Faculty of Medicine

• Degrees offered

  The Faculty of Medicine currently offers two options to study medicine:

  • BSc (Bachelor of Science) Honours is awarded to students who study over a period of three years. After this degree, all students with an Honours degree are guaranteed a place on the MBChB/MBBS in one of the School's six partner medical schools: Aberdeen, Barts and The London, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester.
  • MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) is awarded to students on the four-year Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) programme. This is a joint programme run by the universities of St Andrews and Dundee and the health boards in Fife and Tayside. In addition, this programme is run in collaboration with NHS Highland, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, and the University of Highlands and Islands.

  Important information

  ScotGEM is subject to approval by the General Medical Council, and the process for accreditation is well underway. You should be aware that this process is expected to be completed prior to graduation of the first cohort of students in September 2022.

  ScotGEM is intended to be awarded on a joint basis by the universities of St Andrews and Dundee; however, any joint degree is subject to agreement and statutory approval which is not guaranteed.

  See more information on the ScotGEM course page. 

• Degree structure

  BSc (Bachelor of Science) Honours

  Unlike other subjects in the University, the Medicine programme does not offer any 1000-level modules. If your application is successful, you will gain direct entry to the second year of the course, and then begin study with 2000-level modules.

  In order to graduate in the BSc (Hons) Medicine programme, you must complete specified modules across three years in St Andrews. This programme will address core General Medical Council (GMC) outcomes as appropriate for your stage of study. Completion of your MBChB/MBBS degree and the remaining GMC outcomes will occur over a further three years at your partner medical school.

  Each of your three years at St Andrews will consist of 120 credits worth of study from within the Faculty, with your final year including a 40-credit dissertation module. You will experience placements in an NHS setting during each year of study.

  You can read more information about the core and optional modules for specific degree programmes in the course search, which offers more details about the structure and content of each programme.

  MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) - Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM)

  In order to graduate in the MBChB ScotGEM programme, you must complete specified modules across the four years at the universities of St Andrews and Dundee. ScotGEM will address all core MBChB requirements as stipulated by the General Medical Council.

  ScotGEM will use a wide range of teaching methods, many of which will be delivered within an NHS setting. A case-based learning approach in the first two years will prepare you for an exciting range of clinical learning opportunities in third and fourth years.

  You can read more information about the core and optional modules for the MBChB on the ScotGEM course page, which offers more details about the structure and content of the programme.

• Entry requirements

  Full information on the entry requirements for the Faculty of Medicine are available from the Medicine BSc entry requirements and ScotGEM entry requirements web pages.

  International students whose first language is not English must have a certain level of English which can be indicated by a satisfactory score in English language requirements. Students who do not hold the English language entry requirements to study Medicine may be interested in the International Foundation programme for Medicine.