Course Summary

Do you already have a science or health-related degree? Fast-track your MBBS at one of the UK’s top medical schools. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry is one of the oldest medical schools in the UK. We draw on our long experience to provide the best in modern medical training, with high-tech teaching facilities, and aim to prepare you for life as a qualified doctor. Our strong core curriculum will equip you with clinical, communication, observation, teamwork and management skills. The curriculum is underpinned by research, linking your learning to the work of the faculty, from the laboratory bench to new drugs to public health interventions. With less emphasis on traditional lectures, problem-based learning in small groups encourages you to take an independent approach to clinical scenarios. You’ll start seeing patients from your very first term, and progress to hospital and community placements. You can follow your own interests by choosing student-selected components, from basic sciences to clinical specialities, community and public health, medical ethics and law.

Course Details - Modules

Phase 1 (Year 1) You’ll take eight modules in your first year. Six modules are based on body systems, which in turn encompass various scientific and medical themes. The remaining two modules cover human sciences and public health. You’ll also practise dissection in the anatomy lab. We introduce the basic biological sciences and address key topics, including: normal biological structure and function of cells, organs and body systems the effect of illness on people and their families the impact of environmental and social factors on health.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Your progress is monitored through a combination of continuous assessment and regular examinations, with final exams each year. A scheme of merits and distinctions recognises excellent or outstanding performance across each sector of the curriculum. Prizes reward special ability both in the main examinations and in specialist subjects.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

15 October This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: A101

Institution code: Q50

Campus Name: Whitechapel

Campus code:

Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements


You may apply in the final year of your degree. You must be predicted or have achieved at least an upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in any subject. Degrees are divided into the following categories: - Bioscience degrees which contain sufficient biology and chemistry. No further A-levels or AS-levels are required. - Science degrees with no biology or chemistry. Candidates must have minimum grade C in A-level or AS-level biology and/or chemistry (depending on what is missing from your degree). - Non-science degrees. Candidates must have minimum grade B in A-level or AS-level chemistry or biology, plus another science subject, also at grade B. Accepted science subjects are biology, chemistry, physics, maths and psychology. Please see our degree title checker for more information: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/smd/undergraduate/courses/acceptquals/ If you have graduated from outside the UK, it is essential that you contact the admissions office directly to find out if you are eligible to apply at: smdadmissions@qmul.ac.uk or 020 7882 8478.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails

All applicants to QMUL must show they meet a minimum academic English language standard for admission and to be successful on the course. Please refer to the website below for details on our English Language requirements by course and acceptable alternative qualifications. You will also find important information regarding UKVI's English requirements if you are applying as an international student who will require Tier 4 immigration permission to enter the UK.

Queen Mary University of London: English Language Requirements

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/international/englishlanguagerequirements/index.html#

Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 67%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 65%

Go onto work and study: 85%

Fees and funding

England 9250.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 9250.0 Year 1
Scotland 9250.0 Year 1
Wales 9250.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Our most recent information regarding tuition fees can be found at http://www.qmul.ac.uk/tuitionfees/

Provider information

Admissions and Recruitment Office
Mile End Road
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Tower Hamlets
E1 4NS

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