Tier 1 applications
Applications close Thursday 31 October 2024
The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training is a Commonwealth funded, end-to-end, rural graduate medical training pathway based on the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Broome Campus.
This is Western Australia’s first fully regionally based medical school, and one of the most remote full medical programs in the world.
Designed to increase access to postgraduate medical qualifications for students from rural communities, the training centre will also build a future medical workforce for the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.
"This is a game-changing resource for the whole region. The benefits it will bring to an area suffering from a lack of doctors are unimaginable."
Professor Rathan Subramaniam, Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Health Sciences
Applicants to this rural training scheme will be considered on a three-tiered system, with priority given to students from the region, First Nations, equity and remote backgrounds.
Please familiarise yourself with the selection criteria for each tier below before submitting your application.
Applications close Thursday 31 October 2024
Applications close Wednesday 31 July 2024
Interviews date to be advised
Offer letter issuance date to be confirmed
The training centre will select up to 26 students to commence the Doctor of Medicine program in Semester 1 2025.
Applicants are ranked for interviews and offers based on tier order (Tier 1 > Tier 2 > Tier 3) and ranked order within each tier based on interview score applicable to their assigned tier (50%) and interview (50%).
Please note that interview invitations and offers are sent to the email address provided in your application. If no acceptance is received from an applicant within the stipulated timeframe, the offer will no longer be valid.
Applicants must be residents of the Kimberley or Pilbara regions for at least five years consecutively or 10 years cumulatively. Applicants who meet the Tier 1 eligibility criteria will have the following admission requirements waived:
All applications for Tier 1 must be submitted directly to the University of Notre Dame Australia. Applicants meeting the eligibility criteria for Tier 1 who have a valid GAMSAT and meet the 10-year rule requirements can still apply via GEMSAS by indicating their interest in the rural training scheme in the application form.
Application dates: Wednesday, 1 May 2024 - Thursday, 31 October 2024
Interview invitations: Tier 1 applicants are ranked within their tier based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, Equity applicants, and all other applicants
Tier 1 applications are now closed
Applicants must meet one of the following two criteria:
Applicants for Tier 2 must apply via GEMSAS. A valid GAMSAT, Casper and meeting the 10-year rule is a requirement for this tier.
Please note that preferencing a place for the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus may be taken into account when ranking applicants for interview and/or place offers for the rural training scheme.
Application dates: Wednesday, 1 May 2024 - Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Interview invitations: Tier 2 applicants are ranked within their tier based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, and the standardised results of the combined GAMSAT, GPA, Casper and bonus points, weighted 30:30:30:10.
Tier 2 applications are now closed
Non-rural and/or non-Western Australian residents.
Applicants for Tier 3 must apply via GEMSAS. A valid GAMSAT, Casper and meeting the 10-year rule is a requirement for this tier.
Please note that preferencing a place for the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus may be taken into account when ranking applicants for interview and/or place offers for the rural training scheme.
Application dates: Wednesday, 1 May 2024 - Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Interview invitations: Tier 3 applicants are ranked within their tier based on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants, and the standardised results of the combined GAMSAT, GPA, Casper and bonus points, weighted 30:30:30:10.
Tier 3 applications are now closed
An assured pathway into Notre Dame’s postgraduate Doctor of Medicine is available for up to 40 high-achieving school leavers, nationally, who meet the admission requirements for our Bachelor of Biomedical Science — Assured Pathway or the Bachelor of Advanced Biomedical Science (Honours) — Assured Pathway to MD.
The assured pathway places in the Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training will be allocated to high school leavers from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.
Where students receive admission via an assured pathway, a place in the Doctor of Medicine (Sydney, Fremantle or Broome at the Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training) is conditional on the successful completion of the University’s Bachelor of Biomedical Science or Bachelor of Advanced Biomedical Science (Honours), meeting a prescribed minimum GPA.
Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 each semester throughout their undergraduate degree in order to be eligible to apply for the Doctor of Medicine program.
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For further information on the pathways, tiers and entry requirements, please visit Pathways to Medicine
Or contact our Fremantle Prospective Students Office:
Email: future@nd.edu.au
Phone: 1800 878 916
Address: 23 High St, Fremantle, WA 6160
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