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International Students

An international student is a not a citizen of Australia or New Zealand and does not have an Australian Permanent Resident visa.

Timeline for our 2013 Intake is as follows:

March - April:     UQ International will start accepting and assessing applications

Mid - Late May:  First round of offers will go out to successful applicants

Oct - Nov:        International and UQ-Ochsner quotas close to being full, waitlist will be created

 

Graduate Entry places available

Graduate Entry: There are approximately 130 places for international students for the 2013 intake into the MBBS Program.

UQ-Ochsner MBBS quota

UQ and the Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana have formed a partnership to offer a unique opportunity for U.S citizens and U.S perminent residents to complete the UQ MBBS across two countries. In 2013, 120 place are available for eligble applicants in the UQ-Ochsner MBBS.

Successful students will undertake the first 2 years of the MBBS program at UQ in Queensland, Australia.  The students will then spend the majority of their final 2 years of the MBBS program in New Orleans at the Ochsner Clinical School, operating within the Ochsner Health System. Student in the UQ-Ochsner program follow the same curriculum, clinical rotations (number, structure and type), and assessment as their counterparts in Queensland. These students will graduate with the current UQ MBBS degree, which is recognized in the U.S. as equivalent to the U.S. MD degree.  Students will be eligible for ECFMG certification, to take the USMLEs, for the NRMP match, and to practice medicine in the U.S. 

The MBBS Program

UQ’s School of Medicine is recognised as one of only four world class Schools of Medicine in Australia and is ranked highly both nationally and internationally.

We are Australia’s largest graduate medical program and work with a community of scholars, clinicians and stakeholders to provide award winning medical education in a small case-based and problem based learning groups.

The School of Medicine accepts the highest number of international students than any other Australian medical program. The majority of our students are from Canada but the international cohort is a diverse group from other countries including USA, Singapore,  Malaysia and the UK.

Students are offered complete support throughout the application and offer process and with any information required to assist them in their decision to undertake studies at UQ including program information, accommodation and financial loan processing assistance.

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