The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Clinical School coordinates medical elective requests from Australian and overseas medical students in addition to teaching medical students from the University of Melbourne.
The University of Melbourne's Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical School works in partnership with the RMH to coordinate all incoming medical student elective placements.
Our placements are only available to actively enrolled medical students who are in the final 2 years of their medical degree. The length of electives are a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 8 weeks. Per department we only offer a maximum of 4 weeks.
We do not offer electives in paediatrics, obstetrics or gynaecology placements. For information on these placements, see the University of Melbourne Medical School Clinical Elective website.
Current status of elective placements
Elective applications for 2025
The first round of applications for 2025 will close Friday 3 May 2024.
At this stage, any applications sent in will not be considered or refunded the application fee.
We aim to re-open applications again in August. Please monitor this page for further updates.
Processing times
Applications will be processed between Monday 6 May and Friday 16 August. During this time, we require your patience as we work through all application forms. We will endeavour to process yours as quickly as possible.
Elective applications for 2024
Elective applications are closed. We will not be accepting any applications for 2024. Any applications sent in will not be considered or refunded the application fee.
Important documents
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