Medicine Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Personalised Medicine with optional placement year BSc (Hons) Ulster University 89% 0% 0% £9250 £15360 131 Coleraine On campus Full-time
Medicine at Lincoln BMBS The University of Nottingham 53% 0% 0% £9250 £28000 168 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Medicine (6 years) MB BS University College London 76% 0% 1% £9250 £36900 187 London On campus Full-time
Medicine MB University of Glasgow 81% 0% 0% £46250 £225850 £260000 222 Glasgow On campus Full-time
Translational Medicine MRes St George's, University of London 56% 1% 1% £13750 £23500 175 London On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BS Imperial College of Science 86% 0% 0% £9250 £46650 189 London On campus Full-time
Medicine BMBS The University of Nottingham 53% 0% 0% £9250 £28000 168 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Medicine North Wales MB BCh Cardiff University 86% 1% 0% £9000 £36700 187 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB University of Keele 85% 0% 1% £9250 £39000 173 Newcastle under Lyme On campus Full-time
Medicine - Canadian Programme MB ChB University of St Andrews 94% 0% 0% £9250 £32910 205 St Andrews On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS The University of Nottingham 53% 0% 0% £9250 £28000 168 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MB BCh Cardiff University 83% 0% 0% £9000 £36700 187 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Performance Medicine MSc University of Central Lancashire 87% 20% 1% £7100 £13500 146 Preston On campus Full-time
Medicine BMBS University of Exeter 85% 0% 0% £9250 £38500 185 Exeter On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BS Hull York Medical School 65% 0% 0% £9250 £36750 172 Heslington On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BCh Cardiff University 84% 1% 2% £9000 £36700 187 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Medicine with Foundation Year MB ChB University of Keele 85% 0% 1% £9250 £19800 173 Newcastle under Lyme On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BS University of East Anglia 76% 0% 0% £9250 £33500 £35200 171 Norwich On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BCh University of Leicester 87% 0% 1% £9250 - 164 Leicester On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) (4 years) MB ChB University of St Andrews 94% 0% 0% £9250 - 205 St Andrews On campus Full-time
Remote and Rural Medicine MSc University of Central Lancashire 87% 20% 1% £8100 - 146 Preston On campus Full-time
Medicine with a Gateway Year MB BS University of East Anglia 76% 0% 0% £9250 - 171 Norwich On campus Full-time
Medicine (5 years) MB ChB University of Birmingham 77% 0% 0% £9250 - 178 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Graduate Medicine BMBS University of Southampton 65% 0% 0% £9250 - 175 Southampton On campus Full-time
Medicine with a Foundation Year BMBS The University of Nottingham 53% 0% 0% £9250 - 168 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BS Queen Mary University of London 81% 0% 1% £9250 - 188 London On campus Full-time
Medicine with a Gateway Year MB ChB Lancaster University 91% 0% 0% £9250 - 171 Lancaster On campus Full-time
Medicine (with a foundation year) MB ChB University of Leicester 87% 0% 1% £9250 - 164 Leicester On campus Full-time
Medicine MB BS King's College London 70% 0% 1% £9250 - 180 London On campus Full-time
Medicine with a Foundation Year at Lincoln BMBS The University of Nottingham 53% 0% 0% £9250 - 168 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Medicine with a Gateway Year MB BS Hull York Medical School 65% 0% 1% £9250 - 162 Heslington On campus Full-time
Medicine BM6 Widening Participation (BMBS) BMBS University of Southampton 57% 0% 0% £9250 - 140 Southampton On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB Aston University - - 1% £9250 £43650 161 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Master of Medicine MMEd The University of Buckingham 65% 0% 1% - - 124 Buckingham On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB University of Liverpool 78% 0% 0% - - 173 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB University of Aberdeen 92% 0% 1% - - 230 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
MD Medicine MD The University of Manchester 60% 0% 1% - - 176 Manchester On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB The University of Manchester 60% 0% 0% - - 161 Manchester On campus Full-time
Medicine (MD) MD University of Dundee 89% 0% 1% - - 236 Dundee On campus Full-time
Gateway Year to Medicine MB ChB University of Leeds 81% 0% 0% - - 140 Leeds On campus Full-time
Medicine BMBCh University of Oxford - 0% 0% - - 206 Oxford On campus Full-time
Medicine MB University of Cambridge - 0% 0% - - 213 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB Edge Hill University - - 0% £9250 - 139 Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MB BS Ulster University - 0% - £9250 £15360 £37000 - Coleraine On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB Anglia Ruskin University - - 0% £9250 - 159 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Medicine (Fast-track, Graduate Entry only) BMBCh University of Oxford - 0% 0% - - 206 Oxford On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine PgCert Swansea University - 0% 0% £3400 £6850 206 Swansea On campus Part-time
Experimental Medicine (Respiratory) PgCert The University of Manchester - 0% 0% £5000 £10800 206 Manchester On campus Part-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of Essex - 0% 0% £7560 £16225 206 Colchester On campus Full-time
Precision Medicine MSc The University of Manchester - 0% 0% £12500 £27000 206 Manchester On campus Full-time
Oral Medicine MSc University of Bristol - - - £39700 £39700 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MB ChB University of Worcester - - - £9250 £41000 - Worcester On campus Full-time
Medicine MB Queen's University of Belfast - - - £9250 £32200 - Belfast On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine PgDip The University of Manchester - - - £4800 £10800 - Manchester On campus Part-time
Medicine MB ChB University of St Andrews - - - £9250 £32910 - St Andrews On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB University of Sunderland - - - £9250 £13000 - Sunderland On campus Full-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of East Anglia - - - £8850 £19800 - Norwich On campus Full-time
Experimental Medicine (Musculoskeletal) MRes The University of Manchester - - - £12500 £27000 - Manchester On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine MSc St George's, University of London - - - £13750 £22000 - London On campus Full-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of Derby - - - £7850 £14700 - Derby On campus Full-time
Medicine MD Brighton and Sussex Medical School - - - £4093 £18300 - Brighton On campus Full-time
Cellular and Molecular Medicine MSc (Res) University of Bristol - - - £4565 £24600 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Internal Medicine MSc Brighton and Sussex Medical School - - - £9250 £18500 - Brighton On campus Part-time
Medicine (Phase One) MB ChB The University of Sheffield - - - £9250 £38050 - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Disaster Medicine MSc University of Central Lancashire - - - £8500 £14500 - Preston On campus Full-time
Gateway to Medicine MB ChB University of Bristol - - - £9250 £24700 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of Reading - - - £10550 £22850 - Reading On campus Full-time
Medicine - MBChB Standard entry MB University of Bristol - - - £9250 £35000 - Bristol On campus Full-time
Experimental Medicine (Hearing Health) PgCert The University of Manchester - - - £5000 £10800 - Manchester On campus Part-time
Nanomedicine by Research MSc The University of Manchester - - - £12500 £27000 - Manchester On campus Full-time
Medicine BMBS Plymouth University - - - £9250 £21500 - Plymouth On campus Full-time
Medicine (MBBS) MB BS St George's, University of London - - - £9250 £38500 - London On campus Full-time
Medicine Graduate Entry MB ChB The University of Warwick - - - £9250 - - Coventry On campus Full-time
Medicine (Accelerated Programme, Graduate Entry) MB BS Newcastle University - - - £9250 - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Medicine MBBS MB BS Brunel University - - - - £41200 - Uxbridge On campus Full-time
Medicine Maxfax Entry Programme MB BS King's College London - - - £9250 - - London On campus Full-time
Translational Cardiovascular Medicine MSc University of Bristol - - - £4700 - - Bristol On campus Part-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MB BS Queen Mary University of London - - - £9250 - - London On campus Full-time
Medicine with Foundation Year BMBS Plymouth University - - - £9250 - - Plymouth On campus Full-time
Medicine with Foundation Year (6 years) MB ChB Edge Hill University - - - £9250 - - Ormskirk On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB The University of Edinburgh - - - £9250 - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MBBS MB BS St George's, University of London - - - £9250 - - London On campus Full-time
Sports Medicine MSc University of Central Lancashire - - - £880 - - Preston On campus Part-time
Medicine Graduate/Professional Entry Programme MB BS King's College London - - - £9250 - - London On campus Full-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) (4 years) MB ChB University of Birmingham - - - £9250 - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine MSc University of Exeter - - - - - - Exeter On campus Full-time
Medicine MB ChB University of Leeds - - - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Medicine BMBCh University of Dundee - - - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Occupational Medicine MSc The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Medicine (Graduate Entry) MB BCh Swansea University - - - - - - Swansea On campus Full-time
Oral Medicine DClinDent Queen Mary University of London - - - - - - London On campus Full-time
Medicine (EMBL Joint Programme) PhD PhD University of Dundee - - - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Advanced Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine PgCert The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Medicine MB ChB The University of Buckingham - - - - - - Buckingham On campus Full-time
Exercise as Medicine MSc Loughborough University of Technology - - - - - - Loughborough On campus Part-time
Genomic Medicine MSc University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Part-time
Molecular and Cellular Medicine MSc (Res) University of Oxford - - - - - - Oxford On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine MSc University of Oxford - - - - - - Oxford On campus Full-time
Sports Medicine MSc University of Chester - - - - - - Chester On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine PgDip Queen Mary University of London - - - - - - London On campus Full-time
Respiratory Medicine PhD The University of Edinburgh - - - - - - Edinburgh On campus Part-time
Sports and Exercise Medicine - Physio (MACP accredited) MSc Queen Mary University of London - - - - - - London On campus Full-time
Masters in Medicine MMEd Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Part-time
Exercise and Sports Medicine (Football) MSc University of Birmingham - - - - - - Birmingham On campus Full-time
Prehospital Medicine MSc (Clin) Queen Mary University of London - - - - - - London On campus Part-time
Medicine (6 years including foundation year) MB ChB The University of Manchester - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Exercise Medicine (Shrewsbury) MSc University of Chester - - - - - - Chester On campus Full-time
Genomic Medicine (Online) PgDip University of Exeter - - - - - - Exeter On campus Part-time
Personalised Medicine MSc (PG) Ulster University - - - - - - Coleraine On campus Part-time
Synthesis for Biology and Medicine DPhil University of Oxford - 0% - - - - Oxford On campus Full-time
Sleep Medicine MSc University of Oxford - 0% - - - - Oxford On campus Part-time
Medicine DM University of Hertfordshire - 0% - - - - Hatfield On campus Part-time
Doctor of Medicine MD The University of Edinburgh - 0% - - - - Edinburgh On campus Part-time
Experimental Medicine MSc Queen's University of Belfast - 0% - - - - Belfast On campus Full-time
Respiratory Medicine MSc University of Chester - 0% - - - - Chester On campus Full-time
Precision Medicine PhD The University of Edinburgh - 0% - - - - Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Forensic Medicine (PhD) PhD University of Dundee - 0% - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of Leeds - 0% - - - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Medicine PhD Lancaster University - 0% - - - - Lancaster On campus Part-time
History of Health, Medicine and Society MA University of Leeds - 0% - - - - Leeds On campus Part-time
Translational Medicine and Therapeutics MRes Newcastle University - 0% - - - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Medicine (non-graduating) (research) PG University of Dundee - 0% - - - - Dundee On campus Full-time
Medicine PhD University of Southampton - 0% - - - - Southampton On campus Part-time
Medicines Optimisation MSc University of Kent - 0% - - - - Canterbury On campus Part-time
Sports and Exercise Medicine - Physio PgDip Queen Mary University of London - 0% - - - - London On campus Part-time
Respiratory Medicine MSc University of Birmingham - 0% - - - - Birmingham On campus Part-time
Medicine PhD The University of Warwick 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Coventry On campus Part-time
Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine MRes Newcastle University 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Newcastle On campus Full-time
Molecular Medicine MSc University of Aberdeen 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Sports and Exercise Medicine MSc/PGDip MSc The University of Nottingham 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Nottingham On campus Part-time
Sports and Exercise Medicine - Medic PgDip Queen Mary University of London 77% 0% 0% - - 178 London On campus Part-time
Medicines Management PgCert Ulster University 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Coleraine On campus Part-time
Gateway to Medicine (G2M) CertHE University of Aberdeen 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Aberdeen On campus Full-time
Medicine (Cambridge Graduate Course) MB University of Cambridge 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Gateway to Medicine MB ChB University of Dundee 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Dundee On campus Full-time
Geriatric Medicine PhD The University of Edinburgh 77% 0% 0% - - 178 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Cardiac and Vascular Medicine MRes Queen Mary University of London 77% 0% 0% - - 178 London On campus Full-time
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Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Medicine

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £34000 £43804 £49273
25-75 percentile range £30000 - £38500 £37276 - £46348 £42231 - £55817
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Medicine courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £33641 £43601 £49261
25-75 percentile range £29965 - £38226 £37828 - £46861 £42782 - £56206
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Medicine

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Current jobs

Among graduates of Medicine who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Dec 20, 2022

Typical employers for graduates of Medicine

  • Public Health Services
  • The Armed Forces
  • Prisons
  • Overseas Aid Agencies
  • Research Institutes
  • Clinical Trial Organisations
  • Residential Nursing Homes
  • Air Ambulance Services
  • Private Healthcare Establishments

Specialisations within Medicine

  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Anesthesiology
  • Dermatology
  • Diagnostic Radiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Genetics
  • Neurology
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Urology

Jobs of graduates of Medicine (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Medicine at University of Liverpool

96% Medical Practitioners
1% Managers, directors and senior officials
1% Natural and social science professionals
1% Teaching Professionals
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Grading & Study Time

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Grading Distribution

Students of Medicine in the UK received the following grades.

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) 2016

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Medicine

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Dec 20, 2022

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Medicine, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Medicine is the vocational science of preventing, diagnosing, alleviating or curing disease in homo sapiens through the observation, diagnosis and treatment of an illness or disease.

The median salary of graduates of Medicine was £34000 15 months after graduation, £43804 3 years after graduation and £49273 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Medicine studies:
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - BMBS
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MB BS
  • Bachelor of Medicine - MB
  • Masters in Research - MRes
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MB BCh
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MB ChB
  • Master of Science - MSc
  • Master of Medical Education - MMEd
  • Doctor of Medicine - MD
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - BMBCh
  • Postgraduate Certificate - PgCert
  • Postgraduate Diploma - PgDip
  • Master of Research - MRes
  • Master of Science (Research) - MSc (Res)
  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
  • Doctor of Clinical Dentistry - DClinDent
  • Doctor of Philosophy - DPhil
  • Master of Science (Clinical) - MSc (Clin)
  • Master of Science (Postgraduate) - MSc (PG)
  • Doctor in Medicine - DM
  • Master of Arts - MA
  • Postgraduate Credits - PG
  • Master of Philosophy - MPhil
  • Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

Medicine - Canadian Programme - MB ChB at University of St Andrews received the highest rating among all graduates in the National Student Survey 2022 with a rating of 94 out of 100 among 100 respondents.