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St George’s, University of London (Graduate Entry)
Overview
St George’s Medical School is based at St George’s Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK. The University is uniquely specialised in healthcare sciences, with only biomedical and healthcare degrees on offer. This gives students a unique opportunity to study in a multidisciplinary clinical setting together with students across the full range of healthcare professions, building appreciation of what it means to work as part of a team. St George’s provide hands-on learning starting with practical classes in pathology labs, anatomy and dissection rooms, alongside GP and community visits. Early patient contact is a key part of the course, with clinical placements beginning in your very first year.
The graduate-entry programme is open to graduates from a wide range of science and non-science backgrounds, offering a fast-track route which condenses the first stage of the standard medical degree, so you achieve the qualification in four rather than five years. Building on the intellectual skills gained through your previous undergraduate degree, Year 1 covers the essential principles of all the curriculum themes, covering the first two years of knowledge from the conventional five-year pathway in one year.
GAMSAT score is used to shortlist applicants for interview. Therefore candidates with strong scores who also meet the minimum entrance requirements are likely to receive an invitation to interview.
Key Points
- Graduate
- GAMSAT
- No A-levels requirements
About the university Compare
| Key Information | |
| Website | sgul.ac.uk/study/courses/medicine-graduate-entry |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone number | 020 8672 9944 |
| Course Information | |
| Teaching style | Integrated The first year provide you with a thorough understanding of clinical science, with clinical introduced from the beginning of the year through short community placements. Students will then join Y3 A100 students in the "transition year" to prepare for clinical placements. This year takes more of a problem based learning approach and has the first hospital clinical attachments. |
| Course length | 4 years |
| BSC | Yes, optional The option to intercalate at Masters level between years 2 and 3 is available for high performing students. |
| Courses offered | 2 courses offered: A100 Standard Entry Medicine - 5 years A101 Graduate Entry Medicine - 4 years |
| Graduate entry | Yes |
| Foundation or access | No |
| University Life | |
| Local area | Tooting, South London St George’s is based in the thriving, multicultural hub of Tooting in south-west London. This offers you the best of both worlds – it is small enough to maintain a friendly, local neighbourhood atmosphere, but it is close enough to all the attractions of central London. You will have all the advantages of living in one of the most exciting cities in the world without all the cost! |
| Social life | The campus is home to a spacious bar which hosts regular club and band nights, quizzes and sports and film screenings. We also have a games room, a music room, a café, a dance studio and several counselling and welfare rooms. There are plenty of sports teams run by students for students, the teams and groups strive to provide the best possible choice of social and sporting activities. As part of the University of London, you are also free to use University of London Union facilities and services, take part in ULU events and join its clubs and societies, most of which are based in and around the city centre. |
| Interview | |
| Interview style | MMI 8 stations of 5 minutes |
| Interview dates | Dec-Mar |
| Interview topics | |
| Admissions Tests | |
| UCAT | N/A |
| BMAT | N/A |
| GAMSAT | GAMSAT Required Students meeting the minimum academic requirements are ranked by GAMSAT score for interview shortlisting. You must score a minimum of 50 in each section. The overall cut-off score varies year-on-year dependent on performance of the entire cohort. For 2021 entry, an overall score of 60 was required for interview. This was lower in 2020 and 2019, which had cut-off scores of 58 and 59. |
| Academic Requirements | |
| GSCE | No minimum requirements |
| A-level | No minimum requirements |
| Retake policy | N/A |
| Scottish highers | No minimum requirements |
| Scottish advanced | No minimum requirements |
| IB | No minimum requirements |
| Bachelor's Degree (Gradutes Only) | 2:1 Honours degree Subject requirement: any discipline Alternatively, a pass in a postgraduate degree (MSc, MPhil or PhD) is acceptable If degree was awarded more than 5 years ago must show evidence of recent educational attainment (between 2017-2022) such as: |
| Statistics | |
| Applications in 19/20 | 981 |
| Interviews in 19/20 | 269 |
| Offers in 19/20 | 99 |
| Success rate in 19/20 | approx 1 in 10 |
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NasimaMedic Mind Tutor
22 March 2021
I have a Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice and works as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in NHS. Will I be accepted in graduate entry medicine or Will I be offered a fast track medicine course.
Anna CharlotteMedic Mind Tutor
21 April 2021
Hi Nasima, you would have to take the GAMSAT exam in order to qualify for the accelerated programme or the UCAT exam if you wish to apply for the standard 5-year course. As long as your Masters was completed before 2017 it sounds as though you meet the minimum entry requirements for St George’s.