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MEDICINE Undergraduate Studies 2021
Intercalated degrees
Medicine at Glasgow
ONE OF THE 29,000 IN THE TOP Our Medical School is one of the largest in the
The School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
offers a one-year intercalated BSc degree, with
TOP 100 STUDENTS 5 OF THE UK and has a unique brand that reflects the
exposure of medical undergraduates to
over 20 options, and also a two-year BSc
(Hons). These are taken between years 3 and 4
UNIVERSITIES FROM MORE RUSSELL leading researchers and teachers in clinical
and basic science.
of the MBChB and involve an intensive period of
study and training in a scientific discipline.
IN THE WORLD THAN 140 GROUP FOR Our students have the opportunity to
experience a diverse mixture of clinical
Student societies
COUNTRIES STUDENT attachments and our medical graduates are
highly regarded for the breadth of their
Our medical student societies organise
conferences and guest speaker events, social
A MEMBER OF SATISFACTION undergraduate experience and ability. The city
of Glasgow and west of Scotland provide an
activities and revision groups.
Our facilities
THE RUSSELL WE ARE (NSS 2019) excellent educational environment, with
diverse opportunities for medical training.
• The Wolfson Medical School Building is
at the heart of the University’s Gilmorehill
GROUP OF RANKED Medicine at Glasgow since 1751 campus, with library, teaching rooms, clinical
RESEARCH- 2ND IN THE 250+ We have a long and proud history of
outstanding achievements in medical science
skills area and café.
• Our Teaching & Learning Centre at the
INTENSIVE UK RUSSELL CLUBS AND by world renowned physicians such as Joseph
Lister (antisepsis), George Beatson (breast
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, one
of Europe’s largest acute hospitals, offers a
UNIVERSITIES GROUP FOR SOCIETIES cancer), John MacIntyre (X-rays and
radiology), William Hunter (anatomy and
state-of-the-art clinical teaching environment,
linked to the main hospital which opened in
obstetrics) and Ian Donald (ultrasound). 2015.
TEACHING International links • The New Lister Building is our newly
RANKED JOINT (NSS 2019) We have a global outlook, with links to medical
schools abroad, and our students benefit from
refurbished medical teaching centre at the
Royal Infirmary.
1ST IN THE UK opportunities to experience medicine in other
cultures.
• Clinical placements in 25 hospitals and 150
GP practices throughout Glasgow and the
FOR MEDICINE west of Scotland.
(COMPLETE UNIVERSITY
GUIDE 2021)
How to apply
For full-time study you must apply through the
Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).
See ucas.com.
MEDICINE
The Medical School generates and sustains Preparation for practice (PfP) Applying for Medicine
excellence in education and research in a friendly, PfP is the final component of the course following the Summary of entry requirements for
Medicine We welcome all applications, provided they meet
supportive and stimulating environment. Our medical final exams. It involves shadowing foundation-year minimum entry requirements and meet the 15
graduates are highly regarded for the breadth of their doctors in hospital and includes a lecture programme. SQA Higher Entry Requirements (by end of S6) October deadline. Please check at glasgow.ac.uk/
undergraduate experience and ability. Successful completion of Preparation for Practice is a AAAAA Higher at end of S5 + BBB Advanced undergraduate/entryrequirements if you are
OF MEDICINE (NON SPECIFIC)
prerequisite to graduate. Higher or AB Advanced Higher + B Higher in S6 unsure. Unfortunately we are unable to consider late
100% STUDENTS IN WORK WERE IN PROFESSIONALLY
ACCREDITED
Additional requirements: Highers Chemistry, Biology applications, given the number of applications we
PROFESSIONAL/MANAGERIAL JOBS * Community Orientated Medical Experience Track and Physics or Mathematics. National 5 English receive. If applying for Medicine (A100), please limit
COMET is a new and innovative scheme, funded by the at Grade B. UCAT (www.ucat.ac.uk for more your choice to four medical schools only as UCAS
MBChB (A100): Five years Scottish Government, to give selected medical students information). Interview. will not forward your application to institutions if more
an enhanced and immersive experience of general than four medical schools have been selected. Further
SQA Higher Adjusted Entry Requirements* (by
practice which will equip them with the requisite skills information on MBChB admissions can be found in our
Our innovative curriculum is delivered through a range end of S6)
to become the next generation of leaders of primary MBChB Admissions Procedures and on our admissions
of teaching styles which include small-group teaching, AAABB Higher at end of S5 + BBB Advanced
care in Scotland. For further details see glasgow.ac.uk/ web pages, which can be found at glasgow.ac.uk/
problem-based learning, lectures, Vocational and Higher or AB Advanced Higher + B Higher in S6
medicine/mus/admissions. medicine/mus/admissions
Clinical Studies, labs and e-learning. You will gain Additional requirements: Highers Chemistry, Biology
experience of a clinical environment from year 1. The Student-selected components and Physics or Mathematics. National 5 English The procedures document details the application
MBChB follows a “spiral curriculum” where subject You will be able to choose a variety of student-selected at Grade B. UCAT (www.ucat.ac.uk for more process in full and also includes information on
material is revisited at different stages of the curriculum components (SSCs) that allow you to personalise your information). Interview. Successful completion of disability and health (including information on blood-
with increasing depth and clinical focus. learning experience. SSCs are five week-long blocks Reach. borne viruses) and the disclosure checks required prior
selected from a range of available options and are * See glasgow.ac.uk/accessglasgow for eligibility. to commencing.
You will undertake two periods of elective study, and
can select from over 20 intercalated degree options, taken in years 2, 3 and 4. Projects cover topics from A-level Standard Entry Requirements
the core curriculum as well as topics outside medicine AAA Selection process
allowing flexibility to study areas of personal interest
in more depth. Our award-winning Wolfson Medical including humanities and languages. Additional requirements: A-Levels Chemistry and As multiple elements are considered within the selection
School Building offers you 24-hour access to library Biology or Physics or Mathematics. GCSE English process, the process runs from October until March,
Electives
facilities, and a first-class clinical skills suite. at Grade B or 6. UCAT (www.ucat.ac.uk for more with the majority of offers processed in February/
The MBChB at Glasgow is unusual in having two information). Interview.
We have strong links with the Postgraduate Deanery, March. Once we receive your application, all aspects
electives, each for four weeks, during the vacations at
ensuring a smooth transition from undergraduate IB Standard Entry Requirements are considered carefully, with the focus on academic
the end of years 3 and 4. Electives are experiential in
study to postgraduate training, and produce highly 38 (6,6,6 HL) qualifications obtained and predicted, personal
nature, obtaining personal, professional and clinical
trained, competent graduates who are equipped for the Additional requirements: HL subjects Chemistry statement and reference. Later in the cycle, the UCAT
experiences in any recognised clinical specialty,
Foundation Training programme, for higher training, and and Biology SL Physics or Mathematics at 6 (HL scores are made available to the admissions team and
including general practice and public health.
the challenges of medicine in the 21st century. recommended) SL English at 6. UCAT (www.ucat. are used for allocation of interview for those that meet
Accreditation ac.uk for more information). Interview. all requirements.
Phase 1 – occupies the first half of year 1. It is an At the end of the undergraduate programme you Work experience in a hospital or general practice is not
Successful applicants are required to undertake
overview of basic biomedical sciences, providing you will receive your MBChB degree, which is a primary required, but we do expect candidates to have explored
satisfactory health and police checks before
with the knowledge required to engage in the rest of medical qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles the realities of a career in medicine.
commencing Medicine. Information on standards
the undergraduate programme. You will undertake you to provisional registration with the General Medical of undergraduate medical students can be found at You may be invited to attend an interview. Candidates
Vocational & professional studies, have your first Council, subject only to its acceptance that there are no www.gmc-uk.org/education. receiving offers are those who not only achieve the
Clinical skills sessions and undertake a clinical visit to Fitness to Practise concerns that need consideration.
an A&E ward or General Practice. For further information on MBChB admissions and academic standards required but who also show they
Provisionally registered doctors can only practise in disclosure checks see glasgow.ac.uk/medicine/ have seriously considered the implications of a medical
Phase 2 – occupies the second part of year 1 and approved Foundation Year 1 posts: the law does not mus/admissions. career and who display the characteristics desirable in a
the whole of year 2. It covers the anatomy, physiology, allow provisionally registered doctors to undertake future doctor, as well as demonstrating a commitment,
pharmacology, biochemistry (and related biomedical any other NHS service posts. See glasgow.ac.uk/ug/ For detailed entry requirements see glasgow.ac.uk/
ug/medicine. motivation and enthusiasm for a medical career. Given
sciences) of the major clinical systems, as well as medicine for more information. the number of applications we receive which meet
Vocational & professional studies, Communication skills Career prospects minimum entry requirements, we are unfortunately not
and Clinical skills. able to interview all candidates.
Medical career options range from hospital-based UCAT
Phase 3 – occupies the first half of year 3 and covers specialties such as surgery, to community-based As a guide, we normally interview approximately 850
All applicants must complete the University Clinical
clinical systems with a focus on pathophysiology. specialties such as general practice. Almost all of our applicants. The interview format and guidance is
Aptitude Test (ucat.ac.uk) by the deadline date in
There are major contributions from pathology, graduates start their careers as doctors with the NHS in available on our webpages. Once the interview process
the same year as application. Information on how
microbiology, haematology, clinical biochemistry and hospitals around Scotland, although some travel further is complete, interview scores are accumulated and
the UCAT scores will be used in the admissions
clinical pharmacology, and the small-group teaching afield to various parts of England and Northern Ireland. all applications are checked, before offers are made.
process is available at glasgow.ac.uk/medicine/mus/
focuses on clinical cases, using case-based learning, For important information on GMC registration, see This stage runs until the end of March, with all offers
admissions.
with a clinical tutor. You will have one day per week in glasgow.ac.uk/medicine/mus/admissions. being conditional (includes submission of qualification
hospital or general practice. You will also receive clinical Other requirements documentation and police records check). A number
procedural skills teaching. of applicants who narrowly miss an offer may be
Successful applicants are required to undertake contacted to advise that, should places become
Phase 4 – occupies the second half of year 3, all of Why choose Glasgow? satisfactory health and police checks before available, they will be reviewed provided they wish to be
year 4 and the first half of year 5. It is based in hospitals You will gain experience in clinical environments commencing Medicine. Information on standards of reconsidered.
and in general practice, with dedicated academic throughout the West of Scotland, including our undergraduate medical students can be found at gmc-
days. Teaching is structured around 5–10 week clinical newly refurbished medical teaching centre at the uk.org/education. Applicants who are not made an offer will obtain
attachments, and students rotate through general Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Queen Elizabeth information on the reason for their application being
medicine and surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, University Hospital, which boasts a purpose-built unsuccessful. Provided entry requirements are met, we
child health, general practice, psychiatry and a variety learning and teaching facility, teaching laboratories welcome reapplications to undergraduate Medicine at
w glasgow.ac.uk/ug/medicine
of hospital sub-specialties. and a state-of-the-art clinical skills suite. Glasgow. Please check our webpages before applying,
e med-sch-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk or come and meet us at one of our open days.
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