Below is a list of UK Medical Schools offering Medicine Foundation Courses. This would be prior to an undergraduate medical degree and aims to better prepare applicants for undergraduate medical education, specifically for those with no, or limited experience of, laboratory based science and have not studied Chemistry. These courses are run by member institutions or those who have a concordat with a member institution. Click on the name of the Medical School to go directly to its website for more information.

Updated June 2009


Bristol (University of), Faculty of Medicine
Medicine – First MB/ ChB premedical entry
+44 (0)117 928 9000

Cardiff University, School of Medicine
Foundation Year Programme
+44 (0)29 2074 3436

Dundee (University of), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing 
Medicine pre-medical year
+44 (0)1382 344160

Keele University
Medicine with Health Foundation Year
+44 (0)1782 733509

King's College London, University of London
Extended Medical Degree Programme
+44 (0)207 8486503

Manchester (University of), Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences 
Medicine 6 years including pre-medical year
+44 (0)161 275 2077

Sheffield (The University of), School of Medicine
Medicine foundation year
+44 (0)114 271 3727

Southampton (University of), School of Medicine
Year 0, 6-year Bachelor of Medicine Programme
+44 (0)2380 594408

St George's, University of London
Foundation for Medicine
+44 (0)20 8725 2333

Sussex Downs College, Lewes (in partnership with Brighton and Sussex Medical School)
Access to Medicine
+44 (0)1273 402222