Graduate Entry Medicine MBChB

• At least an upper second class honours (2:1) degree in any subject.
• Candidates with a lower second class degree should hold either a Masters or a Doctoral qualification to be considered.
• In the case of an Intercalated Masters eg. MEng/MPharm, the equivalent of a Pass grade or above at Masters level (minimum 2:2)
• If you do not have a degree, you are not currently eligible to apply.
• Meeting the minimum threshold mark in either UCAT, GAMSAT or MCAT. The total score required to secure a place at an MBChB Selection Centre varies year on year and is dependent upon the performance of all applicants. The acceptable threshold score includes a verbal reasoning score at or above the mean for the cohort in the year of application. Please see below for the required marks to join our September 2024 cohort.
• Applicants will be required to provide references to evidence work experience if invited to attend a selection centre: 70 hours (the equivalent of around ten days’) of prior work experience in a healthcare or allied setting, as a volunteer, or in a paid capacity, as a helper to someone with healthcare needs. Evidence of experience working in a healthcare environment can include being a Care Assistant in a care home/hospital, a volunteer in a hospital, visiting someone in their home to care for them, and working in a hospital lab or other healthcare setting. This work experience must have taken place in the 3 years prior to the date of application. Shadowing a doctor/healthcare professional can only count for a maximum of 20 hours against the minimum requirement of 70 hours. Applicants for 2024 entry may apply without the required 70 hours however they must be working towards it. It would then become a condition if an offer was made.
• Applicants must provide one reference from a person (not a relative or friend) who holds/has held a position of responsibility and who can comment on the applicants suitability for studying medicine. If the applicant has been in higher education in the last two years prior to application, an academic reference should be provided. 
• At Chester we do not consider applications from those with previous academic failure at medical (or dental) school. For those with other, genuine reasons for needing to leave medical school, we consider these on a case-by-case basis and always contact the previous medical school for confirmation. Entry is only into Year 1 via the standard admissions process.
• All applicants who successfully meet the academic criteria and entry test standards will be required to attend for interview. The interview process lasts approximately one and a half hours and takes the form of six Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs). The detail of the stations will change each year, but all are designed to assess against GMC guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’. You will be observed and scored at each station by two trained assessors. Assessors come from a range of backgrounds and include medical professionals, academics, current students and lay people with an interest in medical education. On completion of the MMI process, each candidate’s score profile is carefully reviewed to determine which candidates will be made an offer.
• All successful applicants must declare any and all, past or current, health, welfare and conduct issues that may affect an individual's fitness to study medicine and practise as a doctor following successful completion of the course.
• All successful applicants will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), payable by the applicant. International applicants will need to provide evidence from the country they are residing by following the advice provided on the DBS website.

Disclaimer: Please be aware we are not able to give individual feedback from our selection centre process.

The minimum threshold scores vary each year. The table below shows our 2024 admissions threshold which should be used as a guide only and the 2025 admissions thresholds will be updated as appropriate.

Occupational Health

You will not be able to be involved with NHS patients in the United Kingdom unless you are cleared by our occupational health (OH) provider, Innovate Health Care.

Before coming to the UK to study medicine, Chester Medical School requires that all students meet the immunisation and screening standards required for working in the National Health Service (NHS) as required by the UK Department of Health.

The first part of the clearance process is the completion of the online health questionnaire. The second part is to ensure that you have received the vaccinations as required by the UK Department of Health.

An appointment with our Occupational Health (OH) provider will be arranged for you at the start of your training and before you undertake any clinical placements.

Attendance at your OH appointment is mandatory, and you will need to show photo ID when you attend your appointment such as a driving licence or passport.

We cannot force you to have a vaccination and there will be some students who are exempt. However, it is unlikely that OH will recommend that you are fit for clinical placements if you have not had the appropriate vaccinations. This may mean that your offer of a place on the programme may be withdrawn.

It is highly recommended that you are immunised against the following if you do not already have immunity to them:

Please bring with you any records with details of your immunisations including dates of administration.

Please note that although we do not mandate Covid-19 or influenza immunisation we advise you to have your booster vaccinations to protect you, your colleagues and patients.

Throughout your programme we may need to seek independent advice from our occupational health provider and refer you to their services. This may involve further vaccinations or other appropriate interventions.

It is important that you are truthful when completing your online health questionnaire. Dishonesty is incompatible with training regulated by the General Medical Council and may result in a Fitness to Practise referral.

The University of Chester adheres to the principles of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GMC Code of Confidentiality.

The tuition fees for Home students studying Graduate Entry Medicine in 2024/25 are 9,250 per year.

Graduate Entry Medicine students apply for Undergraduate finance as they can receive the standard package of support including Tuition and Maintenance support.

The regulations provide that eligible students can apply for a tuition loan of up to £5,785 for the first academic year of their course and £5,535 in all other years of the course. Graduate Entry Medicine students are however still required to self-fund the first £3,465 of the tuition charged in their first year. In years two to four of the course, the first £3,715 is paid as part of the income-assessed NHS Bursary.

In year 1 students can apply for a means-tested maintenance loan and supplementary grants from Student Finance England and from year 2 to 4 of the course, as these students can apply for means-tested NHS bursaries, they become eligible for the RRML.