Pre-Medicine Certificate

Studying for a Doctor of Medicine (MD) is highly demanding and entry is highly competitive.

This Pre-Medicine Certificate from The University of Notre Dame Australia is designed to prepare undergraduate students who wish to apply for this postgraduate Medicine program.

Year One

• Aboriginal Studies

Year Two

• Health, Medicine & Society
• Social Justice, Service Learning & Community Engagement OR Service Learning International OR Social Justice Projects

Year Three

One Pre-Medicine Certificate Elective to be chosen from:

• Introduction to Biological Science
• Theories & Approaches to Counselling
• Counselling Skills Training
• Community Mental Health
• Social Justice, Service Learning & Community Engagement
• Service Learning International
• Social Justice Projects

More information about the courses can be found at the course descriptions page.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Regulations.

Applicants with recent Secondary Education

• Indicative ATAR score of 90 or above with a score of 50+ in ATAR English, ATAR Literature or ATAR English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD); or
• Minimum International Baccalaureate (IB) score of 33

Applicants with Higher Education

• Completed at least one semester full-time study in any Notre Dame undergraduate degree maintaining at least a 65% average
• A recommendation letter from the Dean or Associate Dean
• Sufficient semesters remaining in the undergraduate degree to accommodate completion of the four courses of the Pre-Medicine Certificate (normally four semesters)