University of Western Australia: UCAT and entry requirements
| Uses UCAT ANZ | Required for assured medicine and dentistry entry. [1][2] |
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| How UCAT is used | Medicine interviews rank UCAT within each quota, with no fixed minimum or published historical threshold. General offers: ATAR 30%, interview 50%, UCAT 20%. Rural: ATAR 22.5%, interview 37.5%, UCAT 15%, rurality 25%. The overall score uses the cognitive subtests; UWA reserves the right to use SJT. [1] |
| Interview | Medicine MMI: 8 numbered stations, with 2 minutes to read and 5 minutes with the interviewer at each. Allow about 70 to 75 minutes including registration. [1] |
| Other selection requirements | Minimum ATAR 98 for Rural, Broadway and High Academic Achievers quotas, after Broadway adjustments, or 90 for the Indigenous pathway. [1] |
| Pathways | MD via Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised), with Rural, Indigenous and Broadway pathways. [1] |
| Dental Medicine selection | DMD via Bachelor of Biomedicine (Specialised), Integrated Dental Sciences major. General final ranking: ATAR 30%, interview 50%, UCAT 20%. Rural: ATAR 22.5%, interview 37.5%, UCAT 15%, rurality 25%. UCAT uses the cognitive total; UWA reserves the right to use SJT. [2] |
| Dental Medicine ATAR and interview | Minimum ATAR 98 for Rural, Broadway and High Academic Achievers quotas, or 90 for the Indigenous pathway. MMI: 8 numbered stations of 7 minutes, with 2 minutes to read and 5 to answer. [2] |
| 2027 medicine and dental entry dates | TISC closes late September. Medicine interview eligibility emails go out after the WACE exams. Medicine and domestic school-leaver dentistry interviews: selected dates from 30 November to 11 December 2026. [1][2] |
What this means for your UCAT prep
UCAT, ATAR and the interview all count for medicine and dentistry, so make time for each. Keep some SJT prep because UWA reserves the right to use it.
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