Health sub-quotas

Am I eligible?

Applicants must have lived in non-metropolitan areas of Australia (Remoteness Classifications RA2 to RA5) for at least 5 consecutive years, or 10 years cumulatively, from birth (i.e. during any period of their life) to be eligible for the Rural and remote sub-quota.

You can check your eligibility in accordance with the definition above using the search tool at the Remoteness Area (RA) Locator website. Enter the address you wish to search for using the 'ASGS Remoteness Area' '2021'. As part of a transition year for 2026 entry, applicants can also be assessed against the ‘ASGS Remoteness Area’ ‘2016’ if not eligible under the 2021 layer. For 2027 entry, applicants will only be assessed using the 'ASGS Remoteness Area' '2021' layer.

A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded from the SATAC website.

An annual sub quota is available for applicants from the NT. To be considered for the NT sub quota applicants must apply to SATAC in the normal way. Applicants who gain entry in this degree through the sub quota will be required to reside in the Northern Territory for their final year clinical placements. They will be registered with the Flinders NT University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) as a student eligible for support aligned with priority rural background student funding. Further information will be available on enrolment.

Am I eligible?

Applicants must meet one or more of the following criteria to be eligible for consideration for a sub quota place: must have their principal place of residence in the NT; or must have been resident in the NT for a minimum period of two years, within the last five years; or must be a recent graduate (within the last five years) or a current student of Charles Darwin University.

Applicants must also, within 10 working days after submitting the SATAC application, submit a Statutory Declaration to SATAC which confirms that they meet the criteria for the NT sub quota.

Applicants are advised that should they receive an offer for a place in the degree through the NT sub quota it will be conditional on providing a Statutory Declaration confirming eligibility if this has not already been provided to SATAC.

A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded from the SATAC website.

Am I eligible?

To be eligible an applicant must be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in accordance with the Commonwealth definition which requires that the applicant:

i.              be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, and

ii.             identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and

iii.            be accepted as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in the community in which they live or have lived.

To confirm eligibility applicants are required to provide a document signed under Common Seal from an incorporated Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander organisation in the community from which the applicant originates or is recognised, confirming that the applicant is recognised by that community.

Where applicants are unable to provide a document signed under Common Seal they may complete a Statutory Declaration.

A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded from the SATAC website.