Applicants must have achieved, or expect to achieve, an honours degree in any discipline to at least an upper second class or first class Honours or integrated master’s degree.
AAA at A level excluding Use of Mathematics, World Development, Communication and Culture. For Biology, Chemistry and Physics A Levels, we require a pass in the practical element.
AAAAA at Higher Grade and AA in Advanced Higher Grade.
Scottish qualifications can be taken in more than one sitting.
A minimum of 36 points including minimum of grade 5 in all subjects.
No specific requirements but the best eight achieved grades at GCSE or equivalent level 2 qualifications are scored as part of the selection for interview. If less than eight GCSEs have been taken, scores from the taken GCSEs will be normalised.
No specific requirements but the best eight achieved grades are scored as part of the selection for interview.
We will accept Access courses from applicants who have been out of education for at least 3 years prior to starting the course. If applicants have previously completed a degree then any offer will be based upon meeting our Degree requirement of 2:1.
We will accept any Access to HE Diploma conforming to the QAA subject descriptor for Medicine, including distance learning courses. It is the responsibility of the applicant to evidence that the course they wish to complete meets the QAA subject descriptor.
Our grade requirement is Distinctions to be achieved in all graded credit modules. The further 15 ungraded credits can be a combination of level 2 and 3.
Our MB BS programme uses a modern and innovative integrated case-led teaching approach, and you’ll be taught in a vibrant learning environment.
This course will prepare you to work as a doctor anywhere in the world, in both the clinical and academic arena.
In the first step, all applicants are screened to assess whether their predicted or actual academic results meet the minimum entry requirements. If the minimum academic requirements are not met, the applicant will be rejected at this point.
If the minimum academic requirements are met, then the next steps of scoring the achieved academic results and current UCAT score of each applicant will follow.
We allow a subject to be repeated once. If a subject is being undertaken for a second time after further study the expectation is of a higher level of performance, for example for a standard home student the grade requirement will increase by one grade e.g. A to A*.
Clinical experience is not required. Emphasis on applicants being able to show a commitment to caring which can be accomplished in a number of ways other than in a hospital or general practice setting, such as volunteering in an elderly care home, hospice, nursery or helping someone less fortunate. The medical school is also interested in individuals who have shown commitment to working as part of a team over a prolonged period of time in any area, including voluntary, sports, other extra-curricular activities.
Checked after interview before offers are made.
UCAT.
We award points based upon total UCAT score. Applicants’ academic and UCAT points will be combined to give an overall ‘academic screen’ score, and applications will be ranked according to this score, for offer of interview.
Candidates with a UCAT Situational Judgement Test Band of 4 (the lowest band) will not be considered.
Standard and contextual offer students will be ranked as separate streams. International and A101 students will be ranked according to their UCAT score.
Multiple mini interviews and traditional panel interviews.
We provide a University-wide programme of outreach to students and staff in schools and colleges from across the UK. We work in partnership with teachers, current students and our graduates. Our range of activities and workshops includes a focus on cognitive skills, pupil attainment and a sense of belonging.
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Over 10,000 widening participation students have completed the Programme PARTNERS. Each student benefited from a lower contextual offer of entry and a free residential summer school.
Our Undergraduate Admissions Team will use certain contextual data from your UCAS form, alongside your application, to take into account challenges that you may have faced in your education and the potential effect this may have had on your qualifications. You may be eligible to receive a lower contextual offer if the following applies to you. This applies to applicants with Home fee status only.
You may be eligible for a contextual offer if you have experienced any time in care during your life. It’s important that you declare this on your UCAS form so that this can be taken into account as part of the admissions process.
You may be eligible for a contextual offer if you are an estranged person, who no longer has the support of your family due to a breakdown in the relationship which has led to ceased contact. This might mean your biological, step or adoptive parents, or wider family members who have been responsible for supporting you in the past. It’s important that you declare this on your UCAS form so that this can be taken into account as part of the admissions process.
You may be eligible for a contextual offer if you are eligible for free school meals. It’s important that you declare this on your UCAS form so that this can be taken into account as part of the admissions process.
Find out why you should consider declaring your eligibility for free school meals on your UCAS form
If you attend an independent school but would have been eligible for Free School Meals at a state school you may also be eligible for a contextual offer. This will be verified using data supplied by UCAS.
If you are eligible, the Admissions Team may use this information in the following ways:
Successful completion of PARTNERS may result in an offer that is up to three A level grades lower (or equivalent) than the typical entry requirements.
Students complete PARTNERS in the year prior to starting University (usually year 13).
ABB in any subject excluding General Studies, Use of Mathematics, World Development, Communication and Culture and Critical Thinking. If Applicants are taking Biology, Chemistry or Physics A Level, a pass in the practical element is required.
Scottish Qualifications with PARTNERS
AABBB at Higher Grade. AB at Advanced Higher Grade.
As a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive Universities, we’ve been working to understand our world since 1834. We push the boundaries of knowledge through innovation and creativity. Ranked as a Global top 130 University, our research and teaching are world leading.
At Newcastle, you will receive clinically focused teaching from our highly trained staff to develop your core medical knowledge, and will develop your clinical competence from the very start of your degree, through a varied menu of early clinical experience, contact with patients and visits to GPs and hospitals and skills development in our dedicated Clinical Skills Laboratory.
