Admission to the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program is currently only available to Australian citizens, Australian permanent humanitarian visa holders, Australian permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.

Candidates will be selected for admission based on the following criteria:

Bachelor's degree (recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework or the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition Guide) within the last 10 years, or be in the final year of a Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
Personal qualities and motivation to study Medicine at Notre Dame assessed in the Notre Dame portfolio.
Overall GAMSAT score (of 50 or greater).
Overall Grade Point Average (of 5.2 or higher) for domestic applicants only.
Multiple mini-interviews
In 2020, a maximum of 10 places are available for International Students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) on The University of Notre Dame Australia's (Notre Dame's) Sydney Campus. Candidates will be selected for admission based on the following criteria:

A Bachelor's degree that has been recognised as equivalent to an Australian Bachelor's degree, AQF Level 7 and which has been taught and assessed in English within the last 10 years, or to be in the final year of an eligible Bachelor's degree.
An overall weighted Grade Point Average of 5.5 or higher on a 7 point scale, calculated from the applicant's most recent three years of undergraduate study.
Personal qualities and motivation to study Medicine at Notre Dame assessed in the Notre Dame portfolio.
Overall GAMSAT score of 50 or greater or overall MCAT score of at least 500.
Eligible applicants will be interviewed by a panel from the School of Medicine and an International Recruitment Officer, and will be undertaken either in person (preferred) or via Skype.
Education students who have English as an additional language and are admitted on the basis of an International English Language Testing System
(IELTS) assessment, or an equivalent English language proficiency assessment, are only admitted if they have attained an overall IELTS (or equivalent) score of 7.0 (with no score below 7.0 in any of the four skills ). TOEFL IBT- 94, with no score lower than 24 in reading and listening, no score lower than 23 in speaking, and no score lower than 27 in writing.