Tertiary Course Information

 Key Medicine 2026 Dates

Year 12 students are reminded that the selection process for direct entry into medicine at Clayton consists of three equally weighted components:

• ATAR, including adjustment factors, e.g. Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS);
• UCAT ANZ (University Clinical Aptitude Test for Australia and New Zealand) total score; and,
• Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) performance.

There will be a number of rounds of interviews.

1. First round interviews for the Dean's Rural List (DRL)Open to any student, regardless of location, who qualifies for the DRL.

   Selection for interview is based on UCAT ANZ total score only.

   Interviews will be held on Zoom on Wednesday 26 & Thursday 27 November 2025.

   Invitations will be released on the afternoon of 10 October 2025.  As a guide, see previous cut-off UCAT scores here.

    

2. First round interviews for Victorian students who are not on the DRL, and selection for an interview will be based on UCAT ANZ total score only.  Interviews will be held on Zoom on Tuesday 2 & Wednesday 3 December 2025.

             Invitations will be released on 14 October 2025.  As a guide, see previous cut-off 

             UCAT scores here.

1. Second round interviews for Victorian students, and selection for an interview will be based on an equally weighted combination of ATAR (including adjustment factors) and UCAT ANZ total score.

   Interviews will be held on Zoom on Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 January 2026.

   Invitations will be released on 19 December 2025.

2. Third round interviews for Interstate Year 12 students only, and selection for interview will be based on an equally weighted combination of ATAR (including adjustment factors) and UCAT ANZ total score.

   Interviews will be held on Zoom on Thursday 15 January 2026.

   Invitations will be released on 08 January 2026.

Students are advised to regularly visit Key Medicine 2026 Dates for current information.

Residential Colleges Open House

Are you looking to attend the University of Melbourne and thinking about Residential Colleges? Then we want to meet you! The University of Melbourne has ten Residential Colleges, and they are holding an ‘Open House’ event of tours in May. 

Attendees can hear from current students, meet the academic and pastoral care staff, learn more about residential scholarship programs and discover the best of residential college clubs, societies, events, and leadership opportunities. 

Lunch and refreshments will be served across the Colleges on the day. There will be tours on a rolling basis departing at regular times from 12.00pm until 3.30pm, and there are also two Uni Melb Course and Admissions Overview Information Sessions at 12noon and 3.30pm. 

Date:  Saturday 17 May 2025

Time: 12.00pm to 3.30pm

Registrations are open at Open House 2025 - Colleges University of Melbourne.

Career in Health Information Management

Health information management professionals work in a variety of roles in all areas of the healthcare system. While many people work in health information related roles, there are two specialist occupations for health information management professionals: 

1. Health Information Managers (HIMs) plan, develop and manage health information systems for patient, clinical and administrative data necessary for patient care, healthcare planning and funding.  They play a key role in the secure, confidential, and legal use of patient information.  Health Information Managers are degree qualified through a HIMAA accredited or recognised course.

    

2. Clinical Coders are responsible for translating clinical information gathered during a patient’s hospital stay into codes according to a recognised health classification system. Clinical coding information is utilised for planning, resourcing, benchmarking and funding purposes at local, regional and national level.  Clinical Coders are either qualified HIMs or are qualified through a VET course accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA).

In Victoria, La Trobe University offers a HIMAA- accredited Bachelor of Health Information Management. La Trobe also offers the Master of Health Information Managementwhich requires the successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent), which has contained anatomy and physiology subjects – so degrees in medicine, biomedical science, allied health, or health science.

Students keen on studying to be a Clinical Coder can study the Diploma of Clinical Coding at Victoria University, or the offered by the HIMAA itself - Diploma of Clinical Coding. 

Students are invited to browse Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA)which is a great source of information.