MBBS Medicine with a Gateway Year at University of Hull

Programme overview

A six-year widening-participation route into Medicine: a Gateway Year at the University of Hull builds scientific knowledge and study skills before automatic progression to the five-year MB BS Medicine programme.

Faculty: Hull York Medical School | Duration: 6 years | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Hull, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The Gateway Year includes Human Biology I and II (biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology, pharmacology, anatomy, physiology, embryology, neuroscience), Clinical Skills, professionalism and ethics, health and society, and medical scholarship, followed by the five-year MB BS programme.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared for clinical practice as junior doctors.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Open only to UK (home fee) applicants meeting contextual eligibility criteria (e.g. two or more of: UCAT bursary, POLAR4 quintile 1 or 2, first in family at university, low Progress 8 school; or care experienced, refugee, military background, Gypsy/Roma/Traveller; or completion of specified York widening participation programmes) and not having attended an independent school. A levels BBC to ABB: Biology plus one of Chemistry, Maths, Physics or Psychology at minimum grade B. GCSEs: five at 9-4/A*-C including English Language and Maths. UCAT SJT Band 1, 2 or 3. Must be 18 or over by 1 October of enrolment; Additional Information form due 30 October 2026. Applicants from the Hull York Medical School region receive priority.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 6 years

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