UQ Medicine Interview (MMI): Format, Dates and Scoring (2027)

At each station

• 8 scenarios. Everyone answers 8 scenarios. Some rounds add a virtual waiting room, where you stay under exam conditions but get no extra scenario.
• 2 minutes to read. The assessor shares the scenario and questions on screen. You read them silently, not aloud.
• 7 minutes to respond. The scenario comes off screen while you talk, though you can ask to see it again briefly. A message appears when 1 minute is left.
• Finishing early is fine. You are marked on the quality of your answer, not its length. If you finish early, sit in silence until time is up.
• No role-play. UQ says it does not currently use acting or role-play stations.

Rules for your room

• Photo ID. Government-issued ID is checked at your first station. Provisional entry applicants may use a student ID.
• Room check. You show your room with your camera, including on and under your desk. Only your device, ID and water are allowed, plus any medical item UQ has approved in advance.
• No notes. No pens, paper, timers or second devices, and no other program open besides Zoom. Keep your hands in view.
• No late entry. If you are late, you will not be let in. UQ may be able to reschedule but cannot promise it.

Provisional entry (school leavers)

You apply through QTAC in your final year of school, on your first attempt at Year 12. If you get an offer, you complete a first degree at UQ and then move into the MD.

• Minimums. An adjusted ATAR of 95 (or equivalent), Year 12 English, and a UCAT ANZ score from the year you apply.
• Ranked on UCAT ANZ. UQ's rules rank you on the total scaled score of the cognitive subtests (sections 1 to 3), with Situational Judgement and then Verbal Reasoning as tie-breakers. UQ's website says it is reviewing recent UCAT ANZ changes and will confirm how the score is calculated.
• Three stages. Rural-background applicants are invited first, until the rural sub-quota is filled. Then Queensland Year 12 students, until they make up at least 50% of invitations. Then everyone else.
• Last intake's cut-offs. For the 2026 intake (the last intake, not 2027), the lowest UCAT ANZ score invited to interview was 1960 for Rural Background Sub-quota applicants and 2290 for everyone else. UQ says these vary each year and can't be set in advance.

Graduate entry (GEMSAS)

• Minimums. A key degree with a UQ-equivalent GPA of at least 5.0 out of 7, finished in the last 10 years, and at least 50 in each GAMSAT section.
• 50:50 ranking. Invitations are ranked on your unweighted average GAMSAT score and your GPA (converted to a percentage), equally weighted. GPA breaks ties.
• Two steps to book. Accept the invitation in the GEMSAS portal, then book a time with UQ before the booking due date. Late bookings are only considered in exceptional circumstances.
• One interview. GEMSAS gives you one interview offer only. Your standardized score may be used by your other preferences.
• Recent cohort. Across the 2023 to 2025 domestic intakes, the average GPA was 6.66 and the average unweighted GAMSAT was 65.33.

Rural and regional routes

• Rural Background Sub-quota. UQ's sub-quota page says 28% of all new domestic places. The GEMSAS guide's UQ entry says 28.5% of places, in line with government quotas. You must have lived in an MM2 to MM7 area for 5 years in a row or 10 years in total. Eligible school leavers get 2 adjustments to their selection rank, and graduates get 2 adjustments to their unweighted average GAMSAT score.
• Central Queensland – Wide Bay. School leavers study CQUniversity's Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine) in Rockhampton or Bundaberg, with guaranteed entry to UQ's MD if they pass every unit. UCAT ANZ lists this course among those that use its test.
• Darling Downs – South West. School leavers study UniSQ's Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (Medicine Pathway) in Toowoomba. Entry to the MD is guaranteed if they finish in minimum time with a GPA of 5.0. UCAT ANZ lists this pathway among those that use its test.
• Graduates in the regions. Choose a regional pathway in GEMSAS. You are ranked by tier (local residents first, then other rural applicants, then anyone interested), and accepting means all 4 years in regional Queensland.

Other routes

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathways. Apply through UQ's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit. Applicants do the MMI and a semi-structured interview, and GAMSAT is not mandatory for graduates.
• Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine. A dual program for school leavers who are sure about medicine: 2 years of undergraduate study, then straight into the MD.

Dates for 2027 entry

• Graduate MMIs: held in mid-September 2026, after GEMSAS interview offers in early September.
• Provisional MMIs: scheduled for mid to late November 2026. QTAC emails the invitations.
• Rural Access Scheme evidence: school leavers send their cover sheet and documents to QTAC by 30 September.
• Your Zoom link: arrives by email before your interview. UQ's interview page says 1 to 2 weeks before, and the briefing pack says about 1 week. Check your junk folder.