Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences of University of Melbourne provides undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and research programs in medicine, dental science, physiotherapy, nursing, behavioural science (psychology), population health, rural health and the life sciences.

The faculty's history dates back to the establishment of the School of Medicine in 1862. It is the oldest and one of the most prestigious medical schools in Australia. It was established primarily through the work of Anthony Colling Brownless, an English physician. He was determined to make it the most comprehensive medical course in the world and as such, the course was five-years at a time during which medical courses around the world were 4 years. This trend has continued to this day with University of Melbourne having one of the longest undergraduate medical degrees.

In 1887, John Iliffe, a leading Melbourne dentist, called meetings to establish a dental hospital. The Melbourne Dental Hospital was established and the first students were admitted in 1890. In 1891 the first females trained and registered as doctors graduated from the university.

Faculty of Dentistry

 * Melbourne Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty of Medicine

 * Melbourne Faculty of Medicine

List of deans
This is a list of deans from 1876 to the present:


 * 1876 - 1886 George Britton Halford
 * 1886 - 1889 Harry Brookes Allen
 * 1890 - 1896 George Britton Halford
 * 1897 - 1924 Harry Brookes Allen
 * 1925 - 1929 Richard James Arthur Berry
 * 1929 - 1938 William Alexander Osborne
 * 1939 - 1943 Peter MacCallum
 * 1944 - 1945 Robert Marshall Allan
 * 1946 Roy Douglas Wright
 * 1947 - 1949 Peter MacCallum
 * 1950 - 1952 Roy Douglas Wright
 * 1953 - 1971 Sydney Sunderland
 * 1971 - 1977 Sydney Lance Townsend
 * 1978 - 1985 David Geoffrey Penington
 * 1986 - 1995 Graeme Bruce Ryan
 * 1995 - 1997 Gordon James Aitken Clunie
 * 1998 - 2003 Richard Graeme Larkins
 * 2003 - James Alexander Angus

Associated student organisations

 * University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society
 * International Medical Student's Society
 * Apollo Health Music Society
 * Melbourne Dental Students' Society
 * Physiotherapy Students Society
 * Outlook
 * Medleys