Medicine rural application process

What is the Rural Application Process?

The Rural Application Process aims to support students from rural areas of Australia to study medicine.

The benefits of applying through the Rural Application Process may include:

• Consideration of your rurality during the application process, with ATAR adjustment factors possible for Year 12 leavers.
• Domestic tertiary applicants who meet rural residency requirements should apply via the Rural Application Process (RAP) although they are not eligible for ATAR adjustment.  This allows for eligibility for quotas where applicable, rural student funding and/or scholarships when available.

NOTE: Applying for the Rural Application Pathway is part of the usual University of Tasmania electronic application process. Your application will be assessed for rural quota places based on the information you provide. There is not a separate RAP application form.

Am I eligible to apply through the Rural Application Process?

If you live in a rural area of Australia, you may be eligible to apply via the Rural Application Process.

Eligibility is based on location. You must have lived in a regional or remote area of Australia prior to commencing the Medicine Program for:

• Five or more consecutive years, OR
• Ten cumulative years

Applicants must meet rural location eligibility criteria at the date of BMedScMD course commencement.

You can determine the rurality of your home address(es) using the Modified Monash Model. You will be asked to provide these addresses, and the dates (month/year) for which you lived there, when completing your application to study Medicine.

A regional or remote area of Australia is defined as Modified Monash Model areas MM2 – MM7. Please note this is the Federal Government definition of rurality. All of Tasmania is MM2 – MM7.

ATAR Adjustment Factors for Year 12 leavers

In recognition of the relative education disadvantage that can occur in rural areas there may be ATAR adjustment available to BMedScMD Year 12 leaver applicants via the Rural Application Process.

If you are a Year 12 leaver eligible to apply via the Rural Application Process (see location requirements described above), there is an adjustment of 4 additional ATAR points for MM2 Year 12 applicants.  Year 12 applicants from an MM3-7 area receive an adjustment of 5 additional ATAR points.