Application Process
1. Applicants must first submit a Registration of Interest form online.
2. Applicants must complete a RSES 2009 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 2008 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.
Closing Dates
| Now available | Registration of Interest form available from UNSW Medicine
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| 6 June 2008 | 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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| 30 July 2008 | Sit UMAT exam (refer to UMAT website )
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| 25 July 2008 | Last day to lodge online Registration of Interest form with UNSW Medicine
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| 25 July 2008 | Last day to lodge the RSES 2009 Application Form to be considered for main round interviews.
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| September 2008 | Applicants offered a main round interview are contacted via email
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| 26 September 2008 | Last day to lodge application with Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)
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| 29 September -3rd October 2008 | Dates for main round interviews
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| 31 October 2008 | Last day to lodge Late Application to be considered for final round of interviews
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| 18-19 December 2008 | Applicants offered a final round interview are contacted via email
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| 6-7 January 2009 | Dates for final round interviews
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| 21 January 2009 | Main round offers are released (via UAC )
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| 23 January 2009 | Interviews for Interstate applicants
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| 4 February 2009 | Late round offers are released (via UAC )
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| 2 March 2009 | Commencement of Year 1
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Late Applications
Applicants who submit either the Registration of Interest form and/or the RSES 2009 Application Form after 25 July 2008 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 31 October 2008)
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 2009, please do not include a school email address