A minimum of an upper second class (2:1) Honours degree in a relevant life science subject. This should be the first degree obtained.
Standard: AAA
Essential subjects: A-level – Either Chemistry or Biology and another science (Mathematics is an acceptable science).
Standard: AAABB
Essential subjects: Higher – either Chemistry or Biology and another science (Mathematics is an acceptable science).
If not studied at A-level, we also require Biology or Chemistry at grade 7/A at GCSE. If not studied at A-level, we also require Mathematics and English at grade 6/B at GCSE.
If not studied at Higher, we also require Biology or Chemistry at grade A at National 5. If not studied at Higher, we also require Mathematics and English at grade B at National 5.
SWAP East Access to Medical Sciences (AAA and over 80% in all key subject areas).
We accept the following access courses for this degree:
Essential subjects:
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 qualifications not yet completed must meet our published minimum academic entry requirements.
We do not accept resits.
Clinical experience is not required. There are many opportunities to learn valuable skills that do not require individuals to be in healthcare settings.
The personal statement is discussed at interview but is not scored, ranked or taken into account for interview selection.
All applicants must sit the UCAT test in their year of application. There is no cut off score.
Multiple mini interviews.
We are committed to widening access to university for all who can benefit from it, regardless of background or economic circumstances.
Reach is a national project, funded by the Scottish Funding Council, to encourage, educate, and empower senior-phase pupils to consider careers and higher education in Medicine, Dentistry and Law.
Our programme of events and 1-1 support helps pupils to explore these subject areas, develop skills and gain practical experiences and create competitive applications.
If you have any of the contextual factors detailed below and can appropriately evidence as required, we will assess your application against widening access entry requirements and in line with current contextual admissions policy.
As part of its admissions process the University will take the following contextual factors into consideration when assessing an application. The list below is not exhaustive and the University may take into account other factors based on your circumstances, at its sole discretion, which is inline with this policy.
If your home postcode, at the time you apply, is in a Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile 1 zone.
If you are or have been receiving free school meals.
If you are or have been someone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without your support.
If you are or have been a looked after person (Care experienced), including but not limited to; adopted children who were previously looked-after. This care may have been provided in one of many different settings, such as in residential care, foster care, kinship care or through being looked-after at home with a supervision requirement.
If you are or have been estranged from your parents (normally not in contact with them for at least 12 months as a result of a permanent breakdown in your relationship, with no sign of this being resolved).
If you are a refugee, an asylum seeker or have been granted humanitarian protection and are resident in the UK.
Our contextual admissions policy is intended to recognise factors that may have disrupted or affected your education. If there are other contextual factors outside of your control, which fall outside of the specific circumstances detailed above but which are deemed to have an impact on your education, the University will also take these into account in respect of your application. This consideration process will be on a case-by-case basis and will be decided primarily on the impact of the circumstances on your education. In this context the university may decide to assess your application against widening access entry requirements and in line with current contextual admissions policy.
Examples of ‘other’ contextual circumstances which may have an impact can include but are not limited to; residing in an SIMD40 postcode area, have declared a disability or participated in a widening access programme such as Reach or SWAP.
A level: ABB
Highers: AABBB
Located on the east coast of Scotland, the University of Dundee’s self-contained main campus, in the West End of Dundee, is your home away from home in a compact, friendly and diverse city. Dundee’s West End was named the best place to live in Scotland (The Sunday Times 2024).
We are one of the world’s leading medical schools. Our social purpose inspires us to train skilled medical professionals and empathetic healers.
The majority of teaching takes place in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. This means that your studies are centred around life in a working NHS hospital. This clinical exposure underpins your knowledge. It ensures you develop into a well-rounded junior doctor, fully prepared to practice.
