BBC including B in Biology or Chemistry. Applicants with predicted or achieved grades of AAB or above (or points equivalent), or with A in Chemistry, are not eligible for this course.
This course has additional eligibility criteria, please check these before applying.
Advanced Higher: BB including Biology or Chemistry, and Standard Level: BBBBC. Applicants with achieved or predicted Advanced Higher grades of AA, or with Chemistry at A grade, are not eligible for this course.
This course has additional eligibility criteria, please check these before applying.
29 points overall with 14 at Higher level, including 5 at Higher Level in Biology or Chemistry. Applicants with predicted or achieved grades of 33 points overall including 16 at Higher Level, or with 6 at Higher Level in Chemistry, are not eligible for this course.
This course has additional eligibility criteria, please check these before applying.
Standard literacy requirement (4 or C in GCSE English or equivalent) and Standard numeracy requirement (4 or C in GCSE Mathematics or equivalent).
Further information about GCSE requirements and profile levels.
Case-Based Learning (CBL) is a tutorial-based, group learning approach where students work through real-world clinical scenarios across subjects such as cardiology, respiratory, and gastroenterology.
During each session, you’ll identify key learning outcomes and use them to guide your study, following a patient case from initial presentation through to diagnosis and management.
The goal of CBL is to help students apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations. This better prepares you for reviewing real cases during clinical placements.
Predicted grades for school leaving qualifications and undergraduate degree classifications are accepted.
We consider applicants resitting GCSEs and/or A-levels (or equivalent Level 3 qualifications). A maximum of one resit is allowed in any one subject. Applicants who did not achieve the minimum required GCSE profile results in their first sitting can apply with resits achieved or with results pending. We only make an exception to this where there are extenuating personal circumstances, and any exceptions are at the discretion of the University. We do not provide guidance in advance of an application on our criteria for considering extenuating circumstances.
While not a requirement for the course, we encourage applicants to obtain work experience. This enables the applicant to gain some insight into their potential vocation. Applicants may be asked to reflect on their work experience at interview. Clinical work experience is not required but we encourage applicants to seek out opportunities to work with the public in a customer service role, or volunteer in a care or health environment (nursing home, local hospice, shelter for the homeless, or facility supporting people with disabilities or special needs), or a youth group. Should they be invited, applicants are required to complete a form prior to attending the interview which documents the type and duration of their work experience. This information may be used as a basis for discussion.
We no longer use the personal statement as a weighted component of our selection criteria. Should we need to differentiate between applicants who have identical scores at interview when making offers, UCAT scores will be used as our primary differentiator. Should there be a situation where applicants achieve the same interview result and UCAT score, only then will the personal statement be used as a deciding factor.
UCAT
Applicants move around seven Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) stations, each taking six minutes (one minute for reading instructions and five minutes for completing task) and assessing a particular criterion. Each station is supervised by one or two interviewers as appropriate.
This is specifically a widening-participation (WP) route. It is only open to students who who meet WP eligibility criteria.
The courses are open to applicants if one (or more) of the following statements apply to you:
You have attended an aspiring state school or college
You have spent time in care
You have been eligible for free school meals
Find more detail on our website.
Bristol Medical School is a leading centre for collaborative and multi-disciplinary research. The school comprises two departments: Population Health Sciences and Translational Health Sciences. The school’s mission is to deliver excellent research, focused on improving the health of individuals and the population, and to develop the next generation of clinicians and scientists.
Our vision is to develop our world-leading reputation for health research, and embrace educational innovation that will nurture skilled, adaptable and resilient clinicians and scientists.
