University of Queensland

The UQ graduate entry MMI: format, weighting and timing for 2027 entry

UQ interviews graduate entry Doctor of Medicine applicants, invited through GEMSAS, with an eight-station Multiple Mini Interview held entirely online over Zoom in mid-September 2026. Each station gives you two minutes to read and seven minutes to answer, and the MMI is worth half your final selection score as well as being a hurdle you have to clear.

By Prof D. Khang, MD/PhD, Associate Member of MedCoach

Published: 15 August 2026
Updated: 16 August 2026
Sources last checked: 16 August 2026
Applies to: 2027 entry (applications made during 2026)

This guide covers one pathway

Pathway: Graduate Entry, Doctor of Medicine
Who it is for: Graduates and final-year bachelor students with a GAMSAT result
Course: Doctor of Medicine
Apply through: GEMSAS
Interview required: yes
Format: MMI, eight scored stations, two minutes silent reading then seven minutes to respond
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Timing: Mid-September 2026
Weighting: GPA 25%, GAMSAT 25%, MMI 50%, plus a minimum MMI score set by the Executive Dean
Last verified: 16 August 2026

This guide covers graduate entry, the pathway for applicants who hold or are finishing a bachelor degree and apply through GEMSAS. UQ interviews with a Multiple Mini Interview of eight assessed stations, held online over Zoom in mid-September 2026. Each station gives you two minutes to read the scenario in silence, then seven minutes to respond. UQ states that "MMIs are held via video conferencing", and its briefing pack confirms the eight stations and the two plus seven minute structure.

There is no campus option to choose. At our last check UQ published no in-person, Herston or St Lucia alternative for any pathway, so plan for a video interview regardless of where you live.

The MMI matters more at UQ than at many schools. It is worth 50 per cent of the final selection score and it is also a hurdle you must clear before you can be ranked at all.

If you are a Year 12 student rather than a graduate, you want the UQ provisional entry guide instead. That pathway runs through QTAC on the UCAT ANZ and an adjusted ATAR of 95, and interviews in November rather than September, though the interview itself is this same instrument.

At a glance

UQ's graduate entry interview is an eight-station Multiple Mini Interview run entirely online over Zoom, with two minutes of silent reading and seven minutes to answer at each station, and no role-play or acting stations.
It is for applicants who hold or are finishing a bachelor degree, invited through GEMSAS, which issues only one interview offer across all its member schools. There is no campus alternative published for anyone.
The MMI is worth 50 per cent of the final selection score, alongside GPA at 25 per cent and unweighted average GAMSAT or overall MCAT at 25 per cent, and it also works as a hurdle since applicants must reach a minimum MMI score before they can be ranked.
Timing for 2027 entry: mid-September 2026 for domestic graduate entry, and the weeks beginning 13 July and 14 September 2026 for the international rounds. Exact calendar days were not published at our last check.
The biggest published gap is the minimum score itself. UQ confirms the threshold exists and is set by the Executive Dean, but does not release its value, and afterwards gives only cohort-relative feedback rather than anything about your own performance.
The MMI runs under exam conditions, with a photo ID check and camera sweep at station one, no notes or recording, and only Zoom permitted on screen.

The format, station by station

UQ MD MMI structure, from UQ's pre-interview briefing pack
Element	What UQ publishes	Status
Assessed stations	8	PublishedConfirmed
Reading time	2 minutes of silent reading, scenario shown on screen	PublishedConfirmed
Response time	7 minutes, with a warning at the 6 minute mark	PublishedConfirmed
Between stations	About 1 minute of transition, staff move you between rooms	PublishedConfirmed
Room setup	Each station is a separate virtual Zoom room, and staff move you between rooms. GEMSAS describes each station as having a single interviewer	PublishedConfirmed
Total time commitment	Be alone and undisturbed for up to 2 hours	PublishedConfirmed
Role-play stations	None. UQ states it does not currently use acting or role-play stations	PublishedConfirmed
Delivery	Online via Zoom, for every pathway. No published campus option	PublishedConfirmed

Sources: UQ pre-interview briefing pack and UQ entry interviews. Some rounds also include a virtual waiting room described as a ninth station, which is not assessed. You still address eight scenarios.

What this means

Eight assessed stations, each a separate virtual Zoom room that staff move you between, with two minutes to read the scenario on screen and seven minutes to respond, warned at the six minute mark.
Allow about a minute of transition between rooms and expect to be alone and undisturbed for up to two hours in total. GEMSAS describes a single interviewer per station.
Some rounds add a virtual waiting room that gets called a ninth station. It is not assessed, so you still address eight scenarios.
UQ does not currently use acting or role-play stations, and publishes no in-person Herston or St Lucia option for any pathway.
Exam conditions apply: no notes, recordings or screenshots, nothing but Zoom open including minimised windows, ID and camera sweep at station one, and a confidentiality acknowledgement whose breach can cost an offer or enrolment.

How much the MMI counts

UQ's Programs and Courses Policy sets out the weighting, and the MMI is the largest single component of it.

UQ graduate entry MD selection weighting, from Schedule 3 of UQ policy
Component	Weighting	Status
GPA	25 per cent of the final score	Published in policyConfirmed
Unweighted average GAMSAT, or overall MCAT	25 per cent of the final score	Published in policyConfirmed
MMI	50 per cent of the final score	Published in policyConfirmed
Minimum MMI score	All applicants must reach a minimum MMI score set by the Executive Dean	Rule publishedConfirmed
The value of that minimum score	Not released	UQ does not publish the thresholdNot published

Source: UQ Programs and Courses Policy, Schedule 3. UQ also states that each assessor gives a score that contributes to your overall admissions rank, so the MMI is scored rather than pass or fail, while still carrying a minimum you must clear.

Getting to the interview is a separate calculation. For graduate entry, GEMSAS states that selection for interview is a 50:50 combination of the unweighted average GAMSAT score and the assessed GPA converted to a percentage. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway applicants sit the MMI and an additional semi-structured interview with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, and are selected on that Unit's recommendation rather than the weighted score.

Key points

The MMI carries half the final score, paired with GPA at 25 per cent and unweighted average GAMSAT or overall MCAT at 25 per cent.
Every applicant must reach a minimum MMI score set by the Executive Dean, and UQ does not publish what that threshold is.
The MMI is scored rather than pass or fail, with each assessor's score feeding your overall admissions rank while the minimum still has to be cleared.
Getting invited is a different calculation. GEMSAS selects graduate applicants for interview on a 50:50 mix of unweighted average GAMSAT and assessed GPA converted to a percentage.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway applicants sit the MMI plus a semi-structured interview with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, and are selected on that Unit's recommendation instead of the weighted score.

When UQ interviews for 2027 entry

UQ graduate entry interview timing, 2027 entry
Round	Published timing	Status
Domestic graduate entry (GEMSAS)	Interviews scheduled for mid-September 2026	Month published, no exact datesIndicative window
International graduate entry (applying directly to UQ)	Round 1 week beginning 13 July 2026, Round 2 week beginning 14 September 2026	Weeks publishedConfirmed
Offers	Made in November, with a small number of subsequent offers in December and January	Published by GEMSASConfirmed

Sources: UQ graduate entry and the GEMSAS UQ page, which states MMIs will be held online in September 2026. Exact calendar days were not published at our last check. School-leaver rounds run separately in November and are covered in the provisional entry guide.

Preparing for this specific format

Everything above is UQ's published information. This section is MedCoach's preparation advice, built around the details of this particular format rather than generic interview tips.

Practise to two minutes and seven minutes, not to a vague sense of timing

Two minutes of silent reading is enough to plan properly, and most applicants waste it re-reading the prompt instead. Use it to decide your structure and your first sentence. Seven minutes is a long answer by everyday conversation standards, and it is where unprepared applicants run out of material at four minutes and then repeat themselves.

UQ states that you are not marked on the length of your response, only its quality, and that finishing early does not cost you marks. Take that at face value. A complete, well-reasoned five minute answer beats seven minutes of padding. Practise the ending as deliberately as the opening, so you can stop cleanly rather than trailing off.

Rehearse in the room and on the machine you will use

This is a video interview under exam conditions with an ID check and a camera sweep at station one. Set up the actual space, sit at the actual desk, and use the actual laptop. Check what is behind you, whether your face is lit from the front rather than from a window behind you, and whether your microphone picks up a fan or a hallway.

Because you cannot have any other program open, you also cannot have notes on screen. If your preparation relies on prompts you glance at, it will not survive the real thing.

Build structures, not scripts

With no role-play stations, UQ's MMI is scenario and discussion driven, so what is being assessed is your reasoning, your communication and your judgement. UQ's policy describes the MMI as assessing verbal communication skills, values, personal qualities and interest in a long-term medical career.

A memorised script fails the moment the scenario shifts. A reusable structure does not. Practise moving from the issue, to the people affected, to the competing considerations, to what you would actually do and why, and you will have something that fits almost any station.

If you are a school leaver, the UQ provisional entry guide covers the QTAC pathway and its November round. If you are also applying through GEMSAS elsewhere, the interview offer and date guide sets out the wider 2027-entry timeline.

Key points

Spend the two silent minutes choosing a structure and a first sentence rather than re-reading the prompt, and rehearse the full seven minutes so you do not run dry at four and start repeating yourself.
UQ marks quality rather than length and says finishing early costs nothing, so a complete five minute answer beats padding. Rehearse the ending as carefully as the opening so you can stop cleanly.
Practise in the actual room on the actual laptop, checking your background, front lighting and stray noise, since station one includes an ID check and a camera sweep. With only Zoom allowed on screen, notes you glance at are not an option.
Build reusable structures instead of scripts, moving from the issue to the people affected to the competing considerations to what you would do and why. UQ's policy frames the MMI as assessing verbal communication, values, personal qualities and interest in a long-term medical career.
UQ gives cohort-relative feedback on your MMI score after the admission period but nothing qualitative or quantitative on your own performance, which is the case for getting detailed feedback while you are still preparing.

Official sources

Every fact above traces to one of these first-party sources. Dates and formats are set by the universities and can change, so check the original page before you rely on it.

UQ Doctor of Medicine entry interviewsThe University of Queensland · applies to Cycle not stated on the page, live at our last check · checked 2026-08-16
UQ Doctor of Medicine pre-interview briefing pack (V.1 2026)The University of Queensland · applies to V.1 2026 document, current at our last check · checked 2026-08-16
UQ Programs and Courses Policy, Schedule 3: Doctor of Medicine admissionThe University of Queensland · applies to Schedule 3 (2025-), current operative policy · checked 2026-08-16
UQ Doctor of Medicine graduate entry: how to applyThe University of Queensland · applies to 2027 entry · checked 2026-08-16
UQ Doctor of Medicine provisional entry: how to applyThe University of Queensland · applies to 2027 entry · checked 2026-08-16
GEMSAS school page: The University of QueenslandGEMSAS · applies to 2027 entry · checked 2026-08-16

MedCoach is an independent study tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any university or admissions body. Read how we research and check this information in our editorial standards, which also explains how to send us a correction.