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Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences

ProviderThe University of Sydney
Course code: SIA-214491UniversityStudy area: HealthCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Our Graduate Certificate in Surgical Sciences aims to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed in surgical specialty areas as well as non technical areas such as professionalism, leadership and research. This course provides an early pathway for senior medical students (years 3 or 4) or medical graduates to undertake study in preparation for the Generic Surgical Science Examination (GSSE) conducted by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).

Entry requirements

Postgraduate and higher courses usually use academic prerequisites, degree equivalence and English-language requirements.

Postgraduate entry

Admission to course requires:

  • a medical degree from the University of Sydney or an equivalent qualification
  • successful completion of all pre clinical studies, in a graduate entry medical degree program offered by an Australian university.
English requirement
IELTS Academic 6.5, no band below 6PTE Academic 64, no component below 60TOEFL iBT 85 (L 17 / R 17 / W 19 / S 17)

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Past Offers

Current-course cases first, supplemented by same-institution scored cases.

Scored cases
Source countriesChina · Malaysia
Common pathwayBachelor background · Foundation background
Target levelMaster degree · Bachelor degree
Offer fieldsBiological Science · -
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IndiaHigh school background
Bachelor of PsychologyBachelor degree · Psychology · In Australia
percentage guessPercentage 88.75%strong band · approx. top 10-15%
2
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Biological Science · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.96/4.0top band · approx. top 5%
3
IndonesiaBachelor background
Master of CommerceMaster degree · Business Analytics · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 3.75/4.0top band · approx. top 5-10%
4
ChinaBachelor background
Master of Computer ScienceMaster degree · - · In Australia
percentage guessPercentage 66.3%lower band · approx. top 30-35%
5
MalaysiaFoundation background
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor degree · Biological Science · Offshore
GPA / 4.0GPA 4.0/4.04.00 · top band · approx. top 5%

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

Refer to the institution course handbook.

References

Official course, fees, admissions, English, curriculum and related sources.

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Official course pagesydney.edu.auTuition fee sourcestudiesinaustralia.comARC Postgraduate Research Scholarshipsearch.studyaustralia.gov.auAustralasian Pioneers Club Travel Research Scholarshipsearch.studyaustralia.gov.auAgnes Campbell Prizesearch.studyaustralia.gov.auGeorge Harris Scholarships (Chemistry)search.studyaustralia.gov.auAchieva course data JSONAchieva course information