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Specific entrance requirements for the 5 year MBBS course
No more than four choices on the UCAS form from the possible six may be made for Medicine. The remaining choices may be used for an alternative course without prejudicing our interest in your application.
1.Application through UCAS by 15 October 2.Applicants who are predicted at least AAAb (or BBCb if eligible using the formula below), have an average of A at GCSE and have sat UKCAT will normally be considered for interview. 3.Offers will be the same as the predicted A Level grades to a maximum of AAAb. Please note St George's rarely considers applications for transfers from other medical schools.
Entry Requirements 1.Grades are AAAb at A\AS level. All candidates must offer three A Level subjects and an additional distinct AS Level subject. We do not accept candiates who are taking A Levels over three years but candidates may resit modules in years 12 and 13. However, if your school average for A Level is less than 543.9 we will use a formula to consider a lower offer, to a minimum of BBCb. All candidates must offer Chemistry and/or Biology to A Level and the other to AS Level. Chemistry and Biology must be at least grade B. General Studies and Key Skills will not be accepted as qualifying subjects. 2.416 points from your top 8 subjects at GCSE including Maths, English and Dual Award Science or Single Sciences (i.e. an average grade of A). GCSE English Grade B or IELTS 7.0 (with no section less than 6.0). 3.We require all candidates for this course to sit an entrance examination UKCAT. Details of the exam and how to register can be found on the UKCAT website. Please also see the Key Dates for UKCAT/UCAS for 2009 entry. It is essential that you meet all the registration and application deadlines. Applicants who do not sit the exam will not be considered. 8.We do not accept graduate applicants for entry to this course. Graduates should apply for the MBBS Graduate Stream (MBBS4). In addition, if a candidate is already enrolled on a degree course and is partway through (first or second year), we will not consider an application to MBBS5. Candidates are required to complete the degree and apply to us as graduates. 9.Mature non-graduate candidates will be considered upon application. 10.Work experience in a medical or health related field and the ability to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of medicine. 11.Candidates must be 18 by the 30 September in the year of entry to the course. 12.Satisfactory health and police screening including screen for and immunisation against Hepatitis B. For those candidates without A Levels and for those with EU and/or international qualifications please download the following document for further information
Open University - we will accept 120 Open University units for entry to the University. 60 of the units must be the Exploring Science module. Another 30 units must be taken from a science module and the remaining 30 units from any other subject area (including humanities and arts). Access to medicine courses — we will consider applicants who are taking the Access to Medicine courses from College of West Anglia or Sussex Downs College.We require distinctions in the sciences and an overall pass in the course. Deferred entry We welcome applications from candidates who wish to defer entry to Medicine by a year, provided you plan to use the time constructively. Occasionally we advise a candidate to defer application for a year in order to be considered with an extra year’s maturity and with your A level and AS results available.
All offers of places at St George's Hospital Medical School are made subject to satisfactory health clearance and an agreement to undergo appropriate blood tests and immunisations. Please contact your general practitioner to arrange screening for infectivity from Hepatitis B. You should begin a course of Hepatitis B immunisation as soon as you submit your UCAS form as it consists of three injections over a nine-month period. If you firmly accept an offer made to you by the School, you will be sent a confidential health questionnaire and further information about the process of screening for Hepatitis B if this has not already been done.
All students offered a place are asked to agree to a set of principals which enable us to deliver the teaching required for you to pass your course. You can view a copy of this agreement here Candidates who are worried or concerned about eligibility to enter the Medical School because of previous or pending criminal convictions are strongly advised to contact the Assistant Registrar (Undergraduate Admissions) in writing before applying. All students entering the medical courses will be required to carry out a criminal record checks. Entry is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) Section 4 (2) (Exemption) Order 1975 and DHSS Circular HC (88) 9 guidelines on child protection and police checks. All information will be treated in the strictest confidence. Please remember that although we consider each application carefully and thoroughly on its merits, there is strong competition for entry. Our first selection process is to consider academic results. We consider the following when we decide who to invite for interview:
Any applicant who has the all the requirements listed above, will automatically be called for interview. Candidates not offering GCSE and A level qualifications or lower achievements than those mentioned will be considered on their merits paying particular attention to the points covered below and their UKCAT score. If an applicant falls short of the usual requirements in one area, or if there are strong extenuating circumstances, then the application will be assessed by Shortlisting Panels and a decision made about whether an interview should be offered. Interviews No candidate is given an offer without being invited for interview at St George's. Interviews are conducted by a panel of four interviewers and take around twenty-five minutes. The interview is an important part of the selection procedure. When you attend for interview, you will have the opportunity to meet students and to be shown around. At this stage we will expect candidates to show:
You will normally hear in writing about the outcome of your interview within 10 working days.
BSc Biomedical Sciences students from St George’s Oxford and Cambridge Students Application forms may be obtained from the Medical School offices at Oxford and Cambridge. Forms should be returned to the Director of Studies or Tutor at Oxford or Cambridge before 1 January in the year of prospective admission. Interviews will be held from January to April. Applications will be dealt with under the common application procedure between Oxford, Cambridge and London Universities. Transfer from other UK or EU Medical Schools The University does not accept students transferring from universities outside the EU. Last updated 1 September 2006 |
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