The enrolment requirements are as follows:

To enrol, an applicant must:

1. Be admitted to the MBBS program at this University and hold a bachelors degree with class I or IIA honours (for PhD entry) or class I, IIA or IIB honours (for MPhil entry)
   
   OR
   
   Be admitted to the MBBS program at this University and hold an approved masters degree
   
   OR
   
   Be admitted to the MBBS program at this University and be deemed to have demonstrated equivalency to one or more of the above criteria (eg via publication authorship) by the School's Postgraduate Coordinator (Academic) for the MBBS-RHD program
   
   AND
   
2. Be approved by the School's Postgraduate Coordinator (Academic) for MBBS-RHD programs and by the Dean of the Graduate School.

A career in medicine can take many directions. Beyond established career tracks in clinical medicine, graduates from this, and other, medical schools pursue varied careers in health care (e.g. occupational medicine, corporate health maintenance), medical education, and biomedical research. The School of Medicine recognizes the importance of providing medical students with the opportunity to prepare themselves for diverse potential careers.

One avenue available in the medical course is the provision for students to undertake combined MBBS and PhD (or MPhil) training. Programs of this kind are well established, particularly in the USA, and provide graduates with the opportunity to combine clinical medicine with training in the basic, clinical or social sciences. Importantly, while one central aim of this combined program is to prepare graduates for a career in academic medicine, in the international experience such combined degrees have successfully prepared graduates for the whole gamut of career possibilities.

The normal entry points for the intercalated MBBS/PhD or MBBS/MPhil programs are:

• In semester 2 of MBBS year 1
• At the completion of MBBS year 2

The program pattern for the intercalated PhD is shown below.  The program pattern for the MPhil is similar, but of shorter duration.