Graduate Entry to Medicine

Medicine can be studied in the UK as a five-year undergraduate or a shortened four-year graduate entry degree.

After this degree, medical graduates then undertake a generic two-year Foundation Programme, which forms the bridge to speciality training which can last a further 3-8 years according to the field.

If you are thinking about studying medicine as a second degree (often called Graduate Entry to Medicine) your first decision is which route you plan to take. There are four-year accelerated courses which you can apply to as a graduate, or you can apply to a five-year ‘undergraduate’ course. For graduates without a science degree, there are six-year foundation/'pre-clinical' courses available.

These pages cover some of the most frequently asked questions, giving guidance and bringing together resources.

There is a lot of information and advice available online about applying to and studying medicine.

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Advice, guidance and networks