Melbourne Biomedicine vs Monash Biomedical Science

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Hey guys,

As I am interested in the possibility of doing Medicine as a graduate, I have been drawn towards the Biomedicine and Biomedical Science undergraduate degrees from Melbourne and Monash respectively.

I believe I have a decent chance of being accepted into both undergraduate courses, and have received a grant for Melbourne Uni already.

I know the placements for Medicine are difficult to achieve and am therefore also trying to take into consideration the differences in the number of placements for Medicine at each university and the other potential careers leading from these degrees if I am unsuccessful to obtain a Medicine placement.

 I would love to hear about your experiences with the universities and courses.

[vox nihili]

Hey guys,

As I am interested in the possibility of doing Medicine as a graduate, I have been drawn towards the Biomedicine and Biomedical Science undergraduate degrees from Melbourne and Monash respectively.

I believe I have a decent chance of being accepted into both undergraduate courses, and have received a grant for Melbourne Uni already.

I know the placements for Medicine are difficult to achieve and am therefore also trying to take into consideration the differences in the number of placements for Medicine at each university and the other potential careers leading from these degrees if I am unsuccessful to obtain a Medicine placement.

 I would love to hear about your experiences with the universities and courses.

Do the Monash degree. It's a better course imo. Completely anecdotal, but the Monash kids seem to have a more well-rounded degree that actually equips them with skills, whereas biomed at UniMelb is a pretty good example of teaching for cash.

[AngelWings]

Going to tack on one additional comment that I've heard (so please take with a grain of salt until confirmed): Monash postgrad med only takes from Monash undergrads, but Melbourne doesn't exactly differentiate where you come from as long as you've done units in the areas they require.

Someone please confirm this.

[Lear]

Going to tack on one additional comment that I've heard (so please take with a grain of salt until confirmed): Monash postgrad med only takes from Monash undergrads, but Melbourne doesn't exactly differentiate where you come from as long as you've done units in the areas they require.

Someone please confirm this.

I can confirm this.

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Thanks so much guys

[mobius.strip]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can go into a bit more detail regarding how the courses differ. I'm currently leaning towards biomed at melbourne because it offers breadth subjects and the 99+ guarantee (despite being a questionable fallback since it's so ridiculously expensive) but I might choose monash if the content of the course is generally regarded as better.

[mtDNA]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can go into a bit more detail regarding how the courses differ. I'm currently leaning towards biomed at melbourne because it offers breadth subjects and the 99+ guarantee (despite being a questionable fallback since it's so ridiculously expensive) but I might choose monash if the content of the course is generally regarded as better.

Have a look at the university handbooks for both courses and you will be able to find the subjects you take within the degree.

[appleandbee]

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone can go into a bit more detail regarding how the courses differ. I'm currently leaning towards biomed at melbourne because it offers breadth subjects and the 99+ guarantee (despite being a questionable fallback since it's so ridiculously expensive) but I might choose monash if the content of the course is generally regarded as better.

You can technically do breadth subjects under the electives component at Monash uni. You can also do a Diploma of Liberal Arts (lets you complete the equivalent of a major from an Arts degree) or Languages if you wanted to do more humanities subjects. The main difference between Monash electives and Unimelb breadth component, is that the Monash model has no restrictions-students can complete Maths/Science subjects in the electives component even if they can studying a degree in that field.

The other main difference between Monash and Unimelb biomed, is that in Monash you don't get to choose your subjects within the biomed component as there is no biomed electives, whereas in Unimelb you have to choose a major (eg. Neuroscience, Immunology etc.).