Imperial College London

MBBS Medicine (A100)

Course information

  • Course title: MBBS Medicine (A100)
  • Location: London, England
  • Course length: 6 Years
  • UCAS code: A100 (Standard Entry Medicine)
  • intercalation: Mandatory
  • Student eligibility: All

Academic requirements

Degree (graduates only)

Applicants with degree qualifications are encouraged to apply to PCSM’s graduate entry course.

A Levels

Minimum AAA at A level including Chemistry and Biology plus a third subject. All qualifications have to be achieved in one sitting.

Please note that the standard offer is likely to be A*AA with the A* in either Chemistry or Biology.

Scottish Highers/Advanced Highers

AAA grades in Advanced Highers including Chemistry and Biology and one Science or Maths subject and one additional subject at Scottish Higher.

International Baccalaureate

Minimum 38 points overall including 6 in Biology and Chemistry at Higher level. Grade 5 in Standard level English is required. All qualifications have to be achieved in one sitting.

Please note that the standard offer is likely to be 39 points overall including 7 and 6 in Biology and Chemistry at Higher level.

GCSEs

Minimum of GCSE grade B in English Language or equivalent qualification.

There is no other GCSE or Scottish Nationals requirement.

Scottish Nationals

There is no other GCSE or Scottish Nationals requirement.

Additional information

Teaching method

Our newly redeveloped curriculum looks at technological developments in education and healthcare and expectations of medical practice within the NHS of the future, with teaching enriched by our internationally competitive research and clinical expertise.

You will benefit from early exposure to clinical skills training and patient experience, as well as a focus on the application of research skills in phase two. A case-based learning approach integrates and translates scientific knowledge to clinical care and each module builds on the last, adding more depth and complexity.

Successful students will graduate with both an MBBS and BSc qualification with this integrated course (you might see this referred to as intercalation). Exceptional students may be offered the opportunity to include a PhD as part of their studies.

We also offer an Intercalated BSc programme for external medical, dental and veterinary students to study at Imperial College London.

Admission email

Use of predicted grades

Predicted grades for school leaving qualifications are accepted.

Resit policy

Resits are not accepted.

Non-academic requirements

Work experience

Clinical work experience is not required. Find more detail on work experience requirements on our website.

Personal statement

Used during the interview.

Admission test

UCAT is used for shortlisting to interview.

Interview method

In person and online multiple-mini interviews.

Widening participation

If you’re a UK student from a disadvantaged or underrepresented background, we have extra support to ensure you’re not at a disadvantage when you apply to Imperial. 

You can find more details information about the Imperial College London’s widening access initiatives on the university website.  

More information on widening access

Contextual offers

Benefits for applicants who are eligible for contextual admissions consideration (‘Home’ applicants only):

  • Guaranteed minimum offer: You might get a guaranteed minimum offer.
  • Guaranteed interview: You could be guaranteed an interview.
  • Extra support: We help you transition from school to life at Imperial. 
Widening particpation criteria

If you are a student with Home fee status or an appropriate UK residential status, you may be considered through our contextual admissions route if one of the following also applies to you:

  • You are a care leaver or have spent time in care under a local authority, or
  • Your home address* postcode falls into England’s index of multiple deprivation quintile one, or
  • You currently receive Free School Meals or have been eligible to receive them in the past; or
  • Your home address* postcode falls into POLAR4 quintile 1 or 2 and you also meet one of the following criteria:
    • You are the first in your family to attend university
    • You attend an English school where the key-stage 5 performance is below Imperial’s percentile threshold of 20%
    • You attend a school in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland where the Free School Meals percentile is above Imperial’s percentile threshold of 80%

*Your home address is your place of permanent residence and not your school or boarding school.

Use our tool to see if you’re eligible for our contextual admissions route.

Contextual offer

If you’re applying to a department that interviews applicants, you’ll get a guaranteed invite if:

  • you meet the minimum entry requirements (AAA at A-level or equivalent) for Imperial; and
  • your admissions test score meets the department’s contextual threshold, if relevant

You’ll get a guaranteed offer at the department’s minimum entry level* if you:

  1. Meet the minimum entry requirements for Imperial (AAA at A-level or equivalent).
  2. Show clear motivation for the subject in your personal statement (check our guidance for tips).
  3. Score above the department’s minimum in its admissions test and/or interview (only for departments that use one or both). If the department doesn’t use an interview or admissions test, only criteria 1 and 2 apply.

Find more detail on our website.

About Imperial College London

Come study at one of the largest medicine departments in Europe, with medical campuses across north and west London and partnerships with a wide range of NHS Trusts, hospitals and clinics. Our newly redeveloped curriculum looks at technological developments in education and healthcare and expectations of medical practice within the NHS of the future, with teaching enriched by our internationally competitive research and clinical expertise.

You will benefit from early exposure to clinical skills training and patient experience, as well as a focus on the application of research skills in phase two. A case-based learning approach integrates and translates scientific knowledge to clinical care and each module builds on the last, adding more depth and complexity.

Imperial College London website

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