2024 outcomes

Australian Internships

UQ had 35 onshore international students who graduated in 2023. 94% of the UQ onshore international 2023 graduates obtained an internship in an Australian hospital in 2024, and all of these internships were in Queensland. Of the onshore international graduates who obtained internships in Queensland, 36% were in regional locations.

Locations

Brisbane

Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital

Surrounds

Caboolture Hospital
Ipswich Hospital
Redcliffe Hospital

Regional

Cairns Hospital
Mackay Hospital
Rockhampton Hospital
Toowoomba Hospital
Townsville Hospital

A number of international onshore graduates each year secure internships after the main allocations are completed by Queensland Health. Therefore some graduates for whom we have confirmed registration in Australia, and who are counted in our internship numbers, may have obtained internships in hospitals not listed here.

Employment destinations by permanent residency

The permanent residency (PR) country of our onshore international medical students varies from year to year, with the majority of 2023 graduates coming from Canada, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United States. The majority of our graduates obtain internships in Australia. Canada and Singapore are the most common countries for graduates to return to and our graduates have also returned to the US and New Zealand.

2023 Onshore International Graduate Intern/Resident Locations

Graduate Permanent Country	Total No. Grads	Internship Location
Graduate Permanent Country	Total No. Grads	Australia	Canada	US	Singapore	Unknown
Canada	19	17	2
China	3	3
Republic of Korea	3	3
Mauritius	2	2
Singapore	2	2
Cambodia	1	1
Indonesia	1	1
Malaysia	1	1
Nepal	1	1
South Africa	1	1
Taiwan	1	1

US match

Candian match

Two 2023 Canadian PR graduates who participated in the 2024 CaRMS Match were successful in obtaining a residency. In total, 7 UQ Canadian PR graduates (from across a range of graduation years) participated in the 2024 CaRMS Match, achieving a 70% match rate.

Overall, 100% of our 2023 Canadian PR graduates have obtained an internship or residency in Australia or Canada.

The locations and specialties of all UQ Graduates who participated in the 2024 CaRMS Match, including those who graduated prior to 2023, are listed below.

Family Medicine

University of British Columbia (2)
University of Saskatchewan (2)

Internal Medicine

Queen's University (1)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Toronto (1)

Orthopedic Surgery

Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (1)