Study abroad and exchange opportunities

Every year the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences hosts many international students spending a semester, a year or a clinical placement at the University of Melbourne and its teaching hospitals. The university gives students worldwide the opportunity to come to Melbourne and extend their interests in the biomedical and health sciences. Find out more about university support services for international students.

Subject selection

As part of study abroad and exchange programs students can undertake subjects in the following discipline areas within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences:

• anatomy (human);
• biochemistry and molecular biology;
• biomedical and health ethics;
• biotechnology;
• cell biology;
• epidemiology and biostatistics;
• health care history;
• immunology;
• issues in health practice;
• medicine (pre-clinical);
• medical anthropology;
• medical science (research);
• microbiology;
• neuroscience;
• nursing;
• pathology;
• pharmacology;
• physical therapy / physiotherapy;
• physiology;
• psychology;
• social issues in health;
• women's and gender health issues.

Visit the university Future Students website to learn more about subject selection.

Who is eligible

Students with good academic grades who are enrolled in a university and who will have completed a minimum of two semesters of full-time university study by the time their study at the University of Melbourne starts, can apply. Visit the university Future Students website to learn more about eligibility.

How to apply

We highly recommend that you discuss your study abroad or exchange plans with an advisor at your home institution before applying.

Visit the university Future Students website to learn more about how to apply.

Contact information

Faculty International Unit
Veronica Vele
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Level 5/207 Bouverie Street
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010 Australia
tel: +61 3 8344 9133
fax: +61 3 9348 1850
email: mdhs-international@unimelb.edu.au
web: www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/structure/admin/fiu/index.html

University International Centre
The University of Melbourne Victoria 3010
tel: +61 3 8344 4505
fax: +61 3 9347 9062
email: admissions-studyabroad@unimelb.edu.au
web: http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/int/saex/index.html