Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Entry to medicine and dentistry at UWA is very competitive.

Course quotas and your chances of entry include:

Standard entry

• Standard entry about 120 medical places and 34 dental places.

For medicine, about 1450 people applied for 2009 entry. For 2010 entry, two to three people will be interviewed for each place.

For dentistry, about 600 people applied for 2009 entry. For 2010 entry, about two to three will be interviewed for each place.

Non-standard entry

• Non-standard entry about 15 medical places and about 16 dental places.

For medicine, about 300 people applied for 2009 entry. For 2010 entry, about two to three people will be interviewed for each place.

For dentistry, about 200 non-standard applicants applied for 2009 entry. For 2010 entry, about two to three will be interviewed for each place.

Graduate entry

• Graduate entry (medicine) about 60-65 Commonwealth-supported places.

In 2008-09, about 330 applicants applied by using one of their three preferences.

Taking into account the preference system, we then received about 200 of the 330 applications. The top 95 applicants were selected for interview.

In 2009-10, about 90-95 applicants will be interviewed.