Overview

Overview

The Melbourne MD-PhD pathway provides an opportunity for medical students to integrate a PhD into their MD program, supporting medical students who want to kick-start their career as clinician-researcher leaders of the future.

While the Melbourne MD already equips students with the necessary skills to commence a career as a clinician-researcher, the pathway allows those with a deep interest in research to explore this exciting opportunity early in their medical training to lay a parallel foundation for their academic career.

The Melbourne MD-PhD is not an accelerated pathway. The duration of the MD-PhD pathway is seven years, comprised of four years MD and three years PhD. Students will find that the research training components of the MD will have synergies with the PhD which will, in turn, inform and enhance their MD experience.

The diagram on the timelines page explains the way in which MD/PhD students will intercalate their medical studies and PhD candidature.