Academic entry requirements for the Extended International Pre-Med programmes
This page includes a list of approved high school qualifications with the required grades for students applying to the Medical Sciences (Extended International Pre-Med) programme starting in September.
The University makes offers on a holistic basis looking at a complete application. We will consider your academic results along with your personal statement, a reference from your school and your English language evidence. Where your academic grades are slightly below our entry requirements, please address this in your personal statement and reference.
To be eligible, your high school qualifications must have been achieved no more than three years ago.
Students who have already studied at college or university are not typically eligible for foundation at St Andrews.
Applicants to the Extended International Pre-Med programme should have studied at least two sciences, including Chemistry and one from Biology, Mathematics or Physics. We will consider applicants who did not study Chemistry in their final year of high school but studied Chemistry to Year 10 within the past three years.
International school qualifications
We can consider you for this foundation programme at St Andrews if:
- you have studied a mixed or dual curriculum, such as a national high school diploma PLUS partial or full completion of A Levels, AP courses or the IB Diploma or Certificate.
- your highest qualification from school is IGCSEs. We typically require a minimum of six IGCSEs, with AAAABB grades to include As in Chemistry and Biology.
- your highest qualification from school is AS Levels. We typically require a minimum of two AS Levels with grades AB (A in Chemistry). We only consider applicants with AS Levels where evidence can be provided that continuing to study for full A-levels (which would allow for direct application to BSc Medicine) is not possible.
If you have completed, or are in the process of completing, a full A-Level programme, the IB Diploma, certification by an Education Board in India, a US Diploma and APs, or any other qualification which is accepted for application to undergraduate programmes at the University of St Andrews, we cannot consider you for foundation at St Andrews, irrespective of grades achieved. You can see the academic requirements for undergraduate medicine here: Medical Sciences - Undergraduate entry requirements.
National School Qualifications
Search the table below by qualification or by country. If your qualification is not listed, please contact us to check your entry requirements.
The grades shown in the table below are a guide only.
| Country | Academic qualification | Typical required grades |
|---|---|---|
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Afghanistan |
Graduation certificate / Baccalauria |
80% overall and 85% in sciences |
|
Albania |
Diplomë e Maturës Shtetërore |
8/10 overall and 8/10 in sciences |
|
Algeria |
Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement Secondaire Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
15 overall and 16 in sciences. |
|
Angola |
Habilitação Literárias |
16 overall and 17 in sciences |
|
Argentina |
Titulo de Bachiller |
8.5/10 average and 8.5 in sciences |
|
Azerbaijan |
Attestat |
4.5/5.0 overall and 5.0 in sciences |
|
Bangladesh |
High School Certificate or Alim (not SSC or Dakhil) |
3.9 overall and A in sciences |
|
Bahrain |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Belarus |
Attestat |
8.0/10 overall and 8.0 in sciences |
|
Bolivia |
Diploma de Bachiller en Humanidades |
85/100 overall and 90 in sciences |
|
Brazil |
Ensino Medio Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
8.0/10 overall and 8.0 in sciences |
|
Chile |
Enseñanza Media/Licencia de Educación |
6.5 overall and 7.0 in sciences |
|
China |
High School Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
85% overall and 85% in sciences 4.2/5 overall and 4.0 in sciences |
|
Colombia |
Bachillerato |
4.2 or 85% overall and 4.2 in sciences |
|
Costa Rica |
Titulo de Bachiller (Academic Stream) |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Cyprus |
Apolytírio Lykeíou Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
17 overall and 18 in sciences |
|
Ecuador |
Titulo de Bachiller Académico |
8.5/10 or 17/20 overall and 8.5 or 17 in sciences |
|
Egypt |
GED/ Thanawiya Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
90% overall and 95% in sciences |
|
EU |
With the exception of the Greek Apolytírio (see Greece, below), EU qualifications are not eligible for foundation, irrespective of grades achieved. |
Apply directly to our undergraduate programmes |
|
Georgia |
Atestati |
6.0/7 or 3.2/4 or 8/10 overall and in sciences |
|
Ghana |
WASSCE |
B2 overall and B2 in sciences |
|
Greece |
Apolytírio Genikoú Lykeíou Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
17 overall and 18 in sciences |
|
Hong Kong |
High school certificate Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
Form 5 ONLY: 70% overall and75% in sciences |
|
India |
Qualifications certified by the Education Boards in India are recognised for our undergraduate programmes and are therefore not eligible for foundation, irrespective of grades achieved. |
Apply directly to our undergraduate programmes. |
|
Indonesia |
STTB SMA Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
8 or 80% overall, and 8 or 80% in sciences |
|
Iran |
High School Diploma - Theoretical Stream 3 years |
16/20 (with at least 16/20 in two sciences) |
|
Iraq |
Secondary School Certificate |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Ivory Coast |
WASSCE Diplome de Bachelier de l'enseignement du Second Degre |
B2 overall and in sciences 16/20 overall with 16/20 in Biology and Chemistry, or Biochemistry |
|
Japan |
Year 3 of Senior High School Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
4.2/5 or 7.5/10 overall and 4.2 or 7.5 in sciences.(Year 2 considered case by-case) |
|
Jordan |
GED/GSE Tawjihi Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
4.5/5 or 90% overall and 4.5 or 90% in sciences
|
|
Kazakhstan |
Attestat |
5.0 overall and 5.0 in sciences |
|
Korea (South) |
Year 3 of Senior High School Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
80% overall and 80% in sciences (Year 2 considered case by-case) |
|
Kuwait |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Lebanon |
Baccalaureate Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
16 overall and 16 in sciences |
|
Malaysia |
SPM Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
UEC A2 overall and A2 in sciences |
|
Mexico |
Bachillerato |
4.5/5 or 8 or 80% overall and in sciences |
|
Morocco |
Baccalauréat Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
16/20 overall and 16 in sciences |
|
Myanmar |
HS Education Certificate |
90% overall and in sciences |
|
Nigeria |
WASSCE |
B2 overall and in sciences |
|
Oman |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Pakistan |
High School Certificate |
75% overall and 80% in sciences |
|
Papua New Guinea |
Upper Secondary School Certificate |
A overall and A in sciences |
|
Peru |
Certificate of Secondary Education |
18 overall and 18 in sciences |
|
Philippines |
High School Diploma Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
3.5/4 or 90% overall and in sciences |
|
Qatar |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Russia |
Attestat |
5.0 overall and 5.0 in sciences |
|
Saudi Arabia |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and90% in sciences |
|
Senegal |
WASSCE Diplome de Bachelier de l'enseignement du Second Degre |
B2 overall and in sciences 16/20 overall with 16/20 in Biology and Chemistry, or Biochemistry |
|
Taiwan |
Senior High School Certificate (SHS3)
SH2
Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
75% overall and 75% in sciences 80% overall and 80% in sciences
|
|
Tajikistan |
Certificate of Completed Education |
5 overall and 5 in sciences |
|
Thailand |
Matthayom 6 Matthayom 5 |
3.0 overall and 3.0 in sciences 3.2 overall and 3.2 in sciences (case-by-case) |
|
Tunisia |
Examen National du Baccalauréat Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
15 overall and 16 in sciences |
|
Turkey |
Diplomasi Also eligible for the one-year pre-med. |
75% overall and 80% in sciences |
|
United Arab Emirates |
GED/Thanawiya |
90% overall and 90% in sciences |
|
Ukraine |
Certificate of Completed Education |
10 overall and 10 in sciences |
|
UK |
Students educated in the UK OR those with 3 full A Levels are not typically eligible for foundation, irrespective of grades achieved.
We can consider international students with IGCSEs and AS Levels.
|
Apply directly to our undergraduate programmes.
AAAABB at IGCSE, OR AB at AS Level. Chemistry must be an A. |
|
Uruguay |
Titulo de Bachillerato |
10 overall and 10 in sciences |
|
USA |
Students educated in the USA OR those with a full US-accredited High School Diploma with APs are not typically eligible for foundation, irrespective of grades achieved.
We can consider international students with a US diploma or dual qualification such as a national diploma and AP courses or SAT. |
Apply directly to our undergraduate programmes.
Email us to confirm our entry requirement. |
|
Uzbekistan |
O'rta Ma'lumot To'g'risida Shahodatnoma |
5.0 or A’lo overall and 5 in sciences |
|
Venezuela |
Titulo de Bachiller |
18 overall and 18 in sciences |
|
Vietnam |
Upper Secondary/Graduation Diploma |
8 overall and 8 in sciences |
|
Zambia |
High School Certificate |
2 overall and 2 in sciences |