Disclaimer

Please note that this blog is intended for the students and parents associated with MacGregor State High School. Please check areas of interest as seen on the blog to confirm dates and other information as there will be occasions when dates will change and the information may not be included in the blog as it may not have been received by the school. Posts prior to July 2021 may have reference to different schools as this blog was initially developed for students when I was the Guidance Officer at another school.








Thursday, 18 May 2017

UMAT - Undergratuate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test

Are you interested in applying for Medicine or another Health Science? if so, please see the information below to see if the course you would like to do requires that you sit the UMAT exam. The following information has been taken from the ACER website.

Please note that UMAT 2017 Registrations are now open, and they close at 5pm AEST on June 2nd 2017. The exam will be sat on July 26, 2017.

UMAT is developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on behalf of the UMAT Consortium universities.  The test is used specifically to assist with the selection of students into the medicine, dentistry and health science degree programs at undergraduate level at the universities listed on this website.

UMAT is designed to assess general attributes and abilities gained through prior experience and learning; specifically, the acquisition of skills in critical thinking and problem solving, understanding people and abstract non-verbal reasoning.  These abilities are considered important to the study, and later practice, of professions in the health sciences.

UMAT is an aptitude test; it is not a personality or IQ test.  The test is not curriculum-based and presupposes no particular subjects at secondary level.  UMAT does not require any knowledge or skills in mathematics or sciences, or in any other area of the curriculum.  It is designed to complement your academic results, not to replicate them.

For information about the UMAT, please visit this link. Here is a summary of the courses requiring that a UMAT be completed:

The University of AdelaideMedicine, Dental Surgery
Charles Darwin UniversityClinical Sciences
Charles Sturt UniversityDental Science
Curtin UniversityMedicine
Flinders UniversityClinical Sciences/Medicine
La Trobe UniversityHealth Sciences in Dentistry/Master of
Dentistry**, Oral Health Science**
Monash UniversityMedicine
The University of Newcastle/
University of New England		Joint Medical Program
The University of New South WalesMedicine
The University of QueenslandMedicine (provisional entry), Dental Science
University of TasmaniaMedicine
The University of Western AustraliaMedicine (Direct Pathway), Dental Medicine
(Direct Pathway)
Western Sydney UniversityMedicine
The University of AucklandMedicine
University of OtagoMedicine, Dental Surgery

*Please note that at select institutions international students may be exempt from taking UMAT or may be required to sit a different test. For details candidates should refer to the websites of the universities to which they intend to apply.
**UMAT only required for non-Year 12 applicants.