Honours Program

The Honours program is an optional program that is offered to provide research training opportunities to students enrolled in the MBBS degree. The program is undertaken concurrently with the rest of the course and allows students to develop a more complete understanding of an area of medical science or clinical medicine under the supervision of an academic member of staff or adjunct staff (e.g. staff of our hospitals who hold academic appointments with the University). Honours will be assessed by a thesis (called “report” till now - typically shorter than the usual ‘thesis’) and a research seminar and will be graded to reward and recognise academic achievement.

For full details on the Honours program please see the USyd (GMP) website under ‘Course Info’, ensuring you choose the correct honours regulations as per the year you started the Medical Program.


If you are not sure if Honours is appropriate for you, please read the short FAQ document below, this encourages you to look at your motives and indicates what you will need to think about.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

If you have decided to undertake honours but would like an idea of projects you could become involved in, please see the report below.

Available Honours Projects 2009 as at August