Application Process
1. Applicants must first submit a Registration of Interest form online.
2. Applicants must complete a RSES 2010 Application Form which includes the following:
- A 500 word essay on involvement in community activities
- A complete list of home and school addresses since the age of five (Tables 1 and 2)
- Undergraduate and postgraduate applicants must complete additional information (Table 3)
3. Lodge application for the 2009 ACER
Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT).
4. Apply to the
Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)
Students should also read "
Applying to the Undergraduate Medicine Program" on the Faculty of Medicine Website.
On time RSES applications have now closed. Last day to submit a late application for a January interview is the 30th October 2009. Please see the table below.
| Now available | Complete Registration of Interest form
Complete RSES application form
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| 5 June 2009 | Last day to lodge application for UMAT with ACER. For more information on UMAT, telephone (03) 9277 5757 or visit
http://umat.acer.edu.au/
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| 29 July 2009 | Sit UMAT exam (refer to UMAT website )
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31 July 2009
Extended to the 14th August | Last day to lodge online Registration of Interest form with UNSW Medicine
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31 July 2009
Extended to the 14th August | Last day to lodge the RSES 2010 Application Form to be considered for main round interviews.
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| September 2009 | Applicants offered a main round interview are contacted via email
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| 30 September 2009 | Last day to lodge an on time application with Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)
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| 28 September -2nd October 2009 | Dates for main round interviews
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| 30 October 2009 | Last day to lodge Late Application to be considered for final round of interviews in January 2010
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| 11 December 2009 | Last Day to submit category preferences with UNSW Medicine
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| 17-18 December 2009 | Applicants offered a final round interview are contacted via email
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| 6-7 January 2010 | Dates for final round interviews
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| 20 January 2010 | Anticipated date of main round offers are released (via UAC )
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| 25 January 2010 | Interviews for Interstate applicants
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| February 2010 | Late round offers are released (via UAC )
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| 1 March 2010 | Commencement of Year 1 of the Medicine program
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Late Applications
Applicants who submit either the Registration of Interest form and/or the RSES 2010 Application Form after 14th August 2009 will not be considered for the main round of interviews. Applications received after this date may be considered for the final round of interviews (Late application closing date 30 October 2009)
Note: The number of applicants interviewed in January is substantially less than in the main round of interviews in September.
Please ensure that you include in your application form an email address that DOES not expire in 2010, please do not include a school email address