Applicants who have a minimum of 12 years of school education and complete one of the following Foundation Programmes may be considered for the 5 or 6 Year Programme.
Abbey College (Cambridge and Manchester) International Foundation Programme – Biomedicine and Science Pathway
5 year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 80%, to include 75% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 70%.
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 70%, to include 70% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 60%.
Bath Academy Foundation Programme
5 Year Programme
Minimum overall score of 75%, with no less than 75% in any major module.
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall score of 65%, with no less than 65% in any major module.
Bellerby’s College Foundation Programme
5 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 80% across all modules, to include minimum 75% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 70%.
6 Year Programme
Overall average score of 70% across the academic modules including a minimum score of 75% in Chemistry and no less than 60% in any individual module.
David Game College: University Foundation Programme (UFP) – Medicine Pathway
5 Year Programme
Applicants must complete three major modules, with a minimum grade of A in Chemistry, minimum grade of B in Biology and a minimum grade of B in the optional major module.
6 Year Programme
Applicants must complete three major modules with a minimum grade of B in each module.
DLD College London International Foundation Programme – Medicine Pathway
5 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 80%, to include 75% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 70%.
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 70%, to include 70% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 60%.
INTO UEA International Foundation in Pharmacy, Health and Life Sciences
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 70% across all modules, with no individual module score less than 65%.
King’s College London International Foundation
5 Year Programme
Minimum score of 75%, with no less than 70% in each individual module
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall score of 70%, with no less than 65% in each individual module.
Kings Education Medical Foundation Programme
5 Year Programme
Minimum overall score of 75%, to include 70% in Chemistry and no other individual module score less than 65%.
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall score of 65%, with no individual module score less than 60%.
NCUK International Foundation Year*
6 Year Programme
Minimum grades AAAB in English for Academic Purposes, Maths for Science, Biology and Chemistry
* In Ireland, the NCUK International Foundation Year is offered at DIFC, Further information on NCUK, including centres where the International Foundation Year is offered, is available here.
UCLAN On Campus Medicine University Foundation Programme
5 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 70% across three modules, with no individual module score less than 65%.
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 65% across the three modules, with no individual module score less than 60%.
UCLAN On Campus Life Sciences University Programme
6 Year Programme
Minimum overall average score of 70% across the three modules, with no individual module score less than 65%.
University of St Andrew’s International Foundation Programme for Medicine
5 Year Programme
Overall average score of 14 across all modules with no individual module score lower than 13 including Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Organic and Biological Chemistry 1.
6 Year Programme
Overall average score of 14 across all modules with no individual module score lower than 13 including Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Organic & Biological Chemistry 1 plus achievement of an overall equivalent IELTS score of 6.0 with no band score less than 5.0.
Australian Foundation Programmes
The following foundation programmes are eligible for consideration for entry to the School of Medicine:
Monash University Program
Trinity College Foundation Program at the University of Melbourne
University of Queensland Foundation Program
University of New South Wales Foundation Program
5 Year Programme
Applicants who have completed one of the above programmes presenting English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics or Biology, and with a minimum overall score of 90%, will be eligible for consideration for entry to the 5 Year programme. Applicants must present a minimum score of 80% in Chemistry and no other individual module score should be less than 75%.
6 Year Programme
Students who have completed one of the above programmes presenting English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics or Biology and with a minimum overall score of 80% will be eligible for consideration for entry to the six-year Undergraduate Medicine programme. No individual module score should be less than 70%.
Other foundation programmes not listed above may be considered for entry into the 6 year programme. Enquiries should be emailed to the Admissions Office.