BM BS Medicine at University of Brighton

Programme overview

The Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is a partnership between the University of Brighton, the University of Sussex and NHS Trusts across the Surrey and Sussex region. The BSMS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS) degree integrates the development of academic knowledge with clinical experience. From the first term, you learn to apply your knowledge of the biomedical sciences to real-life patient care.

Faculty: Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Duration: full-time: 5 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Brighton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Our five-year medical degree, awarded jointly by the Universities of Brighton and Sussex, leads to the qualification of Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS). The BSMS course is designed to help you become a highly competent; strongly motivated doctor, committed to the highest standards of clinical practice, professionalism and patient care. By the time you graduate, you will have developed the knowledge and key personal skills and attitudes necessary to pursue a successful medical career. Modules include Foundations of Health and Disease, Heart Lungs and Blood, Nutrition, Metabolism and Excretion, Clinical and Community Practice 1, Personal and Professional Development, End of Year 1 Knowledge Test, Brain, Body and Mind, Musculoskeletal and Immune Systems, Reproduction and Endocrinology, Clinical and Community Practice 2.

Career pathways

The degree equips you with the knowledge, clinical skills and attitudes to complete your foundation training successfully and qualify for registration with the GMC. You are then able to undertake the postgraduate training necessary to become a GP or a medical consultant in a clinical speciality.

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Application information

Entry requirements

BSMS gives equal emphasis to applicants' academic qualifications and their personal qualities and potential. Based on information from applications, candidates will be recommended by the admissions board to be invited to interview. Individual offers will depend on interviewers' recommendations. After academic screening, BSMS rank candidates according to UCAT score. Candidates with an SJT band of three or higher and who meet the BSMS global score threshold are invited to interview. Candidates are then ranked again by interview score. Those meeting the interview score threshold will be made an offer. Where candidates tie on interview score, UCAT may be used as a discriminator. Personal statements are not used at any point in the BSMS admissions process. GCSE. English language or English literature and maths at grade6/B or above. A-levels. Most standard offers for entry to us are conditional on gaining three A grades at A-level (to include biology or chemistry and one further subject from biology, chemistry, maths or physics). We do not specify the nature of the third A-level subject. The majority of our applicants will choose to study maths or physics, however we strongly encourage applications from students who study humanities or the arts as we recognise their value in broadening academic horizons.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

International applicants: GBP 49,000 a year (2026/27). First-year tuition fee, full-time; fees may rise in later years. Source

Duration: full-time: 5 years

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/register

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