BMBS Gateway to Medicine (6 year) at Bangor University

Programme overview

A six-year medicine programme for Wales-domiciled widening-participation students: a Gateway Year strengthens science knowledge and academic skills to A-level standard, then students progress automatically into Year 1 of the five-year BMBS Medicine degree on successful completion.

Faculty: North Wales Medical School | Duration: 6 years | Intake: September | Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers academic and laboratory skills, numeracy for medicine, biology and chemistry and biological chemistry. Years 2-6 follow the BMBS Medicine curriculum with case-based learning, a full year in a GP surgery, teaching hospitals, rural healthcare and mountain medicine, and student-selected components making up 15% of the course.

Career pathways

Graduates enter the two-year NHS Foundation Training Programme (GP, hospital doctor, forensic pathology, public health). The degree is approved by the GMC as a primary medical qualification.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must be Wales-domiciled, with permanent UK residency and Home fee status on the day of application; priority to those meeting Bangor contextual admissions criteria. GCSEs: English Language or Welsh First Language B/6; Double Science BB/66 (or B/6 in Biology and Chemistry); Maths B/6; four other GCSEs at B/6. A-levels: BBB including two sciences from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Maths/Further Maths/Statistics (science practical must be passed); applicants with or predicted AAB or higher may not be eligible and should consider A100. Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales accepted in lieu of one A-level. IB: 32 overall with 5,5,5 at Higher including 5,5 in two sciences. BTEC, Access and T Levels not accepted. Critical Thinking, General Studies and similar not accepted. UCAT required in the year of application (no minimum score). MMI interview if selected. No deferred entry. Level 2 resits within 12 months only; no Level 3 resits. UCAS deadline for 2027 entry: 6pm 15 October 2026. Enhanced DBS and occupational health checks required.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Foundation Year fee for UK and Ireland students (provisional, subject to Welsh Government cap); full-time fee on progression also GBP 9,790. Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 6 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/apply

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