Study opportunities

The faculty's outstanding study opportunities lie in the strength of its research and its links with leading hospitals and research institutes. Innovative teaching programs and an outstanding reputation provide our students with an exciting learning environment and excellent career opportunities. The faculty's main campus is in the heart of an exciting biomedical research precinct and close to major city hospitals. Find out more about the faculty's undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Strong clinical focus

Clinical experience is emphasised and introduced early in the medical, dental science, physiotherapy and nursing courses. This experience prepares our students for practice by offering extensive supervised patient care. Students have access to a range of clinical sites, including leading hospitals, clinical schools and rural sites.

The latest knowledge

The breadth of the faculty's research informs our teaching programs and provides students with excellent academic teaching staff. Students in the faculty's medical course undertake a research year and gain an additional qualification, the Bachelor of Medical Science. Students can choose from an extensive range of medicine-related topics and can spend the year doing research on campus or in approved centres interstate or overseas. Learn more about the faculty's research strengths.

Outstanding staff

The faculty's outstanding staff include a number of internationally renowned researchers and clinicians, including Nobel Laureates, Professor Peter Doherty (1996 Nobel Prize in Medicine) and Professor Bert Sakmann (1991 Nobel Prize in Medicine) who have appointments under the university's Eminent Scholars Program. Find out more about the faculty's outstanding staff.

Multimedia in the learning environment

Our undergraduate students have online access to learning tools through the faculty's purpose-built computer-aided learning packages. Using these packages, students can test their knowledge at their own pace using case studies and simulations of real environments. The faculty offers an excellent range of multimedia products to meet the learning needs of its students and those of other institutions. Find out more about the faculty's learning resources.

Active approach to learning

The faculty's students determine their own learning goals and are supported through:

• lectures;
• small group tutorials;
• practical classes (including dissection);
• use of purpose-built computer-aided learning packages;
• online learning communities.

Diversity of experience

Our students experience their training in diverse clinical settings and study with people from different cultures and countries. We give our students an understanding of the key health issues in their professions and develop their generic skills to give them greater choice in their working life.

Evidence-based approach

An evidence-based approach to practice and decision-making is used in all courses. Our students are equipped with strong critical-thinking and decision-making skills to use in practice.

A focus on communication

The faculty recognises how important communication skills are for people working in the health science professions. Communication skills are developed early in our courses and students have access to simulated patients (trained actors) to (practise on) before moving to clinical encounters with real patients.

Opportunities for overseas students to study in Melbourne

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offers students worldwide the opportunity to come to Melbourne and extend their interests in the biomedical and health sciences. Backed by the University of Melbourne's comprehensive arrival, housing and support services, the faculty offers a range of courses of interest to pre-med, life-science, kinesiology, nursing and psychology majors. Learn more about opportunities and support for international students.