Criminal Convictions
All applicants to Medicine must declare criminal offences on the UCAS form. Any declaration will be further explored and further details will be required.
All entrants to medical schools in the UK must undergo an enhanced criminal records check (or equivalent police record check). Applicants who accept an offer of admission to Medicine in Aberdeen will be contacted prior to the start of term and guided through the process of application through Disclosure Scotland* for this enhanced criminal records check. Non-UK domiciled entrants will be required to supply the university with equivalent certification from their home government. This documentation must be received as soon as possible to allow consideration of the individual circumstances by the University prior to the commencement of studies.
* Note there will be a change to the Disclosure system in the near future. Information for applicants will be made available as soon as these policies are clarified.
Not all convictions will result in being barred from the profession. Should potential applicants have uncertainty about a declaration, the Admissions Office will be able to offer advice about a future application for Medicine to Aberdeen
Applicants with serious criminal convictions may be refused entry on grounds of fitness to practise. Failure to declare information, which directly relates to your Fitness to Practise will result in the termination of your medical school course