About This Course

From September 2024, Bangor University will be launching its first medicine programme where students will be able to complete their entire medical degree programme in North Wales.

Working in close collaboration with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Primary Care providers across North Wales, our new programme will replace the current Cardiff University School of Medicine C21 North Wales curriculum. Innovative changes were introduced into the C21 North Wales curriculum to maximise the opportunities from our diverse clinical settings, rural and urban. The Welsh language and cultural context of North Wales Communities have been embraced and considered to help to prepare you for your future medical practice.

Whilst our independent medical school is newly formed, we have a successful track record of training medical students. For more than four years we have been successfully delivering the Cardiff University C21 North Wales Medicine programme for Year 3 students, from 2019 for Year 2 to 5 graduate entry students, and from 2020 with Cardiff Year 1 students transferring to Bangor to complete their programme in North Wales. The first cohort of medical students that studied in North Wales, graduated at Cardiff University on 17 July 2023. Based on this strong foundation, our newly established medical school will build on the success of the C21 North Wales programme in delivering first-class medical education.

The North Wales Medical School curriculum has been academically validated by the Quality and Validation unit of Bangor University through a process involving external medical educational expertise. All UK medical schools are regularly reviewed by the General Medical Council (GMC), the professional regulator for Medicine responsible for ensuring high standards for medical education detailed in their document “Promoting excellence: standards for medical education and training”. In addition, all new medical schools are subject to rigorous scrutiny by the GMC. The North Wales Medical School is progressing through the GMC approval process to award a Primary Medical Qualification. GMC accreditation is only completed when the first intake of students is due to graduate. To protect students, new medical schools must work with a ‘contingency’ partner, an established medical school able to provide support and willing, if GMC quality standards are not met for any reason, for students to transfer and graduate from the contingency school. The contingency partner school for the North Wales Medical School is Cardiff University School of Medicine. The 2024 commencement date for the North Wales Medical School Medicine programme has been agreed with the GMC.

The degree is designed to prepare students for a career as a foundation doctor in the NHS. It is open to high-performing students from the four recognised feeder streams:

You will experience a rich learning environment with greater emphasis on learning in Primary Care and at the heart of local communities, in keeping with the Welsh Government’s plan “A Healthier Wales.”

The curriculum focuses on community medicine through a range of clinical placements in varied environments including:

a full year at a GP Surgery
large teaching hospitals
mountain medicine
rural environments

We will train you to be an excellent doctor for Wales and beyond by providing high quality teaching, and an inspiring learning experience based around increased clinical contact and award-winning clinical teaching at the University Health Board. You will graduate as a skilled clinician who understands people and the environment in which we live.

Student Comment

"One of the things that I’ve particularly enjoyed about the course is the amount of patient contact you get early on. Being on placement has made me feel part of a local community.” Emily Viggers, Graduate Entry BMBS student.

Why choose Bangor University for this course?

We appreciate that starting a Medicine programme is a major step for our new students, and acknowledge that it is the longest and one of the most demanding academic programmes.
The University places a high priority on caring for and supporting students so that they can thrive in all aspects of their time at Bangor, so from Welcome Week onwards, you'll be given as much help and support as needed over health and welfare as well as your academic work.
Services offered include money advice, health and welfare support, advice on private housing, dyslexia support and counselling and study skills.
We pride ourselves on providing personalised support for our students, and from day 1 you will be allocated a Personal Tutor, an academic staff member from the school who will act as your mentor and guide throughout the entire programme.
The University has a peer-guide scheme and the School’s own senior medical students are linked to more junior students so that they can share their experience.

Our learner-centred approach includes small group teaching and learning so you’ll benefit from more contact time with your lecturers.
The Year 1 curriculum is based on small group teaching, including Case Based learning which links your scientific learning to real-life patient stories and places the patient at the centre of your studies.
Case Based Learning takes place in groups of 10 to 12 students with a trained academic facilitator who guides students through each case.
We employ a large variety of teaching methods but have very few traditional lectures although we do hold ‘plenaries’ (interactive sessions where students receive information from expert scientists or clinicians).
There are also specialist seminars, interactive tutorials and workshops, practical skills and simulation and VR training.
We encourage supported self-directed learning to help you to develop your own problem solving and communication skills, both essential for a future doctor.
The use of varied methods of teaching, learning and assessment helps you to widen your own learning style and promotes lifelong learning, a vital part of your career as a future doctor.

Anatomy teaching takes advantage of modern technology, including the ‘Anatomage’ electronic dissecting table, glassless 3D Video screens and mobile apps.
There is a dedicated Anatomy teaching room with high-fidelity plastic models of all body components.
Practical clinical skills and interventions can be practised electronically and in simulators including a VR room.
Refresher Anatomy and Self-Directed Learning sessions are available at the start of Year 3 and 4 speciality placements.

We provide interprofessional education opportunities to mirror the world of clinical work, where a wide range of healthcare professionals work together for the benefit of patients within clinical teams.
"Interprofessional Education (IPE) occurs when two or more professionals learn, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care” Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE), 2002.
We are passionate about promoting and delivering IPE and there will be multiple opportunities for this throughout your time at Bangor.

There are many opportunities during the Year 2 LIC and across Year 3 and 4 placements to gain experience of remote, rural and mountain medicine in the stunningly beautiful North Wales geographic setting.
The programme includes a unique Rural Health simulation day ‘in the field’, delivered in partnership with voluntary services including Mountain Rescue, Welsh Ambulance Service, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, RNLI and specialist University and Health Board staff.

We prepare you for Early Patient Contact sessions by teaching basic clinical skills in our state-of-the-art Simulation and Skills Training and VR Centre.
You will also learn to listen intensively and speak to patients using professional actors and expert patient volunteers, with teaching delivered bilingually.

Early patient contact sessions help to inspire your medical science learning in the early stages of the programme.
They are preceded by preparation sessions and take place in carefully chosen medical facilities, so our students are not overwhelmed by their first clinical experience.
Early patient contact builds over the first two years of the programme, exposing our students to progressively more complex clinical environments.

Our Simulation and Skills Centre is equipped with SIMman 3G simulators and SMOTS video recording and playback facilities.
All students receive training and certification in Life Support techniques and patient safety prior to undertaking clinical training.
A VR room provides immersive scenario training allowing students to become competent at dealing with clinical problems that occur rarely but require immediate recognition and action.
Student midwives and Year 4 Obstetric students undertake interprofessional education training together.

In Year 3 you will undertake a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC), a yearlong first clinical placement.
The LIC placement is primarily in a GP practice under the supervision of an expert GP Tutor, with the opportunity to follow your patients' journeys through primary and hospital care facilities for investigations and treatment.
You will gain experience of the work of other members of the multidisciplinary primary health care team including Community Midwives, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Health Visitors, Social workers and others. Alongside this, you will also gain experience in Dermatology, ENT, Rheumatology and General Medicine.
LICs are a relatively new model for medical education currently being evaluated around the world, whereby students follow a range of patients for longer periods and develop a close relationship with a mentor who closely guides their learning.
Longitudinal placements have been shown to enhance students’ understanding of patient-centeredness, the importance of a whole of life perspective, family dynamics and the social context of a patient’s presentation.
The LIC experience helps to develop a more holistic understanding of patient care, enhancing your clinical skills, communication abilities, and empathy.
You will see a wide range of conditions, consulting directly with patients, and will receive 1:1 teaching from your GP tutor supplemented by a day of campus teaching each week supplemented by exposure to hospital practice.
Spending your first clinical year mainly in the specialty of General Practice is an excellent preparation for hospital speciality placements that follow in Years 3 and 4.
The School is a participating member of the international Consortium for Integrated Clerkships (CLIC).

Hospital placements take place across the three acute hospitals of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Ysbyty Gwynedd (Bangor), Ysbyty Glan Clwyd (Rhyl) and Wrexham Maelor Hospital.
This is supplemented by experience in 22 Community hospitals across North Wales, many of which serve small, remote communities.
All major specialities required for undergraduate medical training are available within North Wales, but a Final Year elective can be carried out at any medical facility in the world that is approved for undergraduate medical training.

Studying medicine in Wales, a bilingual country, helps you to develop valuable communications skills. The ability to feel confident to treat patients whose first language is not your own will equip you to work anywhere in the world, and you will frequently consult with interpreters working across the UK.
As a Welsh speaker you can opt for a significant part of your course, and for some assessments, to be in Welsh and may be eligible to apply for a Coleg Cenedlaethol Cymraeg Scholarship. A Welsh speaking personal tutor will be made available to those electing to study part of their course in Welsh. As part of our widening access agenda, Welsh speakers are also eligible to secure a contextual offer.
Bangor University is committed to supporting Welsh speakers and learners and bilingualism is embedded within all aspects of the student experience. There are many opportunities for absolute beginners to learn the language, existing speakers to build their confidence or for fluent Welsh speakers to access specialist resources.
North Wales is home to a significant number of Welsh speakers, this provides many opportunities to use the language whilst on placement, be that as a learner or a fluent speaker.

You can also study:

Medicine (BMBS)

Course Content

Teaching and Learning

You will learn through Case Based Learning (CBL) which helps you to make sense of your new knowledge and skills. Working in small groups on a case study or scenario, you will develop solutions under the guidance of your facilitator. In the early stages of your course CBL will explore the most common cases a doctor sees (e.g. a sports injury, mental health issues, abdominal pain etc). With each case you will look at the anatomy, physiology and social aspects, develop practical skills and get relevant clinical experience through short placements. This process will allow you to understand how each relates to the other, giving you an overall perspective.

You are responsible for your own learning, supported by plenary and small group sessions, anatomy centre teaching, lab-based practicals and clinical placements. A plenary is an interactive session where large numbers of students receive information from an expert scientist or doctor. It's an opportunity for students to learn from experienced professionals and gain a broad understanding of the subject matter. In small group sessions with approximately 10 students and a facilitator, the focus is on discussing the topics covered in the week's plenaries and associated readings. These sessions provide an opportunity for you to engage in interactive discussions, share your understanding of the material, ask questions, and explore different perspectives.

Apart from these structured sessions, there will be dedicated time for independent learning on your timetable. During this time, you won't have any formal sessions scheduled, and it is expected that you take responsibility for arranging your own discussion groups, conducting library-based research and reading around a subject.

What will you study on this course?

The Curriculum

All BMBS students will need to undertake a three week long Summer School prior to commencing Phase 1 of this programme. This will include clinical skills and an introduction to case based learning. This will take place in August before the start of the academic year.

Your course is divided into three distinct phases:

During Phase 1 of your course, which corresponds to Year 2 of the A100 programme, you will focus on learning the core science and clinical practice. The primary mode of delivery will be via case-based learning, where you are supported in small groups by a trained facilitator. This phase will provide you with a strong foundation in the fundamental principles and knowledge necessary for your future medical practice.
In Phase 2, which encompasses Years 3 and 4, the emphasis shifts towards gaining practical experience and integrating it with your theoretical knowledge. You will apply and build upon earlier learning through increased clinical time in hospitals and GP surgeries throughout Wales.
Phase 3 is focused on learning from and at work, allowing you to consolidate your preparation for independent medical practice. In your final year you can expect to take on a more active role within clinical teams and focus on strengthening your knowledge and skills to prepare for work as a doctor. The emphasis during this year is on building practical experience and ensuring a smooth transition from student to a Foundation Doctor.

During Year 1, you will engage in various learning activities and experiences, including:

1. Community-Based Learning: The Community Clinical Learning programme emphasizes the importance of understanding patients within their own communities. This programme builds upon the Case Based Learning approach and involves task-oriented learning. You will have placements where you interact with patients, allowing you to develop a portfolio of clinical learning experiences. This program aims to help you connect with real people, develop professional attitudes, understand health service delivery, and foster leadership skills. One notable highlight is the Simulated Road Traffic Accident, which exposes you to the challenges of healthcare delivery in rural settings compared to urban areas. You will practice clinical and communication skills while responding to a simulated emergency alongside doctors and paramedics.

2. The Student Selected Components (SSC) Programme provides four distinct learning opportunities:

Two Experience Projects: These projects expose you to a wide range of settings and topics. You will have the chance to develop research skills at an advanced level. Some projects will also allow you to explore areas beyond traditional medicine, such as social work, complementary medicine, and professions allied to medicine.
Journalistic Article: The journalistic article component enables you to demonstrate critical academic skills, including literature searching and appraisal of complex scientific evidence-based material. You will be challenged to convey your message in an engaging and stimulating manner.
Year 2/Final Year Conference: This unique conference brings together Year 2 and Final Year students. It includes plenary sessions with invited keynote speakers covering various themes related to thriving and surviving in medical school and medical ethics. Small groups of Year 2 students will prepare poster presentations based on their first SSC experience project, and Final Year students will provide feedback and serve as judges for the posters. This conference offers a valuable opportunity to attend and present at a scientific/medical conference and engage with older peers.

In Year 2 of your course you will undertake a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC). During this clinical placement you will be embedded within a local community and its GP practice for an entire year. This will enable you to follow the full patient journey both in primary and secondary care, observing the impact that medical conditions and the treatment of these conditions have on patients.

More than 90% of healthcare is managed in primary care, which means that this experience provides a sound preparation for hospital specialities and for a further final year GP attachment.

Largely based in primary care, this placement is valuable to both those who see their future in General Practice, and to those who wish to follow a career in other specialities. It allows students to see patients presenting with a wide range of conditions, providing them with a broader knowledge base than the traditional modular courses, preparing them well for their NHS Foundation F1 and F2 years.

It is generally accepted that students who follow and LIC have improved clinical thinking by the end of this attachment, due to the one to one relationship with the tutor for the whole academic year-something they will not gain at any other time on a medical course.

The academic results in progress tests and exams of those following an LIC are as good as those who have followed the traditional courses.

LICs promote a more patient centred approach, encouraging you to become an advocate for the patients. It also allows you to experience a range of primary and secondary clinical settings and treatments, providing you with a better awareness of the healthcare system.

The LIC placement will take place in North Wales. Based in a GP surgery you will become part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, developing valuable teambuilding skills which will serve you well in your future career.

In Year 3 of the program, you will focus on increasingly specialist cases and apply the core skills you learned in Year 3 in different clinical settings. The year is divided into multiple learning opportunities, including specialist clinical placements and a Student Selected Component..

Women, Children, and Family Placement

This placement aims to develop your skills in assessing and caring for women, children, and families. You will spend time with obstetricians and paediatricians throughout Wales, gaining insight into multidisciplinary collaboration in community and secondary care settings. The focus will be on the patient, and you will have the chance to interact with women, children, and parents accessing the healthcare system.

Psychiatry, Clinical Neuroscience and Ophthalmology

You will experience more specialised practice in clinical neuroscience and understand how a strong foundation in generic skills supports clinical and diagnostic reasoning. You will also have the opportunity to observe patients with psychiatric illnesses and gain an understanding of the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the population. Additionally, you will spend a dedicated week in ophthalmology, expanding your knowledge of eye-related pathology, examination skills, and patient management.

Hospital Front Door

This placement will allow students to be based in the Emergency Department in one of the three District General Hospitals in North Wales. It will allow you to experience dealing with acute emergency presentations, trauma (road accidents/mountain accidents etc) as well as follow the patient through the various stages of their investigations and onwards treatment in the hospital e.g., Surgical and Medical Assessment Unit, ITU and Anaesthetic Department.

Year 4 is designed to integrate and prepare medical students for the Foundation Programme and your future careers as doctors in the National Health Service (NHS) or further postgraduate studies. Here are the key features and components of the year:

Increased Responsibility for Patient Care: Throughout the final year of study, students' integration within clinical teams and responsibility for patient care will progressively increase.
Assessment and Management of Clinical Presentations: The focus of the final year is on the assessment and management of both acute and chronic clinical presentations. Students will gain increasing responsibility in this regard as they progress through the year.
Clinical Placements: There will be an eight-week clinical placement in a hospital setting. Under supervision, students are expected to contribute to patient care during these placements.
Workplace-based Learning: Most of the learning during the final year will take place in the workplace, allowing students to gain practical experience. Additionally, there will be sessions in a simulation skills centre and small group sessions to refine clinical thinking and decision-making skills.
There will be a unique 8 week university based medical education and leadership block to provide you with additional skills that will support you in your transition to Foundation training.
Student Elective: Following the clinical placements, students will have an eight-week elective period where they can choose to study aspects of Medicine that capture their interest. This can take place almost anywhere in the world.
Senior Student Assistantship: A seven-week Senior Student Assistantship, where students work as part of a clinical team and directly manage patients under supervision. This experience takes place in the hospital where students undertake their first foundation job, if in Wales or in North Wales if the foundation job is elsewhere.

The final year of the course aims to consolidate students' skills and knowledge, ensuring they are well-prepared for their careers in medicine and capable of performing at a high level within the NHS.

Placements

Our course focuses on community medicine through a range of experiences. You will have the opportunity to undertake placements in a variety of settings including coastal and seasonal holiday destinations, small towns and rural villages, suburban areas, vibrant cities, areas of deprivation, post-industrial communities, and hospitals across North Wales. The breadth of placements will give you the opportunity to explore different specialties and will ensure that you are well equipped to deal with a wide range of patients and clinical scenarios, building your adaptability and resilience, qualities that are vital for a career in medicine.

Placements form a significant part of your learning, enabling you from Year 1 to put into context what you have learnt and ensuring that you develop a patient -centred approach to healthcare. You will have the opportunity to engage with patients from the beginning of your studies, this is crucial for providing effective and empathetic care to individuals from diverse backgrounds.

As your placements will be based in a range of locations across North Wales, your home campus of study may change from your second year onwards to facilitate easier travel to your place of study. This will be communicated to you in line with your placement allocation.

Student Selected Components

Student Selected Components (SSCs) form 15% of the undergraduate medical curriculum delivered at Bangor University. SSCs provide the opportunity for you to choose areas you study and acquire knowledge through your own effort. The degree of choice increases as the course progresses, e.g., in Year 1, you may choose the topic for your literature review, whereas in your Final Year you can spend 8 weeks almost anywhere in the world pursuing a topic of your choice. SSCs complement core BMBS teaching, introduce research skills and encourage analytical and critical thought. SSCs comprise largely of stand-alone modules within dedicated blocks of time. Many university departments, primary care, community-based services, and some outside institutions, support the SSC programme. The Final Year Elective SSC is supported by medical and scientific centres across the globe.

Assessments

Our assessments follow a non-modular structure, where you learn to apply knowledge rather than just learning facts. For example, instead of learning about anatomy and then sitting an exam on anatomy, then learning about pain and sitting an exam on pain you will learn about anatomy and pain and how they relate to each other in real life. Both will be tested in the same exam, possibly in the same question.

You will be examined in the four areas of the curriculum:

Science
Practice
Professional Behaviour
Scholarship

You will be assessed throughout the year using reflective writing, essays, regular contact with doctors and academics, completion of logs of clinical skills and written exams. For all of these you will receive extensive feedback.

During Years 1, 2 and 3 you will sit progress tests. These written exams, held three times a year, serve as important milestones to assess your knowledge and monitor your learning progress over time. By having the same test questions for all students, you can benchmark your performance against your peers and evaluate your relative strengths and weaknesses. This type of comparative assessment not only provides valuable feedback but can motivate you to strive for continuous improvement.

Study Support

We place a high priority on caring and supporting our students and are well placed to do so due to the smaller teaching groups. As well as the support you will receive from your academic team, the university’s student services department offers a range of assistance to ensure that you thrive during your time with us.

We will ensure that you are provided with specific support in areas such as study skills, numeracy and literacy, research skills and time management throughout your studies. When you begin your course you will be allocated a personal tutor who you will meet with regularly throughout your studies. Offering guidance and support they can assist with any specific concerns or challenges you may face, provide feedback on your progress, and help you access additional resources if needed.

Entry Requirements

2025 entry requirements

Please note:

we are currently not accepting international students for this programme
we do not accept qualification resits.

Graduate entry qualification requirements: Feeder streams

This degree pathway is open to applicants completing our recognised feeder streams who are due to graduate with least at upper Second Class Honours with one of the following qualifications:

(*Please note that students are required to have completed the anatomy module on these courses)

Graduate entry qualification requirements: Other degrees

We will also consider applications from graduates of degree programmes relevant to medical studies, including Dental graduates. Applicants:

must have graduated with at least an upper second Class degree
must normally commence the course no more than 3 years after graduation from their undergraduate degree or relevant postgraduate study. This period may be extended for those currently working in a relevant healthcare field.*
applicants will be assessed on an individual Recognition of Prior Education and Learning (RPEL) basis, with assessment of degree transcripts, relevant work experience and a formal knowledge assessment. This formal knowledge assessment will follow an entrance exam and interview process (see below). Applicants must contact the University to arrange an RPEL assessment prior to submitting a UCAS application.

Applicants must also have:

A Levels/GCSEs

BBB/ABC at A-level or equivalent including Biology and Chemistry (in instance of ABC, compulsory sciences cannot be at grade C)
plus English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade B/6 or equivalent
plus 7 GCSEs including grade B/6 in GCSE Maths, Biology and Chemistry, or equivalent qualifications (level, subjects and grade).

or, Irish Highers and Leaving Certificates

H2 in Biology, H2 in Chemistry and H2 in four other subjects.
9 Junior Certificates including Maths, English and Science at grade B and grade O3 in English and Maths in the Leaving Certificate.

or, Scottish Highers and Leaving Certificates

Grades BBC – two compulsory sciences must be grade B
National 5s and Highers will be accepted in lieu of GCSE. Equivalent level, grade, and subject requirements must be met. Duplicate subjects will not be counted twice.

You must also:

show an awareness of the UK healthcare system and the nature of the medical training in your personal statement and at interview.

Please note, we do not accept BTEC or T Levels for this programme, nor do we accept Critical Thinking, General Studies, Citizenship Studies or other similar subjects.

Dental graduates

Dental graduates who have completed further postgraduate training and obtained appropriate professional qualifications with the intention of specialising in Oral Maxillo-facial Surgery (OMFS), and who meet the above criteria, may apply. Please contact the University with the following information on application: A full Curriculum Vitae, and academic reference or a reference from a Maxillofacial Surgeon. The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OMFS) provides information for applicants for training in OMFS. We will also consider applications form dental graduates seeking to qualify in medicine.

Qualification resits

We will only accept Level 2 (e.g. GCSE) resits completed within 12 months of the original sitting. These must be completed prior to application. The exception to this is English Language which has no time limit for resit but must be included as achieved or pending on the application form.

We do not accept Level 3 (e.g. A Level) resits. However, it should be noted that we do not consider exams taken after centre assessed grades to be re-sits.

Re-sits of A Level module units will be considered provided that the final exam has not already taken place and a grade awarded.

Contextual admissions

We carefully consider your contextual data (the circumstances in which you've been studying) upon application. We will be considering this in the offers that are made, which may be lower than advertised. Further details about contextual offers can be found here.

Applying

A complete application must be submitted to UCAS by the deadline. We may not consider supplementary information received by the University after this deadline.

Admissions test

You must have taken the UCAT within two-years of applying. We don’t have a minimum threshold score; however, we will use UCAT scores in our application assessment procedure in deciding who to invite to interview.

Interviews

Should you be selected, you will be invited to attend an interview. We use the multiple mini interview (MMI) format, which is a series of short, carefully timed interview stations that you will rotate around in turn. All applicants must attend for interview if invited.

Where an applicant has been successful and invited to interview, a dummy date will be issued through UCAS. This is a requirement of UCAS and is NOT your interview date. The offer will state that you must disregard the date provided and that you will be contacted by email shortly.

Applicants should receive an email the following day directly from Bangor inviting them to select their own interview slot. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they check their inbox, including their junk mail, regularly and book their interview slot. If you have not received an email within 48 hours of the invite via UCAS, applicants must email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk. If you do not follow up and/or book your slot before the booking closing date, we cannot make alternative arrangements.

Entrance Exam

The Entrance Exam will be delivered in Bangor University using the Medicine School Council Assessment Alliance (MSCAA) platform. Candidates will undertake a Multi Mini Interview, followed by the exam.

The Entrance Exam will be mapped against the learning outcomes of Year 1 and will be standard set with faculty lecturers, with the addition of the most appropriate statistical method to set the pass mark as decided by the Standard-setting Group and psychometrician.

Please note the entrance examination does not apply to applicants coming from our recognised feeder streams (listed above).

Find out more about the Entrance Exam.

Enrolment conditions

All BMBS students will need to undertake a three week long Summer School. This will include clinical skills and an introduction to case based learning. This will take place in August before the start of the academic year. For more information see course content.

Before starting the course, all successful applicants will be required to undergo a health check, including screening for blood-borne viruses and tuberculosis, by our Occupational Health Service. If you are non-immune to Hepatitis B, you will need to complete a full immunisation programme before taking part in clinical procedures. Having a blood-borne virus or other infectious diseases won’t prevent you from completing this course and obtaining General Medical Council registration, but some specialities won’t be open to you during training or in your career. If you have a health issue that you think might have an impact on your ability to study or practise, please contact us before applying.

While it is not mandatory, we would encourage all applicants to be vaccinated against Covid-19 for their own protection and that of colleagues and patients.

Criminal convictions

If your application is successful, you will be required to complete a DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) before admission to the course.

If you have a relevant criminal conviction, this will be stated in the check and may affect your ability to enrol on the course. Applicants who are on the barred list should be aware that applying to this course is likely to be considered a criminal offence. Those with criminal convictions who are not on the barred list should contact medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk prior to application.

Previous study of medicine

Those who have previously studied medicine or other professional health programmes are required to notify us prior to application. If you did not complete your course due to criminal convictions or academic failure you should email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk prior to application. If you did not complete your course for health reasons you should contact medicineconfidential@bangor.ac.uk prior to application.

Important information

Entry requirements are subject to change year by year.
All applicants should be permanent UK residents on the day of application. We will not consider those who are awaiting approval of permanent UK residency.
All applicants must be 18 years old at the start of the course.
Applicants can only apply to Bangor University for a maximum of two cycles.
Applicant’s level 3 entry qualifications should not be more than five years old at the start of the course. This will be the case unless the applicant has been continuing in education in a relevant health-related subject area or working within a healthcare-related role. These should have been continuous from leaving level 3 education with limited or no gaps. Gaps between two different A Level (or equivalent) science subjects listed on our website should not be more than three years. Please email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk for further clarification before applying.
International qualifications will be considered on an individual basis. Please email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk with copies of your qualifications before applying.

If you have any further questions about entry requirements, please email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk.

Careers

Our course is professionally accredited by the General Medical Council, which means that your degree is approved as a primary medical qualification (PMQ).

Following graduation you will enter the two-year NHS Foundation Training Programme. During F1 Year you will be provisionally registered with a license to practice medicine in the UK. Full registration is awarded when you have successfully completed F1 Year one.

In order to gain entry to the Foundation Training Programme, in addition to your medical degree you will be required to pass national exams including the Situational Judgement Test and the Medical Licensing Assessment.

The skills that you will develop during your studies will mean that you are well placed to pursue a diverse range of career options from GP to hospital doctor, forensic pathologist or roles in public health.

Medicine: Graduate Entry (BMBS) Undergraduate - September 2025/26* Entry

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