Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Melbourne Physiotherapy School

Entry Requirements

 

Entry Requirements: Australian & New Zealand Citizens

Selection for Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian resident Year 12 school leavers will be based on a combination of:

• the applicant's ENTER - 96 or above

• performance in prerequisite subjects (study score of 35 or above)

• performance in the aptitude test (UMAT). See below for further information.

Re-ranking will take into account any advantage received by attending for more years than are usual in secondary schooling before or since qualifying for the VCE or its equivalent. All applicants must satisfy tertiary entrance requirements.

Full details of the University's principles and criteria of selection for entry into the Bachelor of Physiotherapy course see Selection Principles & Legislation.

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ENTER

All VCE students who have completed at least four VCE studies including English (or ESL), and who are completing at least one VCE study in the current year, receive an Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER).

The minimum ENTER score to be considered for entry in 2006 will be 96.00. Every applicant with a ENTER above this will be considered automatically for a place (provided the prerequisites are completed with a minimum 35 study score and the admissions aptitude test (UMAT) was undertaken).
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Prerequisite Requirements

VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) or interstate equivalent applicants must obtain a study score of at least 35 in VCE units 3 & 4 (or equivalent) in each of English and Chemistry and in one of Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics or Physics.
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Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT)

Applicants who are Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian residents are required to sit the Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admissions Test (UMAT) to be considered for the course. This consists of a series of tests in multiple choice format and assesses aspects of logical reasoning, problem solving and critical thinking. Applicants do not require any specific preparation or knowledge to undertake the test. The test may not be undertaken more than once in the same year. The test results are valid for two years.

The closing date for receipt of applications to sit the test is 1 June 2007. The test will be held on 25 July 2007.

Details of the test, including application procedures, fees and venues, are included in the UMAT Information Booklet, which you can download from the ACER website.
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Entry Requirements: International Students

Overseas quotas apply for entry into the first year.

International students are not required to undertake UMAT (aptitude test) unless they have applied for Australian permanent residency.

All applicants from countries where English is not the official language of the country, or those not undertaking English studies in the VCE or Australian interstate equivalent or the Trinity College Foundation Studies Program, are required to meet the University’s English Language Requirements to be eligible for consideration:

Documentary evidence is required and should indicate the test has been undertaken in the last twelve months.

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Acceptable ways of gaining consideration for admission are:

New ESL prerequisite language requirements

 


 

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