# Graduate Diploma in Science

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# Graduate Diploma in Science

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Graduate Diploma in Science

### Entry requirements

## Entry requirements

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You're considered a domestic student if you're an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident, or have a permanent humanitarian visa. This applies even if you're studying abroad or have dual Australian citizenship.

### Admission criteria

To be considered for entry into this course, you must have:

- An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in any discipline AND
- Appropriate prerequisite studies for your stream.

Where degree levels are referenced, levels align with the [Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF)](https://www.aqf.edu.au/framework/aqf-qualifications). Applications are assessed against these standards.

#### Don't meet the prerequisite subject requirements?

You may have the option to enrol in specific single subjects through the University's Community Access Program, even if you are not enrolled in a course. Completing these prerequisite subjects may qualify you for entry into this course. This option is not available to student visa holders or applicants. [Learn more about single subject study.](https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/single-subject-study/bridging-and-enabling-studies)

#### English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the  [English language requirements](https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements/graduate-english-language-requirements). This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

- English language test score requirements
- If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores\* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

  ---

  with writing 6.0; speaking 6.0; reading 6.0; listening 6.0

  TOEFL

  81

  ---

  with writing 19; speaking 19; reading 16; listening 16

  PEARSON

  64

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  with writing 60; speaking 60; reading 60; listening 60

  CAMBRIDGE

  169

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  with writing 170; speaking 179; reading 163; listening 163

  LANGUAGECERT ACADEMIC

  67

  ---

  with writing 64; speaking 70; reading 60; listening 57

  MET

  58

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  with writing 57; speaking 48; reading 55; listening 56

  \*Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE); LanguageCert Academic; Michigan English Test. If a test displays N/A, it is not accepted for this course.

#### About selection

When assessing (and where relevant, ranking) applications, the Selection Committee will consider:

- Prior academic performance

The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the [Selection and Admission Policy](https://policy.unimelb.edu.au/MPF1295/).

Meeting the minimum entry requirements for this course does not guarantee selection.

### Additional information

Appropriate prerequisite studies by stream are:

**Applied Mathematics:**

One of [MAST10006 Calculus 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10006), [MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10009) or [MAST10021 Calculus 2: Advanced](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10021) and one of [MAST10007 Linear Algebra](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10007), [MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10008), or [MAST10022 Linear Algebra: Advanced](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10022), or equivalents.

**Chemistry:**

[CHEM10004 Chemistry 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/chem10004) or [CHEM10006 for Biomedicine](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/chem10006), or equivalents and a further 12.5 points of level 1 science.

**Discrete Mathematics / Operations Research:**

Both of [MAST10006 Calculus 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10006) and [MAST10007 Linear Algebra](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10007), or both of [MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10008) and [MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10009), or equivalents.

**Genetics:**

At least 25 points of level 1 or above biological sciences subject.

**Geology:**

[ERTH10002 Understanding Planet Earth](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/erth10002) or [EVSC10001 The Global Environment](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/evsc10001) plus one other level 1 or above subject in Geology or Chemistry.

**Human Geography:**

[GEOG10001 The Geography of Scarcity](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10001), [GEOG10003 Global Youth](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10003), or equivalents

**Integrated Geography:**

Any one of [EVSC10001 The Global Environment](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/evsc10001), [ENVS10001 Natural Environments](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/ENVS10001), [UNIB10007 Introduction to Climate Change](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/unib10007), or [UNIB10003 An Ecological History of Humanity](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/unib10003), or equivalents; plus any one of [GEOG10001 The Geography of Scarcity](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10001), [GEOG10003 Global Youth](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10003), or equivalents.

**Medicinal Chemistry:**

[CHEM10004 Chemistry 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/chem10004) or [CHEM10006 for Biomedicine](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/chem10006), or equivalents and a further 12.5 points of level 1 biological science subjects.

**Plant Science:**

25 points of level 1 or above biological sciences subjects.

**Physical Geography:**

Any two of [EVSC10001 The Global Environment](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/evsc10001), [ENVS10001 Natural Environments](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/ENVS10001), [GEOG10001 The Geography of Scarcity](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/geog10001), [UNIB10007 Introduction to Climate Change](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/unib10007), [UNIB10003 An Ecological History of Humanity](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/unib10003), or equivalents.

**Physics:**

25 points of level 1 Physics and 25 points of level 1 Mathematics which must include [MAST10006 Calculus 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10006) or [MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10009) and [MAST10007 Linear Algebra](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10007) or equivalents. If MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2 hasn’t been completed, one of [PHYC20012 Quantum and Thermal Physics](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/phyc20012),  [PHYC20013 Laboratory and Computational Physics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/phyc20013)  , [PHYC20015 Special Relativity and Electromagnetism](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/phyc20015), [MAST20009 Vector Calculus](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/phyc20009), [MAST20026 Real Analysis](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast20026), [MAST20030 Differential Equations](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast20030), [PHYC20014 Theoretical Physics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/phyc20014) or equivalents must also be completed.

**Pure Mathematics:**

Both [MAST10006 Calculus 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10006) and [MAST10007 Linear Algebra](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10007), or both of [MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10008) and [MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10009), or equivalents.

**Statistics / Stochastic Processes:**

One of [MAST10006 Calculus 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10006), [MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10009) or [MAST10021 Calculus 2: Advanced](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10021) and one of [MAST10007 Linear Algebra](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10007), [MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10008), or [MAST10022 Linear Algebra: Advanced](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/mast10022), or equivalents.

**Zoology:**

25 points of level 1 or above Life Sciences.

#### Advanced Standing

Prior studies may be credited towards your degree and potentially reduce the duration of your course. This is known as [Advanced Standing](https://study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/advanced-standing) (also known as credit or recognition of prior learning).

For additional, in-depth details on entry requirements and admissions for this course, refer to the [University Handbook](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2026/courses/gd-sc/entry-participation-requirements).

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