Health and Medicine in Australia

1.1 Quality of education

Australia is always famous as a leading educational destination when allowing students to access modern training methods, and providing a great learning environment with a team of experienced lecturers.
Universities in Australia all have practical medical programs, helping students equip themselves with skills for the future job market. All medical universities in Australia have undergraduate and postgraduate courses recognized by the Australian Medical Council.

1.2 Top learning environment

Courses in Australia help equip students with medical skills from undergraduate to postgraduate levels, spanning the fields of pharmacy, sports science, drug development, nutrition, radiology, and physiotherapy. Australia has universities ranked in the top 100 universities in the world (according to QS Top Universities 2025), including:
University of Melbourne (#13)
Monash University (#37)
University of Sydney (#18)
University of Queensland (#40)
University of Adelaide (#82)
Australian National University - ANU (#30)

In addition, Australia also has a proud tradition of research and development, bringing many beneficial achievements around the world. Australia's medical industry has had remarkable achievements such as creating a vaccine against cervical cancer, discovering penicillin in 1945, and creating Bionic artificial human body parts.

1.3 Treatment

Australia is an ideal country to live in, ranked 13th out of 163 countries in the 2019 Global Peace Index. When working in Australia, the treatment for doctors and nurses is very good. Even in the nursing position, your income is still quite stable.
International students who graduate from an Australian university with a Post-Study Work Stream Temporary Graduate visa can stay in Australia to work for 2-4 years.

1.4 Job and Settlement Opportunities

Not only in the position of doctor or nurse, graduate job opportunities in Australia allow students to pursue majors including public health, psychology, laboratory medicine, dietetics, and sports management.
In particular, after graduation, international students have the opportunity to stay in Australia for up to 6 years. With a long stay at work, you will have more opportunities to show yourself, increasing your chances of settling in Australia.

To study medicine in Australia, you need to meet the relatively strict entry requirements below:

• Complete the high school program with good academic ability or higher

• IELTS (Academic) above 7.0, with no band below 6.5

• To apply for postgraduate medical courses in Australia, you need to pass the MCAT or GAMSAT entrance exams

• Those who do not have an English score can study for 1 year or take a language course before entering the official course

If you want to study medicine in Australia, you need to understand the two main training programs: undergraduate medicine and graduate medicine.

Undergraduate medicine

The Bachelor's training system is for those who have graduated from high school, the study period can last up to 6 years. After graduation, international students will receive a Bachelor of Medicine or Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree, but they will need to spend an additional 2-3 years of internship and residency training under the supervision of experienced doctors to become a full-fledged treating doctor.

International students must take the UMAT (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) and pass an individual interview to officially receive an offer of admission from the school.

Graduate medicine

The Graduate Program is open to students who have graduated from the Bachelor's level. Students need to take an entrance test consisting of biology, chemistry, physics, and English called the GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admission Test); at the same time, they must pass the entrance personal interview.

The study period of this program is shorter than that of the University program, the study period only lasts 4 years. After graduation, you will be granted an MD degree (equivalent to an MBBS bachelor's degree), undergo an additional 2-3 years of internship to be licensed to practice. To become a specialist, you need to take intensive courses afterward.

There are many schools training in Health, Medicine, and Pharmacy in Australia, you can refer to the best schools below

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