MBChB - Graduate Entry Undergraduate Course Medicine at University of Warwick

Programme overview

The four-year MB ChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) is a graduate-entry medical degree and the largest graduate-entry medicine course in the UK, with an intake of 203 graduates each year. Teaching is delivered by Warwick Medical School staff at the University of Warwick and at regional hospitals including University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Warwick Hospital, George Eliot Hospital (Nuneaton) and Alexandra Hospital (Redditch). Students learn clinical anatomy using plastinated human specimens and the Clinical Education Hub.

What you will study

Case-Based Learning runs through all four years. Years One and Two begin with largely university-based teaching in small groups of around ten and increase time in healthcare settings; Year Three is organised as specialist blocks mainly in GP practices and hospitals; Year Four is community and hospital based and includes a six-week elective, preparing students to start as Foundation Year 1 doctors. Assessment includes written and clinical summative examinations, the national Medical Licensing Assessment and the Prescribing Safety Assessment.

Career pathways

Graduates can register provisionally with the General Medical Council and begin Foundation posts.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second class honours (2:1) degree (or overseas equivalent) in any subject, held or predicted. Applicants with a lower second class degree need a Master's or Doctoral qualification to be considered. All applicants must have completed two weeks' (70 hours') full-time work experience across at least two placements in the last three years, and must take the UCAT (or UCATSEN where appropriate); the UCAT score needed for a Selection Centre place varies each year. One reference from a person of responsibility (not a relative) is required. Applicants must pass both parts of the Medical Licensing Assessment and demonstrate fitness to practise to obtain a licence to practise. An enhanced DBS check is required on admission and every two years. English language (international applicants, Band B): IELTS Academic overall 7.0 with two components at 6.0/6.5 and the rest at 7.0 or above.

Intake: 21 September 2026

Duration: 4 years full-time

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