WSU medicine at Western Sydney University

WSU medicine is the Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine taught by Western Sydney University's School of Medicine. It is a five-year, full-time, undergraduate-entry degree at the Campbelltown campus. People still search for it under the university's former name, the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

This page covers Western Sydney University medicine, the Doctor of Medicine those students complete, the Campbelltown course and how it relates to Charles Sturt's Orange course, and WSU medicine entry requirements. The university republishes closing dates, student contributions, and academic and UCAT ^® thresholds. Use its applicant guides for the intake you are entering.

Western Sydney University medicine and the former UWS name

Western Sydney University medicine is the School of Medicine's primary medical program. The Doctor of Medicine course page lists it as program 4758, with UAC preference 725505, and names Campbelltown as the campus. The university says that, since the school was established, more than 1,500 graduates have entered the profession.

The degree sits among the Australian medical schools that offer a primary medical qualification. This page stays with Western Sydney's own program.

What UWS medicine refers to

UWS medicine is this same university and this same degree. The University of Western Sydney rebranded as Western Sydney University on 30 August 2015. Degrees and other awards conferred under the previous name remain valid, and a replacement academic document is issued in the Western Sydney University name. The university sets that out in its conferral and academic documents FAQ.

The university's archives record a separate legal step. It traded as Western Sydney University from August 2015, and the legal name changed on 8 July 2016.

The Doctor of Medicine WSU students complete

The Doctor of Medicine at Western Sydney is awarded together with a Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine). Western Sydney describes it as a five-year undergraduate-entry degree that qualifies graduates to be medical interns in Australia and New Zealand. Registration with the Medical Board of Australia, or the equivalent body in New Zealand, follows the internship or other supervised training the Medical Board requires.

The Australian Medical Council lists Western Sydney University School of Medicine's Bachelor of Clinical Sciences / Doctor of Medicine as accredited until 31 March 2027. The next listed event is a 2026 accreditation extension submission. The same list records a Western Sydney MBBS as a teach-out program, also until 31 March 2027.

The 2024–2025 handbook, which the university marks as an archived catalog, applies program 4758 to students who commenced in 2022 or later. It lists the program at AQF level 9. It points students who commenced in 2018 to the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. Students may exit after 240 credit points with a Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine). That exit award is available only to students already in the Doctor of Medicine, and it is not offered to commencing students. After second year, a student may take an additional year for a Bachelor of Medical Research. Confirm the structure in the current handbook before you rely on an exit or an extra research year.

Four themes run through the program: patient care, health in the community, personal and professional development, and the scientific basis of medicine. Clinical learning starts in the first weeks, with small-group work on campus and with patients. Students apply biomedical science to clinical problems, practise clinical and research skills, and build a portfolio of learning. Later they complete a scholarly project and placements in speciality and subspecialty medicine, including in Aboriginal Medical Services.

The School of Medicine offers about 120 places across Commonwealth supported places, Bonded Medical Program places, and international places. About 20 of those places are reserved for international students. Applicants do not lodge a separate bonded application. Western Sydney allocates bonded places from the final ranking. A bonded place is a Commonwealth supported place tied to a return-of-service obligation after graduation. The School sets those place types out on its MD enrolment places page.

What that obligation involves, and how a bonded place differs from a rural-background application, is part of how to become a doctor in Australia. The course page publishes an indicative student contribution for a domestic Commonwealth supported place and sets out who can defer fees through HECS-HELP. Those amounts and visa rules change, so read the current course page rather than a copied fee.

Clinical placements from Campbelltown

The School's home base is Building 30 at Campbelltown, with simulation and skills spaces, an anatomy laboratory, and problem-based learning rooms. Its location and facilities page also names clinical and research partnerships with Liverpool Hospital and Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital.

For Western Sydney's own students, the main Sydney teaching hospitals named in the medicine applicants guide are at Campbelltown, Blacktown, and Mount Druitt. Students should expect other Sydney hospitals from Year 1. There is a shuttle between the Campbelltown campus and Campbelltown hospitals. Other sites need a car, public transport, or a car pool. Outside Sydney, the guide names Bathurst and Lismore as the main hospitals, and says clinical training at other rural NSW hospitals may be required.

Placements run across Greater Western Sydney and rural NSW. In Years 4 and 5, students can spend 12 months at a rural clinical school in Bathurst or Lismore, where subsidised accommodation is available. If too few students volunteer, the School allocates students until those rural placements are filled. The School can also allocate a hospital that was not the student's first preference. The course page and the applicant guide both describe those rural clinical schools.

NSW Health checks placement documents through ClinConnect. Students need a National Police Certificate, an Adult Health Immunisation Schedule, and a Code of Conduct Agreement. Without them, a student cannot attend hospital and health-service teaching.

Patient contact starts in the second week of teaching. Accepted students receive vaccination instructions and a vaccination card, so the schedule does not have to be finished on the day of enrolment. A Senior First Aid certificate is required before the end of Semester 1, Year 1. Those timing rules are on the MD applicant FAQ.

Campbelltown or Orange

Western Sydney and Charles Sturt began as one Joint Program in Medicine. Western Sydney dates that shared delivery from 2021, and it says its own course is offered at the Campbelltown campus, on its medicine study page. The Australian Medical Council first accredited the partnership in October 2020. In November 2023 Charles Sturt asked the Council to assess its delivery as a standalone program, and Western Sydney supported that request. On 13 August 2025 the Council accredited Charles Sturt's five-year degree to 31 March 2032, commencing January 2026. That decision is in the 2025 accreditation report for Charles Sturt University School of Rural Medicine.

The Council's current list names the two schools as separate providers. Western Sydney's program is accredited until 31 March 2027. Charles Sturt's Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine is accredited until 31 March 2032. For 2027 commencement, UAC lists the campuses as separate preferences. Western Sydney's Campbelltown course is 725505. Charles Sturt's Orange course is 214478, which UAC describes as a newly accredited, independent program. Western Sydney's general MD applicants page is the Campbelltown guide for that preference.

Western Sydney's own pages still use Joint Program in Medicine wording. The School's Joint Program in Medicine statement says successful applicants study either at Western Sydney or at Charles Sturt's Orange campus. Charles Sturt's School of Rural Medicine website still introduces the degree the same way. Ahpra's approved programs of study still lists the joint degree, approved from 28 October 2020, and a separate Charles Sturt degree approved from 27 August 2025.

Apply for the campus you want. Western Sydney states that transfers between its Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine and Charles Sturt's program are not permitted. An Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen who is already enrolled in a Doctor of Medicine, or an equivalent medical degree, in Australia or New Zealand must ask the School of Medicine for a transfer. That applicant cannot use the ordinary categories. A place gained through another route can be rescinded. Someone who studied medicine overseas applies as a general applicant, or through the international route if they are an international student.

Charles Sturt publishes the Orange application steps on its own course pages. Charles Sturt medicine sets out that campus. Read both guides before you apply, so the preference you record matches the campus you want. The wider list of Australian medical schools is the place to compare other primary medical programs.

WSU medicine entry requirements

Domestic entry has four parts. You sit UCAT ^® ANZ in the year you apply, apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) with Western Sydney's course as a preference, attend an interview if invited, and meet the academic threshold for your category. Western Sydney assesses that academic threshold only for applicants who attended the interview. A UCAT ^® ANZ result from an earlier year is not considered. Put the UCAT ^® ANZ candidate number, which starts with ANZ, on the UAC application.

Applications for Campbelltown go through UAC. Graduate entry medicine requirements explain GEMSAS, graduate GPA calculations, and GAMSAT ^® for the schools that use that system. UCAT ^® medicine explains which undergraduate programs ask for UCAT ^® ANZ. Western Sydney does not publish its UCAT ^® ANZ interview threshold. The threshold is set each year from the whole applicant pool. Individual sections may be weighted, so the total is not the rule the School uses. Greater Western Sydney applicants may have a lower UCAT ^® ANZ threshold than other applicants.

On the course page, domestic students are Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens, Australian permanent residents, and Australian permanent humanitarian visa holders. A general applicant, in the School's applicant guide, is an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian permanent resident.

A gap year uses the same admissions criteria as an application straight after Year 12. The UCAT ^® ANZ result is valid only for that application year, so a student on a gap year sits the test during the gap year.

General applicants with current or previous university study are assessed on whichever is higher, their GPA or their ATAR. More than one tertiary degree is assessed on the degree with the highest GPA, as long as it includes at least four subjects or one semester of full-time equivalent study. GPA is read on a 7-point scale, using UAC's assessment of the tertiary record.

The published academic tables differ for non-Greater Western Sydney, Greater Western Sydney, and rural applicants. They cover partial and completed undergraduate study, honours, and postgraduate coursework. On the general table, completed honours at Class I or Class II, and a completed research masters, are listed with no minimum GPA. The School reviews the criteria annually. The criteria it publishes on 1 October are the ones that apply to that application, and the lists are not a complete set of accepted degrees. Read the current table for your category on the university site.

Read the inherent requirements before you apply. They describe what admission and progression in the Western Sydney medical program demand.

Late applications are not accepted, and changes or supporting documents after the published close are not considered. The closing date is on the applicant guide.

Greater Western Sydney applicants

A proportion of interview places is kept for Greater Western Sydney. You qualify if you have lived in one of the School's designated postcodes for at least five consecutive years immediately before the degree starts. The postcode list is on the general applicant page. Check it against your own addresses. A Greater Western Sydney background can change the UCAT ^® ANZ and academic thresholds the School applies. It does not remove the test, the interview, or the academic hurdle.

Rural Entry Admission Scheme

The Rural Entry Admission Scheme (REAS) is for applicants with a substantial rural background. Western Sydney offers a minimum of 15 places. REAS students study the same program as general applicants. You apply through REAS or as a general applicant. You cannot apply through both. The rules are on the Rural Entry Admission Scheme page.

The scheme is open to Australian citizens and Australian permanent residents, including current school leavers, other school leavers, and graduates. Western Sydney states that New Zealand citizens are not eligible. REAS applicants must have lived in an Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Area 2 to 5 for five consecutive years, or ten cumulative years, since the age of five. The School tells applicants to check addresses in Doctor Connect, using the 2021 ASGS Remoteness Areas classification, and to upload a Community Member Confirmation form with the UAC application.

REAS still requires UCAT ^® ANZ in the application year, UAC preference 725505, and the multi-station interview if you are invited. Applicants with university study are assessed on GPA, using the highest qualifying degree. The rural academic table, including the honours and research-masters rows, is on the REAS page and is reviewed annually.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants have a different pathway. The School asks prospective applicants to contact its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support office at IndigenousFutureDr@westernsydney.edu.au, or the Student Services Hub, before applying. The steps are on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MD applicants page.

The published steps are a completed NSW HSC or a tertiary equivalent, a UAC application listing 725505, confirmation of identity before the interview, and the interview itself. Identity evidence is a certified confirmation from a registered community organisation, or a statutory declaration with the genealogy or community-support documents the page lists. The interview looks at motivation, educational experience, aspirations, and community involvement, alongside the academic record. The School publishes the interview timing on that page. Follow the page for every document it asks for.

International applicants

The School keeps a minimum of 20 international places in Year 1 and accepts applications through the year. Rounds of selection and interview continue until the places are filled. International students completing an Australian HSC, IB, or NCEA Level 3 apply through UAC International. Other international applicants apply through Western Sydney's International Online Application system or an agent. The CRICOS program code is 097592B. Those steps are on the international MD applicants page.

The international steps include an English-language requirement and ISAT, the International Student Admission Test run by the Australian Council for Educational Research. Western Sydney uses ISAT results to rank applicants when eligible applicants outnumber places. No academic credit is granted. An applicant who has partly completed a medical degree overseas starts in Year 1 if they receive an offer. The academic table for international applicants is reviewed annually and published by the university.

An international graduate is not automatically entitled to registration, an internship, or a Medicare provider number in Australia. Western Sydney points those questions to the Health Education and Training Institute, the Medical Board of Australia, and Medicare. If an international student gains Australian permanent residency or citizenship, or New Zealand citizenship, before 1 January of the commencing year, the international offer is withdrawn and the student reapplies as a local student. There is no Commonwealth supported place for an MD student who becomes a permanent resident.

How an interview becomes an offer

For general and REAS applicants, UCAT ^® ANZ decides who is invited to interview. The School does not publish the threshold, sections may be weighted, and a Greater Western Sydney applicant may be judged against a lower threshold. Applicants who are not invited are told. Western Sydney does not give individual feedback.

General and REAS interviews are held by video, on Zoom, in one window each year. Western Sydney's guide places that window in late November and does not offer another date. Each question comes from a different interviewer at a different station, with about eight minutes for the answer. The School describes the interview as a check on qualities that matter to patients and communities.

MMI interviews explain how multi-station interviews work across Australian medical schools. How to read a UCAT ^® ANZ total, percentile, or decile sits on UCAT ^® scores.

Offers for general and REAS applicants are 75% interview performance and 25% UCAT ^® ANZ performance, provided the applicant meets the academic threshold. That threshold is checked only after the interview. A place in the program cannot be deferred.

WSU medicine FAQs

Is UWS medicine the same as Western Sydney University medicine?

Yes. UWS was the University of Western Sydney, which rebranded as Western Sydney University on 30 August 2015. The legal name changed on 8 July 2016. Awards conferred under the old name remain valid. A search for UWS medicine is a search for the Campbelltown Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine.

Can I choose Campbelltown or Orange?

For 2027, UAC lists Campbelltown and Orange as separate preferences. Western Sydney's Campbelltown course is 725505. Charles Sturt's Orange course is 214478. The Australian Medical Council accredited Charles Sturt to deliver its degree as its own program from January 2026. Western Sydney's pages still use Joint Program in Medicine wording and do not allow a transfer between the two programs, so apply for the campus you want.

What degree do Western Sydney medical students finish with?

The full program is the Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine, taken full time over five years. It is an undergraduate-entry degree. Graduates can become medical interns in Australia and New Zealand, and Medical Board registration follows the required internship or supervised training. The archived 2024–2025 handbook also records an exit award, the Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine), after 240 credit points. That exit is for students already in the program. Confirm it in the current handbook.

Does Western Sydney medicine use UCAT or GAMSAT?

Domestic general and rural applicants sit UCAT ^® ANZ in the year they apply. An older sitting is not accepted. Western Sydney does not publish the UCAT ^® threshold, and sections may be weighted. UCAT ^® medicine explains the undergraduate test. Graduate entry medicine requirements explain GAMSAT ^® and GEMSAS. International applicants follow Western Sydney's international steps, which include ISAT when places are oversubscribed.

Who counts as a Greater Western Sydney applicant?

You need five consecutive years in a School of Medicine designated postcode immediately before the course starts. The postcode list is on Western Sydney's general applicant page. A share of interview places is reserved for this group, and the UCAT ^® ANZ threshold may be lower. You still sit UCAT ^® ANZ, attend an interview if invited, and meet the academic threshold published for Greater Western Sydney.

Can I apply after a gap year or with university results?

A gap year uses the same criteria as a school-leaver application, but you sit UCAT ^® ANZ during the year you apply. General applicants with university study are assessed on the higher of GPA or ATAR. The highest qualifying degree is used if you have more than one. Rural applicants with university study are assessed on GPA. The numeric hurdles are on the university's tables and are reviewed each year.

Can I defer a Western Sydney medicine offer?

No. Western Sydney does not accept deferrals for this program. General and rural offers use 75% interview and 25% UCAT ^® ANZ, after the academic threshold is met. The threshold is assessed only for applicants who attended the interview.