the 4-year Doctor of Medicine (MD). Your background in arts will prove invaluable and leave you better prepared for any career in medicine.
Who is it for?
Students who have a broad set of interests, with an underlying passion for health care should complete this double degree as you will have extensive opportunities to explore your passions across this seven-year program.
Structure
What you’ll study
The Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Medicine is a vertically-integrated combined degree that allows you to hone your analytical skills, think independently, and form and articulate judgements based on argument and evidence, and an accredited postgraduate masters-level course in clinical medical training and research.
You will complete a major from the Arts and Social Sciences disciplinary pool, along with a minor or second major from either the disciplinary pool or the shared pool. Additionally, you will complete foundational knowledge units from the Faculty of Science in preparation for the Doctor of Medicine, as well as any elective units needed to make up the required credit points for the degree.
After completing the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts, you will complete the requirements of the Doctor of Medicine as outlined by the Faculty of Medicine and Health.
Costs
Tuition
HK$280,323.91
(international)
Other costs
Bachelor of Arts: A$57,700
Doctor of Medicine: A$93,500
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to this course is on the basis of the following criteria:
- A secondary education qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents). An ATAR of 99.95 or equivalent is required*.
- An assessment process including a written assessment followed by a panel discussion. Eligible domestic applicants will be required to attend the assessment in-person at the University; eligible international applicants will be required to attend the assessment online.
Eligibility
- You are only eligible for admission to the first available course intake following receipt of your final results. If your results are not available in time to be considered for the 2025 intake (ie prior to the issue of invitations to the January 2025 assessment), you may be eligible to apply for the 2026 intake.
- Assessment dates and assessment modes (ie in-person or online) are not negotiable and eligible candidates must attend the first assessment day after the release of their ATAR (or other secondary education qualification) results.
- You must meet the ATAR (or equivalent) to be invited to attend the assessment day.
Language requirements
IELTS
7.0
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 7.0 in each band
TOEFL
96
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 23 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 25 in Writing