Faculty of Health

CDU Menzies Medical Program

Our strategic vision for the future

The creation of a locally led medical program that draws upon the knowledge and experience of committed Northern Territorian experts and institutions is an exciting development.

It provides an opportunity for a timely and significant step-change in the delivery of medical education in the Territory to one that is locally designed, responsive and dedicated to meeting the complex health needs of the NT.

A locally led, governed, designed and delivered medical program for the NT

Curriculum Working Group

First Nations Working Group

Strategic Advisory Board

In the news

Partnership a major milestone for the CDU School of Medicine

Charles Darwin University (CDU) is a step closer to establishing a home-grown medical school with a new curriculum partnership with Western Sydney University signed.
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New short courses to give insight into emergency and disaster health

In a time of environmental disasters and ongoing threats of disease outbreaks, a new suite of micro-credential courses will give students access to the knowledge and strategies of how to be prepared in a crisis.
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Health program attracts students from across the NT

First Nations students from across the Northern Territory are gathering in Darwin this week to explore opportunities to study health in the second year of a successful new Charles Darwin University (CDU) program.
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First Nations alternative admission pathways

Bachelor of Clinical Sciences / NTMP (Northern Territory Medical Program)

CDU offers an alternative admission pathway for First Nations students who are interested in studying Clinical Sciences.

The program has been developed in cooperation with CDU First Nations Leadership and the First Nations Working Group of the CDU Menzies Medical Program.

Entry requirements

An application to be filled out with information about yourself and the things you have done in the community, as well as a personal reflection. You can support your application with your high school transcripts.
There will be an interview that will look at the things about you, and how you think, to see if you are suited to a career in medicine. The interview will be hosted by CDU’s First Nations Student Support in the Gurinbey Centre on Casuarina campus. Online options are available for students who are from interstate and cannot travel.
Following the interview, you may be given an offer of admission pending your final ATAR score.
If your ATAR score is 85 or above, you’ll be given a full offer.

UCAT is not required.

How to apply

The application form is to be submitted by first week of November to the following email address: foh@cdu.edu.au

Application form (PDF, 591.35 KB)

Please note: Applications must be submitted by the first week of November.

If you have any further queries, please feel free to ask foh@cdu.edu.au or reach out to our First Nations Student Support team on 08 89466479.

Medical courses on offer

Our Dean

Professor Dianne Stephens has been appointed as the Dean of the CDU Menzies Medical Program.
Professor Stephens moved from Melbourne to Darwin in 1998 and commenced work as the Director of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and their first Intensive Care Specialist. She developed the RDH ICU into a tertiary level ICU recognised as a highly effective training and research unit by the ICU community.
For her leadership role in the ICU management of the 20 critically ill Bali bombing victims in 2002, Professor Stephens received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

She joined the RAAF Specialist Reserves in 2004 and deployed for three months to Iraq in 2005, where she worked as Clinical Director of ICU in the only US tertiary hospital facility in Balad.

Professor Stephens has been involved in the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) from its inception following the first Bali bombings. She has been an Instructor and Course Director on courses run by the NCCTRC and been involved in the NCCTRC response to local, national and international disasters.