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.
Apply for an elective placement
Apply for an elective placement
Applications for 2025 and 2026 elective placements are closed.
We do not accept or refund late applications
Application fees are non-refundable. Any applications sent in after applications close on 1 August will not be considered or refunded the application fee.
There may be a second round of elective applications opening in November 2025, though this is subject to change.
Application processing times
Applications for 2026 will be processed between Monday 2 July 2025 and Friday 31 October 2025.
Due to recent changes in our processing system, we kindly ask for your patience during this period. We are committed to reviewing all applications as efficiently as possible.
Please avoid sending follow-up emails as this will delay our response time.
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