This course is the primary medical qualification awarded by the University of Bristol and is recognised by the General Medical Council.
On this course, you will learn about the art, science and craft of medicine through:
early clinical exposure in hospital, community and primary care settings;
a blend of lectures, case-based learning and practical work;
state-of-the-art anatomy facilities including cadaveric prosections;
integration of basic science and clinical learning throughout the course;
inter-professional working on placement with allied health professional students;
broad experience in a variety of clinical academies;
a substantial student choice programme to explore personal interests in more detail, experience potential career options, and gain the opportunity for involvement in audits and research;
an exciting opportunity to choose the placement of your final year elective;
a final year that is constructed explicitly to prepare you for your first job as a foundation doctor.
Health and conduct
Certain health conditions may be incompatible with some careers in medicine. Further information can be found with our pre-course information, within General Medical Council guidance "admission to medical school", or you can contact our Occupational Health team.
If you have a chronic health condition please contact the enquiries team for guidance on making an application.
We have excellent support services available including Disability Services, Students' Health Services and Student Counselling.
Medical students must complete a health questionnaire and undergo a medical examination. Non-immune students must be immunised against hepatitis B and tuberculosis.
In accordance with General Medical Council guidance, all medical students undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in line with other UK health-related courses.
Age Requirement
Applicants must be 18 years of age (or above) on the 14 September of the year that they enter the undergraduate medical programme. This is to ensure that our students have the legal capacity to be bound by the rules of confidentiality of our NHS partners and enable them to undertake clinical experiential learning in our teaching general practices and clinical academies.
Interviews
Applicants must be available for an interview from November to April immediately following the submission of their application.
Our Medicine MB ChB is accredited by GMC.
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
This course is not accepting applications at this time. Please contact the provider to find out more.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Bristol has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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This course is not accepting applications at this time. Please contact the provider to find out more.
The following entry points are available for this course:
The University of Bristol welcomes applications from international students, and accepts a wide range of qualifications for undergraduate study. If you studied at a school, college or university outside the UK, please select the relevant page for further information on qualification equivalences, scholarships and details of our education representatives in your country/region: bristol.ac.uk/international/countries/
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
We accept a wide variety of qualifications and welcome applications from students of all backgrounds. We consider a large range of contextual factors when making application decisions.
If you receive and accept an offer from the University of Bristol, and you meet the terms of your offer in full, you will be accepted.
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Fees are subject to annual review and are liable to rise each year. Home fees will be set in line with UK government policy and updated as per their guidance, while international fees increase annually in line with expected inflation rises. Visit bristol.ac.uk/ug-fees-funding for further information, including estimated fees for subsequent years and typical total costs.
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