Academic entry requirements for the International Pre-Med programme - September entry

This page includes a list of approved qualifications and required grades for students applying for the Medical Sciences (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.

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 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

The grades shown in the table below are a guide only.

Country Academic qualification Typical required grades

Afghanistan

Graduation certificate / Baccalauria

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Algeria

Baccalauréat de l'Enseignement

Secondaire

15 overall and 16 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Angola

Habilitação Literárias

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Argentina

Titulo de Bachiller

8.5/10 average and in Chemistry and at least one other science

Azerbaijan

Attestat

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Bahrain

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Bangladesh

High School Certificate or Alim (SSC or Dakhil not accepted)

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Belarus

Attestat

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Bolivia

Diploma de Bachiller en Humanidades

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Brazil

Ensino Medio

8.0/10 overall and 8.0 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Chile

Enseñanza Media or Licencia

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

China

High School

85% overall and 85% in Chemistry and at least one other science

Colombia

Bachillerato

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Costa Rica

Titulo de Bachiller (Academic Stream)

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Cyprus

Apolytírio Lykeíou

17 overall and 18 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Ecuador

Titulo de Bachiller Académico

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Egypt

GED/ Thanawiya

90% overall, 95% in Chemistry and at least one other science

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

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Ghana

WASSCE

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Greece

Apolytírio Genikoú Lykeíou

17 overall and 18 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Hong Kong

High school certificate

Form 5 ONLY: 70% overall and 75% in Chemistry and at least one other science

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

8 or 80% overall, 8 or 80% in Chemistry and at least one other science

Iran

High School Diploma - Theoretical Stream 3 years

16/20 (with at least 16/20 in two sciences including Chemistry)

Iraq

Secondary School Certificate

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Ivory Coast

Diplome de Bachelier de l'enseignement du Second Degre

17/20 overall with 17/20 in Sciences, including Chemistry and Biology

Japan

School Leaving Certificate (Senior 3)

4.2/5 or 7.5/10 overall and 4.2 or 7.5 in Chemistry and at least one other science

 

Jordan

GED/GSE Tawjihi

4.5/5 or 90% overall and 4.5 or 90% in Chemistry and at least one other science

Kazakhstan

Attestat

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Korea

Senior High School Diploma (SH3)

80% overall and 80% in Chemistry and at least one other science

Kuwait

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Lebanon

Baccalaureate

16 overall and 16 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Malaysia

SPM

UEC A2 overall and A1 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Mexico

Bachillerato

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Morocco

Baccalauréat

16/20

Myanmar

HS Education Certificate

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Nigeria

WASSCE

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Oman

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Pakistan

High School Certificate

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Papua New Guinea

Upper Secondary School Certificate

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Peru

Certificate of Secondary Education

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Philippines

High School Diploma

3.5/4 or 90% overall and 3.5 or 90% in Chemistry and at least one other science

Qatar

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Russia

Attestat

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Saudi Arabia

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Taiwan

Senior High School Certificate (SH3)

 

75% overall, 75% in Chemistry and at least one other science

 

Tajikistan

Certificate of Completed Education

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Thailand

Matthayom 6

Matthayom 5

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Tunisia

Examen National du Baccalauréat

15 overall and 16 in Chemistry and at least one other science

Turkey

Diplomasi

75% overall and 80% in Chemistry and at least one other science

United Arab Emirates

GED/Thanawiya

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Ukraine

Certificate of Completed Education

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

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 AS Levels.

 

Apply directly to our undergraduate programmes

 

 

AB at AS Level. Chemistry must be an A.

Uruguay

Titulo de Bachillerato

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Uzbekistan

OMTS

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Venezuela

Titulo de Bachiller

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Vietnam

Graduation Diploma

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.

Zambia

Zambia GCE

Not eligible for this programme, Please see Extended International Pre-Med requirements.