Entry requirements
The Medicine program at Monash University is currently available only to students who have completed their pre-university studies. Selection will be based on a combination of:
1. Pre-University qualifications (eg. A levels, IB, MUFY, South Australian Matriculation, Australian Matriculation, STPM etc)
2. International Student Admission Test (ISAT)
3. Adequate performance in the Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI)
4. English Proficiency
1. Pre-university Qualification
Satisfactory completion of an appropriate pre-university course is required. Results of pre-university studies must be available prior to commencement of the medicine course. Chemistry is a pre-requisite at the pre-university level and students need to demonstrate a high level of academic achievement in this subject.
Applicants must have completed Year 12 studies or relevant degree within the previous two years.
2. International Student Admission Test (ISAT)
Applicants are required to undertake the International Student Admissions Test (ISAT). ISAT results will contribute towards the overall ranking for entry into the course.
REGISTRATIONS FOR 2021 ISAT CYCLES WILL RE-OPEN ON 26 JANUARY 2021
Cycle 1: 11 January – 25 January 2021
Cycle 2: 17 May – 31 May 2021
Cycle 3: 9 August – 23 August 2021
Cycle 4: 8 November – 22 November 2021
For updates and further information about ISAT including test centres and closing date, please visit their website at www.acer.edu.au/isat or inquire at :
ISAT office
Australian Council for Educational Research
Add: 19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124
Tel: +61 3 9277 5555
Fax: +61 3 9277 5500
ACER Press Customer Service
Tel: 1800 338 402 (Toll Free)
3. Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI)
The Multiple Mini Interviews will be conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Melbourne. Other interview sites may also be announced, so please check our website and with local agents. The interview format is designed to evaluate whether you possess the relevant personal qualities to succeed in the medicine course, and you’ll be assessed by trained interviewers. MMI stations will comprise a series of scenarios and associated questions focusing on your relevant personal qualities such as:
Motivation
Communication skills
Critical thinking
Ethical/empathetic reasoning
The MMI consists of four sequential interview stations. At each station, you’ll be interviewed for eight minutes, followed by a two-minute changeover (i.e. 10 minutes per station), with a circuit that takes 40 minutes to complete. If you haven’t been invited to
participate, you cannot request for an interview.
4. English Proficiency
You must be proficient in English. This can be demonstrated through one of the following:
- Adequate score in Approved English subject at Year 11/Year 12 equivalent qualification or
- English Proficiency Tests
For more details, please refer to: https://www.monash.edu.my/study/entry-requirements/english
Monash English Bridging is not accepted for admission into this program
Final selection
The final ranked list of applicants will take into account scores in the pre-university examinations, ISAT score, English score and performance at interviews.
Graduate Applicants
A small number of graduates are considered for entry into the Medicine program at Monash Malaysia. Selection is based on strict criteria which include performance in the first degree and/or pre-university program, Aptitude test, English and interviews. Please contact the Medicine admission office for more information on specific requirements.
Special consideration/ disadvantage
Statements regarding circumstances which may have seriously impaired an applicant's studies in the final year of school may be submitted with a request for special consideration at the time of application.
Transfers
There will be no opportunity for transfer of enrolment between the medicine program in Malaysia and Australia.
Important information
General Studies/ Mata Pelajaran Pengajian Umum (Compulsory Subjects)
Please refer to the link below to find out more about the General Studies requirements and the process.
https://www.monash.edu.my/mih/general-studies
Health requirements
The faculty has an Immunisation and Infection Risk Policy and students are required to comply with a number of recommendations and procedures to enable them to proceed through the course with an acceptable low level of risk.
Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) requirements
All applicants are required to have studied Biology, Chemistry and a third subject which can be either Physics or Maths at the pre university level and should have achieved minimum requirements as set by the MMC. For students who are applying with a matriculation, foundation or pre-medical program, the MMC has indicated that applicants would need to have obtained a minimum of B at school leaver level (SPM or O-Level) in the following subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics or Additional Mathematics and another subject. Please visit www.mmc.gov.my and click the tab “Minimum Entrance Requirements”.
These requirements may change in accordance with MMC guideline.