BBB achieved in a single sitting after two years of study, including Biology and Chemistry.
Highers: BBBBB including Biology and Chemistry, taken at one sitting after one year of study.
Advanced Highers: BB in Biology and Chemistry, taken at one sitting after one year of study.
30 points overall, including the following:
Higher Level: 5,5,5 including Biology and Chemistry.
Requirements will vary depending on individual circumstances but all applicants must have a grade B or 6 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics taken as individual subjects (or Combined Science as two GCSE qualifications), as well as Maths and English Language.
National 5 requirements will vary depending on individual circumstances but all applicants must have a grade B or 6 in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as Maths and English Language.
The main emphasis of problem-based learning (PBL) is on small group working, centred around a ‘problem’ or scenario. These scenarios are hypothetical patient cases.
This integrated approach, centred on PBL, and grounded in a robust scientific understanding, strong clinical knowledge and highly developed communication and clinical reasoning skills, allows you to develop life-long skills that will be crucial to your success as a doctor.
We require predicted grades for all applicants and these will be used to determine whether an applicant meets our academic requirements. No advantage is given to applicants with higher predicted grades, as long as our minimum requirements are met.
We are able to consider predicted grades at one grade below the entry requirements.
We are able to consider GCSE resits. Typically, applicants will be expected to have achieved the required grades after two sittings. Additional resits will only be considered with evidence of exceptional circumstances.
We do not consider A Level resits for this programme. Applicants who have taken longer than two years to meet the entry requirements without resits may be considered with evidence of exceptional circumstances.
Applicants should be prepared to discuss their work experience at interview. Insight is more important than the specific work and voluntary experience undertaken. Placements in hospices, nursing and residential homes etc., where there is interaction with vulnerable people, is just as valuable as shadowing doctors. After interview, we aim to verify work and voluntary experiences discussed in the applicant’s personal statement.
Not used in selection process and interviewers will not have had access to personal statement. Applicants may wish to reference their personal statement at interview. Following interview, we may contact work experience references mentioned in the personal statement to verify any experiences.
Applicants who meet our academic entry requirements will be ranked according to their UCAT score. Invitations to interview will be made based on this UCAT ranking alone.
Online multiple mini interviews.
This is specifically a widening-participation (WP) route. It is only open to students who who meet WP eligibility criteria.
In order to be eligible for this course, you must be a UK applicant. EU and International students are not eligible for Medicine and Surgery with a Gateway Year.
You must also meet two or more of our Widening Participation criteria (see below) to be eligible for this course. If you are a Care Leaver, Care Experienced, or you are a Refugee, then you do not meet to meet any additional criteria.
To determine the average we use Attainment 8 and A Level performance data published by the Department for Education from the previous three academic years and compare this against the average performance of all mainstream state schools and colleges over the same period. For further advice or guidance, please email the Medical School Admissions team at [email protected].
We are proud to remain one of the UK’s smaller medical schools, even after the recent increase in the number of MBChB places available. Our size allows us to offer you a student-focused learning environment within a highly supportive community.
A modern medical school, Lancaster utilises new technologies in its anatomy teaching, including an Anatomage table for virtual dissection. The School’s Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre has also invested significantly in ultrasound teaching, enabling you to learn anatomy, ultrasonography and clinical interpretation together.
