FAQs

If you haven’t completed your undergraduate degree, you’ll only be eligible to apply to undergraduate dental degrees. Only your current university GPA will be considered, not your high school GPA. Your high school courses will be assessed to ensure prerequisites are met, e.g., English requirements, math, science, etc.

You are eligible to apply to graduate-entry dental degrees with a completed three-year undergraduate degree. If you haven’t completed your degree, you may consider applying to an undergraduate dental degree and have your university studies and GPA assessed, along with prerequisite high school subjects.

James Cook University is the only undergraduate-entry dental program that has rolling admissions (first come, first served). Offers start in June and close in August at their deadline when all seats are filled.

To get into an undergraduate-entry dental program, the 5 – 6 best courses are assessed for the GPA along with prerequisites at Year 12 (varies by province).

English is required; math and science are strongly recommended at minimum (some universities require both). Year 12 calculus, chemistry, and biology are also recommended.

If you’re not sure about your prerequisites, please reach out to [email protected]!

Of all the dental schools we represent, only James Cook University will consider extracurriculars and clubs, which should be included on the Bachelor of Dental Surgery supplemental application.

JCU will also accept up to 3 reference letters.

James Cook University is the only university that requires a supplemental form as part of its admissions requirements. It has approximately 5 questions to answer in short essay format. JCU also allows up to 3 reference letters to be included in the application.

Only James Cook University Dental School will consider up to 3 reference letters and work/volunteer experience, which you can include in the supplemental application. The other OzTREKK-represented dental schools do not considering volunteer or work/shadowing experience.

You don’t need to submit your MCAT results at the time of your OzTREKK application; however, for us to submit your application to the universities, we will need your official MCAT score results.

Interview dates vary by university. Australian medical school interviews are usually held from March to October each year; however, this changes from year to year. Usually, the majority are held in spring and summer.

To ensure you stay up to date regarding all things admissions related, we recommend submitting an OzTREKK application with the medical programs you would like to know more about. After we receive your application, we’ll create a file for you, and the OzTREKK Medicine Admissions Team will keep you in the loop as soon as they receive any admissions updates from the universities.

No. Monash University does not require the MCAT; however, this program has a competitive GPA requirement, typically 85%+ cumulative average.

The Monash graduate-entry medical program also requires applicants to have considerable experience in a biomedical science degree. Usually, you’ll need a major (or equivalent number of courses) in one or more of the following areas: pharmacology, physiology, immunology, biochemistry, microbiology, or genetics. Applicants must have a variety of units topics.

Our Medicine Admissions page outlines each Australian medical program we represent, including the application deadlines, prerequisites, MCAT, and GPA requirements.

Each university assesses differently. Some calculate grades as cumulative on all years of your degree or weighted or cumulative on final 3 years of your degree.

Find more about GPA Conversions and Eligibility. Also see the chart on the Medicine Overview page to give you an idea of GPA requirements for medical programs.

Official GPA calculations are only completed by the universities.

Unlike Canada, Australia’s school year begins in February / March for most programs. Some programs, like medicine and dentistry, start in January, and others like physiotherapy, can have mid-year intakes like May/Jun/July.

If you’d like to see when a program begins, just go to our Programs page, select your study area, and then the university you’re interested in. Each university-specific program page will display its intake month or months if it features mid-year intakes.