How to apply
Submit your application. Once received the Enrolment team will work with you to make sure your application is complete. Once ready, the team will progress your full application to the UQ International Admissions team to calculate GPA, assess MCAT validity, and confirm all other requirements.
Some of the following documents are required when completing your application:
- Passport and/or permanent resident card
- MCAT score report including AAMC verification code, or MCAT registration
- Academic transcripts
- Unofficial transcripts can be uploaded when initially submitting your application,
- Please include transcripts from any institutions where you have completed study (this includes transfer credit),
- Official transcripts will be required. Our team will collaborate with each applicant to identify which transcripts are necessary.
Please note that UQ MD students have a range of Work Integrated Learning requirements that must be completed or kept up to date each year.
If you require additional information, please contact ochsner.med@connect.uq.edu.au.
Once your application has been reviewed and deemed competitive, you will be invited to interview. Following the invitation, you will be provided with further instructions on what to expect on the day.
Learn more about our interviews.
Interview places will be filled on a first come basis, as there are limited places in our program. Interviews are conducted via video conferencing.
Your application ranking will be based on the combined score of MCAT, GPA and MMI. If this ranking is competitive for a place, your application will be considered for an offer. Offers will be made following each interview round
If you are successful in receiving an offer, you will receive a detailed enrolment pack with instructions for online class enrolment, how to pay your fees, and other information about studying the Doctor of Medicine (MD-Ochsner) program.
You will have 21 calendar days to accept your offer and pay the $3,000 USD deposit. International students are also required to pay for Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). UQ can organise this for you for the duration of your program. Insurance policies are subject to inflation each year. The 2025 intake indicative fee is $4,046 AUD. The UQ-Ochsner Enrolment team have compiled some FAQs to help you through the acceptance process.