Graduate Applicants

Graduate Applicant Academic Entrance Requirements for 2012 entry

Application from graduate applicants will be considered if candidates have achieved, or are predicted to achieve our minimum academic requirements. All degree results must be obtained at the first sitting

Important Information for Graduates Applicants

Make sure that your referee is able to discuss your attributes as a medical applicant, as well as have knowledge of your academic progress.
Estimated grades for candidates whose examination results are not available at the time of application must be included on the UCAS application form.
Additional documentation that is sent directly to the Medical Admissions Office in support of an application can only be considered if it is received by the UCAS deadline of 15 October
All applicants for Medicine must take the UK Clinical Aptitude Test prior to application. Please see www.ukcat.ac.uk
Successful applicants must provide their original qualification certificates prior to admission to the MBChB programme

For further important notes see Entrance Requirements

Honours Graduates

The Admissions Committee is pleased to consider applications from appropriately qualified Honours graduates. Graduates must hold at least an upper second class honours degree. Chemistry to at least B grade in Scottish Higher or A grade in GCE A-Level examinations is required also, although this requirement may be satisfied in individual cases by appropriate courses of study and achievement during the first degree.

Otherwise any offer may be conditional on achieving CAS 18 in Chemistry normally undertaken at the University's Summer School.

Dental graduates: Should hold at least Part A of the MFDS qualification and have at least two years post-qualification experience.

Exemptions: Honours graduate applicants should note that no exemptions from any part of the programme or examinations are granted.

Graduate applicants will only be considered for Year 1 entry to our five-year degree programme.

Graduates with a Non-Honours ('Ordinary') Degree

Graduates who have achieved a non-Honours degree will be deemed to be 'Mature' applicants and may thus be considered for medicine if they fulfil the requirements stated on the Mature Applicants page.

Exceptions: Non-honours graduates offering a nursing degree can 'upgrade' their qualifications by:

Extending their degree to Honours 2:1 level through the Open University or another university, or by obtaining an MSc
Undertaking our requirements for Scottish Highers or A-Levels, which could be taken in two sittings
Undertaking a recognised Access to Medicine course (see Mature Applicants).

Please note that our Chemistry requirements also apply (see above).

Typical Offer for Honours Graduates

Should the degree and Chemistry requirement be achieved, a typical offer would be Unconditional
If our requirements are not yet achieved, a typical offer will be Conditional upon achieving a minimum of Honours 2:1 at first sitting plus (if appropriate) grade B in Higher or A in A-Level Chemistry or equivalent