Medicine

Queen’s is an exciting place to study medicine with our students experiencing clinical practice in a variety of hospitals, general practices and healthcare settings throughout Northern Ireland from first year onwards.

The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has close ties with the Northern Ireland community as part of its educational, research and outreach programmes. Our ‘Patients as Partners’ make a valuable contribution to the education of medical students, through their participation in the selection of medical students to the programme, teaching sessions, as well as assessments.

Queen’s medical students are welcomed in all of the hospitals within the region and in over 150 general practices. Students comment on the ease of access to high quality clinical teaching.

Our course will provide you with all the opportunities you need to become a caring and compassionate doctor, critical thinker, problem solver and reflective practitioner with excellent clinical skills who values, above all else, service to patients.

Medicine Degree Highlights

Studying Medicine at Queen’s gives students access to an exciting and innovative School.

Key features include:

• Early clinical contact with patients in first year

• Cadaveric dissection, specimens permitting, in state of the art facilities

• Student Selected Components with a wide range of choices throughout the medical curriculum

• Case-based learning in years 1-4 that integrates clinical, biomedical and behavioural science

• Excellent clinical contact in primary and secondary care settings at all levels of the course, 25% of clinical placements in primary care

• An Assistantship programme in Final year

• Intercalated study options available at Bachelors and Masters Levels

• Opportunities for international travel through the Final Year Clinical Elective

• World-class interprofessional simulation centre

• Summer Studentship opportunities in leading Research and Education Centres

• Excellent assessment feedback to help you prepare for the Medical Licensing Assessment

Student Experience
90% of students were happy with their teaching (National Student Survey (NSS) 2021). This placed QUB second in the UK overall. Many students are involved in medical based societies at Queen’s, including Scrubs, GPSoc and Students Working Overseas Trust (SWOT). In addition, the University has over 190 clubs and student societies offering the opportunity to medical students to develop their interests and explore new activities.