Bachelor of Medical Science

Western Sydney University - Parramatta

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Overview

You're fascinated by the science of medicine, how our bodies work, how disease and environment interact with our bodies. Medical Science will give you access to world class academic researchers who will teach you the science underpinning how the human body functions in health and disease. This will allow you to take your fascination and transform it into an amazing future.

At the beginning of the first year, you'll choose a major (see areas of study), but you can change your major later in the course. You may also choose a second major, either from the School of Science or from another School e.g. Human Nutrition and Innovative Foods, or Biomedical Science and Business. Instead of a second major, the other eight subjects to complete your course are yours to choose- more subjects in Science or from other Schools or a combination of both.

Majors

Areas of study

Anatomy and physiology, biomedical science, human nutrition. You may also choose to complete a double major for example human nutrition and innovative foods.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Positions in medical and pharmaceutical research laboratories; hospital and pathology laboratories; pharmaceutical and medical sales; research and quality control laboratories; further study including research degrees, graduate pharmacy and graduate medicine degrees, Master Teaching offered by the University.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer99.699.95
Median rank to receive an offer69.8376.03
Lowest rank to receive an offer55.8565.1

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Western Sydney University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

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