Biomedicine/Biomedical Science Degrees in Victoria in 2025
St. Joseph's College
A Biomedicine or Biomedical Science degree is offered at a number of universities and is often regarded as an excellent pathway degree to graduate medical careers.
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INSTITUTION | COURSE NAME | VCE PREREQUISITES | MAJOR STUDIES IN 2025 |
ACU M - Melbourne | Biomedical Science ATAR: 58.65 (M) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in any Mathematics.
| Biomedical Science, Physiological Pharmacology. |
DEAKIN M – Melbourne G – Waurn Ponds | Biomedical Science ATAR: 80.00 (M) 72.10 (G) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL. | Anatomy, Biology, Biomedical science (Biochemistry), Environmental health, infection and immunity, Genetics, Medical biotechnology, Medical genomics, Molecular life sciences, Pharmaceutical science, Physiology. |
FEDERATION Ba - Ballarat Be – Berwick Gi – Gippsland | Biomedical Science ATAR: 62.45 (Ba) 60.05 (Be) L/N (Gi) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any English; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any Mathematics OR any Science. | Biomedical Science. |
Biomedical Science (Gippsland Partnership) ATAR: L/N (Gi) | Biomedical Science. | ||
LA TROBE AW – Albury Wodonga B - Bendigo M – Melbourne | Biomedical Science ATAR: 62.00 (AW) 57.20 *ATAR: 98.90 (AW) ATAR: 99.60 (B) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.*Designed for regional/rural students and entry requirements are: Minimum prerequisite ATAR of 80.00. Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in EAL or at least 25 in English other than EAL.
| Biomedical Science. |
Biomedicine ATAR: 60.10 (M) | Biomedicine. | ||
MONASH C – Clayton *From 2026 General Maths will also be accepted | Biomedical Science ATAR: 90.00 (C) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 27 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in Chemistry; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Maths: Mathematical Methods, Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Physics. | Anatomy and physiology, Biochemistry, Biomedical science, Biomedicine, Genetics, Health sciences, Human biology, Human sciences, Microbiology, Molecular and cell biology, Neurobiology, Pathology, Pathophysiology. |
RMITB – Bundoora *Other majors are also on offer | Biomedical Science ATAR: 70.10 (B)Biomedical Science (H)*ATAR: 80.35 (B) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 27 in EAL. Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods, Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Physics. Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Biology or Chemistry.
| Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biostatistics, Biotechnology, Cell biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Human pathophysiology, Human physiology, Infection & immunology, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Pharmacology. |
| SWINBURNEH - Hawthorn | Biomedical Science ATAR: 58.10 (H) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in English other than EAL or at least 25 in EAL.
| Body function and structure for health science, Chemistry 1, Genes and genomics, Infections and immunology in health sciences, Introduction to biochemistry, Musculoskeletal anatomy, Pathophysiology, Physiology in medical and health sciences |
| UNI MELBOURNEP - Parkville | Biomedicine ATAR: 91.00 (P) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in any English; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in Chemistry; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in one of Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics. | Biochemistry and molecular biology, Biomedical engineering systems, Biotechnology, Cell and developmental biology, Genetics, Human nutrition, Human structure and function, Immunology, Infection and immunity, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychology, Public Health and Epidemiology. |
VICTORIA F – Footscray St. A – St. Albans**Not Foundation Mathematics | Biomedical Science ATAR: L/N (St. A) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Biology, Chemistry, Health and Human Development, any Mathematics** or Physical Education. | Human Physiology, Molecular Cell Biology. |
Biomedicine ATAR: 81.60 (F), L/N (St. A) | Biomedicine. |