UK medical degree for international students
The majority of international students must complete a 1-year Medical Foundation programme to be able to apply for a medical school in the UK. Medical Foundation is designed for students wishing to progress into medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other life science fields including Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacology.
The programme helps students to acquire the knowledge base, academic, and practical skills necessary for study at degree level. It provides an understanding of how the human body works through a study of anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry. It also introduces the study of some elements of pathology, microbiology, virology and parasitology, genetics and public health. Students whose first language is not English also receive 6 hours of Academic English tuition to prepare them for IELTS tests.
Medical Foundation offers progression routes to a number of university options:
- The one-year Pre-Med programme at a university which, in turn, offers a direct progression into four and a half year medical degree programme
- The 5-year medical degree
- Direct progression routes into other life science-related degree courses
Medical Foundation can also help prepare students for the medical entrance exams of some EU universities such as Charles University in Prague and Semmelweis University in Hungary.
