Rural Student Entry Scheme

Online applications for the Rural Student Entry Scheme are now OPEN

The Rural Student Entry Scheme to Medicine (RSES) was first introduced in 1997. Applicants with a significant rural background compete for a separate entry quota of 25% of the Medicine cohort. Applicants must meet certain criteria (listed below) to be eligible for the scheme. RSES is designed for high school students and people who are currently undertaking or have completed a university degree.

Please note, the RSES is an entry scheme to Medicine. Students who enter Medicine through the RSES study the same Medicine program as students who have come through general entry.

Applicants for a place in Medicine through the RSES must carefully read and understand the Faculty of Medicine Policy on Allocation of Students to Clinical Environments. This policy sets out the obligations of RSES students in terms of allocation to Rural Clinical Settings. Please read the policy taking particular note of section 7.

These criteria represent the minimum requirements for selection for 2013. They do not guarantee an interview; applicants selected for interview will be dependent on the quality of the applications for that year.

Please note:
* Applicants must choose to apply through the Rural Student Entry Scheme OR through General Entry, you cannot apply for both.
* Applicants do not have to re-apply to be considered for the second round of interviews in January.

• For applicants completing high school, a minimum ATAR of 91.00 in the NSW HSC, or equivalent in other states.
• For applicants who have partially completed or completed a university degree, a minimum of the equivalent ATAR of 91.00 when the ATAR and tertiary results are combined (ATAR and tertiary results are combined in the ratio of 50:50). Applicants are assessed on results from ALL years (including honours year) of their current degree and/or any other degree they have undertaken whether completed or not.
• Applicants who have resided in a defined Australian rural area, RRMA 3-7 for a minimum of five consecutive or cumulative years, commencing from the age of five.
• Record of involvement and achievement in community activities.
• Applicants sit UMAT exam in 2012 and/or have sat UMAT in 2011.
• Australian citizenship/Australian permanent residency (Please note that New Zealand citizens are ineligible).