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Eighty Australian government-funded places in the ANU Medical School will be available to Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents in 2007. Of these 80 places:

•    Three must be filled by applicants who take up Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships. These are only available to Australian citizens or permanent residents. Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships represent an Australian Government initiative to encourage doctors to work in rural areas of Australia after completion of basic medical and postgraduate training. Details of the Scholarships are available at www.health.gov.au/Internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/health-workforce-scholar-index.htm While we expect that rural bonded students may wish to take up places in the Rural Stream (details below), the two programs are independent.

•    20 places are Bonded Medical Places. Students accepting these places will be bonded by the Australian Government to work in districts of workforce shortage for a period of six years after completion of their basic medical and postgraduate training but they will not be supported with a scholarship during Medical School. These represent a further Australian Government initiative to address medical workforce shortages. Details are available at www.health.gov.au/workforce/bmp/what.htm

•    57 places are Commonwealth Supported Places funded by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

•    Two Commonwealth Supported Places are set aside annually for Indigenous students, although Indigenous students may apply for general admission.

It is anticipated that up to 16 of the 80 students admitted annually will enter a Rural Stream that will provide rural educational experiences in southeast New South Wales throughout the four-year program. The focal point of these experiences will be in the third year of the program: students will complete their entire Year 3 studies in the regional centres surrounding Canberra, principally attached to the region’s general practices. This track will provide ‘hands on’ clinical experiences and will be supported by appropriate IT, experiences in the local hospitals and weekly structured teaching activities.

The ANU Medical School may also admit up to 12 full fee-paying international students in 2007.

Students who successfully complete the full program of study at the ANU Medical School will be awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). These degrees are recognised in Australia as being necessary for a medical student to proceed to an internship in an approved clinical establishment.