MBChB Medicine (Graduate Entry)

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BBB, in your first A-level sitting (32 IB points overall with 5,5,5 at higher level) for applicants who are currently studying towards a 2:1 honours degree (or international equivalent). You will also be required to meet the condition of a 2:1 honours degree should you be successful in being offered a place on this course.

If you have already achieved a 2:1 honours degree or above (or international equivalent), the A-level minimum requirement of BBB will be waived.

We welcome applications from applicants who hold a wide range of equivalent pre-university qualifications (in place of GCSE and A-level).

Please check for specific GCSE/IGCSE subject entry requirements below

This course is not eligible for a contextual offer. Contextual offers are only available for courses that have a standard entry requirements of ABB or higher. For further information on our contextual admissions please view our contextual admissions page .

Please check for specific GCSE/IGCSE subject entry requirements below

Contextual offers are available for applicants who:

• live in the UK and will be under the age of 21 on 1 September of the year they will start their course; and
• live in an area of disadvantage or with low progression into higher education; and
• have attended a UK school or college for their GCSEs or A-levels (or equivalent qualifications) that has performed below the national average over multiple years.

See our contextual admissions page for full details and to check your eligibility.

This course is not eligible for a refugee/care experienced offer. Refugee/care experienced offers are only available for courses that have a standard entry requirements of ABB or higher. For further information on our contextual admissions please view our contextual admissions page .

Please check for specific GCSE/IGCSE subject entry requirements below

UK refugee/care-experienced offers are available for applicants who:

• have been looked after in care for more than three months; or
• have been granted refugee status by the UK government or have been issued a UK visa under one of the Ukrainian schemes (Homes for Ukraine, Ukraine Family Scheme or Ukraine Extension Scheme).

See our contextual admissions page for full details and to check your eligibility.

32 points overall. 5,5 5 in Higher Level subjects.You will also be required to meet the condition of a 2:1 honours degree should you be successful in being offered a place on this course. If Maths and English Language are not offered as part of the Diploma, they should be offered at GCSE or IGCSE at grade 6 (B) or above.

If you have already achieved a 2:1 honours degree or above (or international equivalent), the International Baccalaureate minimum requirement will be waived.

Applicants studying the International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme (IBCP) should contact the admissions team prior to applying so that their academic profile can be considered.

Applicants must demonstrate a broad general education including acceptable levels of Literacy and Numeracy, equivalent to at least grade 6  or B in GCSE/IGCSE English Language and Mathematics. GCSE/IGCSE English Literature will not be accepted in lieu of GCSE/IGCSE English Language. We permit GCSE resits. If you are resitting any GCSEs at point of application, we require you to list it as a pending qualification on your UCAS form.

If you are offering an international equivalent to GCSEs and this is not listed on our international entry requirements page, please contact the School of Medical Sciences Admissions Office to check suitability of the qualification.

Please note that if you hold English as a second language IGCSE qualification, we may also require you to offer one of  our acceptable equivalent English Language qualifications  or achieve a higher grade in your IGCSE than the one stated above. Please contact the admissions team in your academic School/Department for clarification.

You should hold or be predicted an Upper Second class (2:1) honours degree in the life sciences (eg biomedical science, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, healthcare science) or health professions (eg pharmacy, audiology, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy), or international equivalent.

Although we encourage applications from other healthcare professionals, we do not accept applications from candidates with medical degrees or those who have previously studied for, but not completed, a medical or healthcare degree.

You must sit the UCAT and offer Maths and English Language at minimum grade B (6) in GCSE. English Language requirements also apply. We welcome applicants who hold a wide range of equivalent pre-university qualifications (in place of GCSE and A-level). Please contact us for more information.

We welcome applications from overseas students. Country-specific information can be found on the University website .However, this is for general information only, as specific entry requirements may be different for the Graduate Entry Medicine course. Please contact us at ug.medicine@manchester.ac.uk to check specific requirements for your country before you apply for the Graduate Entry Medicine course.

All applicants to the University (from the UK and Overseas) are required to show evidence of English Language proficiency. The minimum English Language requirement for this course is either:

GCSE/IGCSE English Language grade B/6, or;

IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any component, or;

An acceptable equivalent qualification.

Please note that if you hold English as a second language IGCSE qualification, we may also require you to offer one of  our acceptable equivalent English Language qualifications  or achieve a higher grade in your IGCSE than the one stated above. Please contact the academic School for clarification.

If you need to improve your English language skills to meet the entry requirements for your academic course, the University Centre for Academic English (UCAE) summer pre-sessional courses can help. Check if your academic course offers the option of taking a pre-sessional course on the UCAE page .

The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requires that every student requiring a visa to study in the UK must show evidence of a minimum level of English Language (common European Framework (CEFR B2 level) to be granted a Student Route visa (previously known as a Tier 4 visa) to study at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

In addition, our academic Schools/Departments may require applicants to demonstrate English proficiency above the B2 level. Further information about our English Language policy, including a list of some of the English Language qualifications we accept, can be found  here .

We require you to undertake some relevant work experience prior to interview so you can gain some insight into what the role of a doctor involves.

We are not looking for a particular number of hours doing a specific type of work or volunteering experience. We are trying to ascertain that you have a clear idea of what it is like to study medicine and what the role entails.

Shadowing doctors in a hospital/GP setting is not essential. Please be aware that we may request confirmation of your work experience.

Please see our FAQs page for more information on work experience.

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,250. Tuition fees for international students, including EU, are £34,500 for Year 1. Clinical tuition fees (years 2-4) are charged at the future rate which is applicable when you enter Year 3. Clinical fees in 2025 will be £58,000. These fees are subject to change with inflation each year.

Further finance information can be found on the student finance page.

Clinical placement travel costs

Although there are currently small bursaries available to help you with the travel costs associated with clinical placements, this may not cover the full cost of your travel expenses to and from your clinical placements.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Year 2 onwards

Currently, the NHS Business Services Authority contributes to the cost of undergraduate medicine tuition fees and a means-tested amount of funding to help with day-to-day living expenses for eligible students on an accelerated four-year pre- registration course for graduates who are in their second year of study onwards, and who are ordinarily resident in England.

If you move to England from Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland primarily for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of education, you will not normally be classed as being ordinarily resident in England for NHS Bursary purposes.

If you reside in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, broadly comparable arrangements will apply, but you will need to consult the relevant national authority for details as NHS Student Bursaries will not be able to administer your funding.

Visit our Student Finance pages to find out about the financial support that may be available to you.

If you have followed a non-standard educational route and have been, for example, educated at home, your application will be considered against the standard entry criteria of the course to which you applied. You will be required to demonstrate that you meet the academic entry requirements as specified for the course. We will also require a reference which should be written by somebody who knows you well enough, in an official capacity, to write about you and your suitability for higher education. Please refer to UCAS for further information: UCAS reference guidelines

We welcome applications from graduates or those in their final year of an undergraduate degree. Relevant subjects include most biomedical and life sciences disciplines or other approved courses. Please see our FAQ page for more information.

Graduates and final-year undergraduates must offer an academic reference on their UCAS form.

Applicants are required to sit the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) in the year they wish to make their application. Please note that the result is valid for one application cycle only. If applicants are reapplying, they must re-sit the UCAT.

Further information specific to The University of Manchester is detailed on our UCAT page. When we receive the UCAT scores for applicants who have applied to the Medicine course at Manchester, we will then be able to calculate our UCAT threshold for that year's entry.

The threshold will be based on the standard of scores received for that year, so we would not be able to confirm what our threshold would be in advance of the UCAT deadline. The threshold does vary year-on-year. You can see our previous UCAT thresholds on our application data page.

If you meet the UCAT threshold we apply, and you achieve Band 1 or 2 in the Situational Judgement Test (SJT), you will likely be invited to interview as long as you meet our minimum academic requirements (for example, degree subject, GCSE and predicted degree classification).

There are, however, some operational constraints on the number of interviews available in any given year. Where the number of highly scoring candidates exceeds the number of interview slots available, we will rank candidates according to UCAT total score and SJT band.

We do not currently consider applicants who achieve Band 3 or 4 in the Situational Judgement Test (SJT) element of the UCAT.

However, some substantial changes will be made to the UCAT from 2026 onwards and we will review our guidance when the full extent of these changes is known.

All offers of a place are subject to satisfactory health screening. The health screening is based upon the Higher Education Occupational Physicians/Practitioners (HEOPS) standards of medical fitness to train for medical students [PDF, 71KB].

A potential student may be concerned that their health or disability may affect their ability to fulfil the competency standards of the course. Any such applicants are encouraged to contact the Occupational Health Service and/or The Disability Advisory and Support Service at an early stage in order to explore the situation in depth and consider the feasibility of making reasonable adjustments. Hopefully the process will prove helpful to the student in deciding whether to pursue an application. The health screening requires the completion of a detailed health questionnaire by the applicant and a possible appointment with the University's Occupational Health Department. To be admitted and continue on the course, you must be deemed medically fit for both practice and theory by the Occupational Health Department. You will be required to comply with any viral screening as requested by the Department of Health. General enquiries about health screening should be addressed to Student Occupational Health, tel +44 (0)161 275 2858.

Please see also the P rocedure for Admission to Courses Requiring Medical Fitness Assessment [Word, 59KB].

You will be required, as part of the non-academic conditions of your offer, to provide a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In the UK, this takes the form of an Enhanced Level search by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and will reveal any criminal convictions, spent or unspent, as well as any police cautions, warnings or reprimands.

Regulations and record systems in other countries vary. Overseas applicants are encouraged to contact our Admissions Team.

Anyone who considers it possible that a criminal record or other disclosure may reveal any offence must contact the Admissions Team before applying.

If you have applied in previous years and your application was not successful on two consecutive occasions, future applications will not be considered.

We require re-applicants to continue with their work experience in their year out and would also expect to see a material difference in their application from the previous year. We may draw upon all information from your previous applications or any previous registrations at the University as a student when assessing your suitability for your chosen course.

All re-applicants must retake the UCAT and provide updated information that refers to the initial application and chronicles subsequent events.

Due to the highly integrated structure of the degree course, we do not grant exemptions from subjects. Transfers from other institutions are not considered. If you feel that you have embarked on the wrong course elsewhere, and who wish to be considered for entry to study medicine and The University of Manchester, you should first complete your current programme of study, or be in the final year before you apply to us.

We do not consider applications from students who have started a clinical programme elsewhere.

Your curriculum comprises different elements carefully integrated to promote your ability to learn effectively and succeed in your medical degree.

During the first year of the Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) course, you will be mostly based on The University of Manchester's Oxford Road campus, with visits to centres of excellence for clinical medicine, community settings and teaching hospitals across the north-west.

At the start of the course, you are introduced to the learning processes necessary for successful study, and you will learn the consultation skills needed to equip you for your early clinical experiences.

The first year addresses the foundations of medicine through your study of a series of topics that can take the form of one or more themed cases. The cases contextualise learning to prepare you for the way in which doctors approach clinical problems. The approach to learning around the themed case discussions will develop your skills in collaborative group working and independent learning.

There is an emphasis on practical work, including anatomy and clinical experience. Personal development activities are designed to introduce you to the skills and attitudes necessary to become a successful junior doctor.

You will learn about the body, and the basis for disease, through detailed studies of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and the systems that control their activities whilst considering how this knowledge can be applied in a clinical context. You will also learn about the behaviour of patients and of populations, about epidemiology and about the ethical and legal basis of medical practice.

In Year 2 you will be taught alongside students from Year 3 of our 5-year medicine course. You will rotate through five clinical placements, starting with a four-week Introduction to Clinical Learning followed by experience in medical and surgical settings. Your clinical placements will allow you to not only learn to assess patients, but also understand how a health service works and practice clinical procedures necessary as a junior doctor.

Towards the end of the year, you will return to university campus to undertake another GEM specific component, the nine-week GEM block. This nine-week block is designed to allow coverage of the remaining foundations knowledge not yet covered in the GEM course and needed to allow transition into Year 4 of the Medicine (5 years) pathway.

The final activity of the year, sees you return to your clinical education campus setting to enable you to select a four-week Student-Selected Clinical Placement in an area of your clinical interest from within our Clinical Education Campuses. The placement will give you the time and opportunity to reflect on your future career choices within medicine.

Year 3 of study is aligned with Year 4 of our 5-year medicine course. Year 3 of study is structured to broaden your clinical learning and practice across 14 specialities, offering immersion in new clinical placements with supervision and teaching by expert clinicians.

There will be clinical placements in:

• general practice and clinical public health;
• mental health, neurology and special senses;
• musculoskeletal health;
• ageing and complex health;
• women's health;
• child health;
• oncology and breast health;
• dermatology and infectious diseases.

Elective

The year will end with a student elective placement, commonly an overseas experience of medical practice in an unfamiliar healthcare environment.

The final year of the course is final year is focused on preparing you for your final university exams, including national assessments such as the Prescribing Safety Assessment, Medical Licencing Assessment, and for your role as a foundation year doctor in the NHS. This year is your preparation for practice.

Clinical placements will include further general medical and surgical placements, general practice and acute medicine. As a final-year medical student, you will be appropriately supervised and integrated into a clinical department while you undertake most of the duties of a newly qualified doctor, including shift-working and being on-call.

You will also undertake a Quality and Evidence activity to understand clinical audit and governance in healthcare. You will have another opportunity to explore career choices through a second Student-Selected Clinical Placement.