Women represent just over 50% of Australian medical students. However, significant sex-based discrepancies exist within specialty-based training, with women representing only a third (33%) of the workforce, and within Cardiology this gender gap is even greater (Watson, 2015). To identify perceptions of Cardiology as a future career among Australian medical students and perceived barriers to Cardiology training. A 20-question online survey was emailed to medical students at Monash University and Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. Students who were considering a career in Cardiology were compared to those who had decided against it or never considered it. Further analysis was performed with regard to perceived barriers to training in cardiology. A total of 127 medical students (mean age (26.0+/-4.69 years) completed the survey. Nearly 38.0% of participants wished to pursue a career in Cardiology, 28.7% had decided against it, and 33.3% had never considered Cardiology as career. In terms of perceived barriers to training in Cardiology, those who wished to pursue cardiology perceived on-call requirements (41.0%, p=0.009) and work-life balance (76.2%, p=0.033) as significant barriers to training in comparison to those had decided against it. Lack of flexibility (40.2%, p=0.437), bullying (28.3%, p=0.991), and gender-related issues (34.4%, p=0.945) were ranked similarly in both groups. More than a third of surveyed medical students wished to pursue a career in Cardiology. However, despite a desire to train in Cardiology, there were multiple perceived barriers to a pursuing a cardiology career including work-life balance, lack of flexibility, sex-based discrimination and bullying.