Please note: the pre-requisite requirements for the Bachelor of Biomedicine will be changing from 2011 onwards. Please refer to the course search function below for 2011 and beyond pre-requisite requirements.
Entry to the Bachelor of Biomedicine will require completion of the final year of secondary schooling and the following subjects or approved equivalents:
A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in ESL, at least 35 in Chemistry and at least 25 in one of Biology, Mathematical Methods (either), Specialist Mathematics or Physics.
English, Chemistry and one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics. Chemistry must be passed to at least Grade 6 at Standard Level and at least Grade 5 at Higher Level. All other prerequisites must be passed to at least Grade 5 at Standard Level and to at least Grade 4 at Higher Level.
English, Chemistry and one of Biology, Mathematics with Statistics, Mathematics with Calculus or Physics. All must be at Level 3. At least 24 credits in Chemistry with at least 18 of those at Merit or Excellence and at least 14 credits in all other prerequisites with at least 8 of those at Merit or Excellence.
An A in Chemistry and a B in one of Mathematics, Physics or Biology and at least a Grade C in an accepted AS level English subject is required.
Please refer to the prerequisite table in the 2009 National Undergraduate Course Guide which provides prerequisites for all Australian Year 12 qualifications or view the online Course Search.
Applicants who have undertaken other equivalent qualifications must ensure they have completed subjects equivalent to those listed under ‘VCE Units 3 and 4’. View list of these qualifications on the online Course Search.
For the Bachelor of Biomedicine the minimum ENTER for 2009 is 95.
Students who apply through Access Melbourne may be offerd a place even with an ENTER below this minimum.
Please refer to the future students website for full details on changes to English Language requirements for all courses at the University of Melbourne.