Medical Education MMEd at University of Dundee

Programme overview

An online master's in medical education that helps healthcare professionals lead, innovate and enhance medical education. It blends educational theory with real-world application, with assignments contextualised to your own setting.

Faculty: Faculty of Health | Department: Centre for Medical Education | Duration: 36 months maximum (PGDip 24 months and PGCert 12 months maximum available as exit awards) | Intake: January 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules cover learning and teaching in medical education, principles of assessment, curriculum planning and evaluation, leading innovation and change in healthcare education and medical education research. You choose an optional module and then either a research route or a scholarship route that links theory to practice.

Career pathways

Prepares you to deliver the medical curriculum more effectively and to design and evaluate medical training at all levels.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Second-class upper degree (or 60%, or GPA 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0 for Ghanaian applicants) in medicine, a healthcare discipline or an equivalent qualification, subject to Course Director approval. English language for international applicants: IELTS Academic overall 6.5 (writing 6.0, listening 5.5, reading 5.5, speaking 6.0). Other accepted tests include TOEFL iBT 87 (writing 20, listening 17, reading 18, speaking 22), PTE Academic UKVI 69 (64 in each component) and LanguageCert Academic 65.

Intake: January 2027

Duration: 36 months maximum (PGDip 24 months and PGCert 12 months maximum available as exit awards)

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