Macquarie University

Doctor of Medicine

Graduate

Details

University Location North Ryde, New South Wales
City Population 5.3 million
Student Population 44,000
Int'l Student Population 10,000
Main Campus North Ryde
Program Campus North Ryde, suburb of Sydney, New South Wales
Program Duration 4 years
Estimated Annual Tuition AUD$89,600 (2025 fees; subject to increase)
Semester Intake February
Next Available Intake 2026
Application Deadline TBA*
International Places 20 (total places 60)

Overview

Macquarie University is home to Australia’s newest medical school. Macquarie aims to prepare their medical graduates for the predicted environments in which they will practice as future leaders in healthcare. A Macquarie graduate is culturally responsive, globally aware, and equipped to work within increasingly digital health systems.

As a Macquarie medical student, you’ll study at MQ Health—Australia’s first university-led integrated health campus—where learning is fully integrated with outstanding patient-centred clinical care, and high-quality health and medical research. Structured Australian and international clinical experiences are embedded throughout the program, giving you the opportunity to experience different health systems, cultures, and clinical presentations.

In the video below, former OzTREKK student (and now Macquarie Medical School graduate), Emma, talks about her experience of being part of the Macquarie MD—from the facilities to course structure—why she first decided to undertake the Macquarie MD.

Program

The Macquarie Doctor of Medicine is a 4-year graduate-entry medicine program that integrates applied medical sciences with clinical sciences, professionalism, research, and cultural responsiveness.

This medical degree integrates applied medical sciences with clinical sciences, professionalism, research, and cultural responsiveness. You’ll study at MQ Health—Australia’s first university-led integrated health campus—where learning is fully integrated with outstanding patient-centred clinical care, and high-quality health and medical research. Structured Australian and international clinical experiences are embedded throughout the program, giving you the opportunity to experience different health systems, cultures, and clinical presentations.

Global focus
The Macquarie MD incorporates extended international clinical experiences, including all-expenses-paid clinical rotations in Hyderabad, India. Macquarie University recognizes the need for future doctors to be globally engaged clinicians and believes in the significant benefits of these experiences: for the student, for health systems and for the health outcomes of local and global communities.

Clinical Placements

One of the unique features of the Macquarie Doctor of Medicine program is its core clinical placements, through which you will participate in clinical learning experiences in both Australia and India. Compulsory international clinical learning experiences include 21 weeks in Year 3 and up to 16 weeks in Year 4.

In years 3 and 4 students will be divided into two cohorts, A and B, for their clinical placements. While Cohort A will be in Australia, Cohort B will be in India and vice versa.

MQ Health
Is the first university-led integrated health campus in Australia. MQ Health brings together clinical care, teaching, and research to provide an integrated approach to holistic patient treatment, discovery and continuous learning.

Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD)
Has an established reputation for providing exceptional clinical training to medical students. Clinical experiences within NSLHD provide students with the full range of clinical presentations, opportunities to interact with patients and healthcare teams in inpatient and outpatient settings, and exposure to a high-volume and varied case mix. Students will primarily have clinical experiences at the Royal North Shore Hospital.

MindSpot Clinic
The MindSpot Clinic is Australia’s first free online and telephone mental health clinic and is located at Macquarie University campus. Through a secure and sophisticated state-of-the-art online clinical treatment platform, MindSpot has provided services for more than 50,000 Australians.

Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) is operated by Healthscope, a leading provider of private healthcare services within Australia. Elective placements are available for 4 or 8 weeks, with a minimum of 4 weeks in each department. Students undertaking an elective at Northern Beaches Hospital will experience hands-on experience alongside other health professionals in a clinical teaching environment.

The Royal North Shore Hospital
The Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) has 600 beds and employs 5000 staff. It is the referral hospital for northern Sydney and is also a major trauma centre. It is a major teaching hospital in Sydney, providing clinical training to medical students since 1948, and offers students a high-quality, safe and appropriately equipped environment to support their clinical learning in mental health, obstetrics and genecology, pediatrics, and emergency medicine.

Apollo Hospitals Group – Hyderabad, India
The mission of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise is to bring healthcare of international standards within the reach of every individual. Apollo is committed to the achievement and maintenance of excellence in education, research and healthcare, and has long-standing experience in the delivery of medical education and post-graduation training. Having affiliations with a number of international medical education organizations, Apollo clinicians are highly trained.

Recognized as the pioneer of private healthcare in India and the country’s first corporate hospital. Founded in 1983 with a 150-bed hospital by Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, it now has 9,200 beds across 64 hospitals.

Apollo’s first Health City campus in Hyderabad offers an integrated healthcare model with 470 inpatient beds and extensive outpatient clinics, including Centres of Excellence for Heart Diseases, Cancer, Joint Diseases, Emergency, Renal Diseases, Neurosciences, Eye and Cosmetic Surgery. Underpinned by a significant focus on training and research aimed at preventing disease and improving patient outcomes. Apollo offers every patient high-quality care.

Admission Requirements

1. Completed bachelor’s degree
Completed bachelor’s degree with  weighted GPA of roughly a 3.0/4.0, calculated on the last 3 full-time years of your degree. For students in a 4-year degree, the weighting will be calculated by final year x3, third year x2, second year x1. Your first year will not be included in this calculation. The assumed knowledge for entry to the Doctor of Medicine will be in human anatomy and human physiology.

2. Admissions test
Must have achieved a minimum MCAT score of 500, completed within 3 years of commencement (February 2022 – August 2024). GAMSAT will also be accepted with minimum of 50 in each section.

3. Interview
Applicants are selected for interview based the following criteria:

  • Performance in a qualifying degree (as indicated by GPA)
  • Performance in MCAT / GAMSAT
  • Performance in the Personal Statement
  • Meeting English language requirements

Macquarie University uses the Personal Statement as a hurdle, then ranks applicants based on a selection rank derived from a 50/50 combination of weighted GPA and overall MCAT / GAMSAT score.

If selected, you will need to attend and perform a multiple mini-interview (MMI). Interviews may be conducted via Skype or similar platform.

Admission Timeline

*Applications for the 2024 intake closed September 27, 2024. For information about the 2026 intake and to apply, please contact OzTREKK. Applications are assessed on a rolling-admission basis (first come, first served)—the earlier you apply the better.

2025 Intake Application Timeline

Round 1
Deadline: May 30, 2024
Interviews: Expected in June
Last day to sit MCAT: April 26, 2024

Round 2
Deadline: July 30, 2024
Interviews: Expected in August
Last day to sit MCAT: June 27, 2024

Round 3 (only if places remain available)
Deadline: September 27, 2024
Interviews: Expected in October
Last day to sit MCAT: August 24, 2024

 

 

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“I love the small cohort component the most as we build stronger connections to our peers”

Macquarie University's MD program has good clinical skills facilities. You have enough tools and resources to practice your clinical skills. The anatomy component (especially if it is your first exposure) is the most challenging and does not have much extra support or studying access outside your scheduled labs. There are many opportunities to join clubs and there are events that occur almost every month for student engagement. I love the small cohort component the most as we b... Read More

Macquarie University Jessica K
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2024

“The program itself is innovative and values global health, clinical competence and collaboration.”

Beautiful campus, so close to transport and shops, well funded facilities for the medicine program! It's rewarding to have chosen a program with a smaller cohort where I can be known by my peers and tutors. The program itself is innovative and values global health, clinical competence and collaboration. Students even got to have small group meetings with the university's Vice Chancellor who formerly practiced as a paediatric geneticist to ask questions and hear about his career, wisdom, and the design of the program!

Macquarie University Sophia G
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2023

“…amazing facilities and lecture halls/clinical rooms”

Campus itself is really nice, amazing facilities and lecture halls/clinical rooms. I do dislike that gym memberships are not included in tuition; tuition is of course very high and it should be included as it was at [my old university]. Great support systems and very good lecturers/clinical tutors. Nothing I particularly dislike, medical school is tough and so it can be frustrating at times academically but that's to be expected!

Macquarie University Malik M
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2023

“Small classes allow great instructor interactions”

Nice facilities. Small classes allow great instructor interactions, hands-on experiences and better connections with classmates. Medicine is challenging but very doable. You have been studying hard and if you keep doing that you will have no problems.

Macquarie University Nikkita S
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2023

“Really like the small cohort”

Really like the small cohort, the internship in India, the way the program is done (online lectures and in person group activities). You'll need to be on top of things as a lot has to be done not in class (watching lectures, reading, rework).

Macquarie University Kenza I
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2022

“The building where we have most of our tutorials is new and has great technology.”

The med program at Macquarie is well funded. The building where we have most of our tutorials is new and has great technology. Having the clinic/hospital next door gives you a more rounded experience that most other students wouldn't get. The tutors are friendly and you learn a lot from them. The program is quite fast paced (as expected) and Macquarie is one of the only universities that doesn't give students a week off before final exams. The class sizes are great, compare ... Read More

Macquarie University Leandra M
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2022

“The faculty know each of us as individual people and supports us as such”

MQ is a really nice campus, the MD program is a little isolated (closer to the hospital) but that's okay. It's in a part of Sydney that doesn't require you to live deep in the big city which is really nice. Being so close to the mall makes it easy to do all the life things outside of school too (ie. banking, phone plans, grocery shopping - you can do all of that on your lunch or before going home). The MQMD program is fantastic. Being so small it really feels like a little fami... Read More

Macquarie University Emma B
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2019

“With the small class size and great team of staff around us, they give you the tools to succeed”

Love Macquarie University. The campus is beautiful and there is a strong support network available to anyone who needs it. The MD program has been great. With the small class size and great team of staff around us, they give you the tools to succeed, especially in such a stressful program.

Macquarie University Paulina A
Doctor of Medicine
Macquarie University, 2019

“They [the instructors] are enthusiastic and passionate about the content and deliver it in an interesting way.”

I like the small cohort; I feel like you get to know your classmates a lot more closely. I also like the enthusiasm of the instructors. They are enthusiastic and passionate about the content and deliver it in an interesting way.

Macquarie University William B.
Doctor of Physiotherapy
Macquarie University, 2018