Nottingham-based courses:
Medicine with a Foundation Year BMBS (A108)
Medicine BMedSci and BMBS (A100)
We are making some changes to these courses which may affect you. See below for further details.
Frequently asked questions for offer-holders
No, as long as you progress to the end of the course without having a break in learning (long enough for you to have to resit or repeat a year), you will study on the course in the form that it has been advertised.
This means that if you successfully progress from your Foundation year as intended, you will transfer onto the 5-year BMBS (A100 course) at Nottingham in 2025 as expected.
Students can have breaks in learning for a variety of reasons. For example, someone may need to take a break from their studies due to ill health or a positive life event such as pregnancy, or there may be a break in learning due to failure to pass an assessment at the required time.
Depending on the circumstances and reasons for the break in learning, a break in learning will require a student to repeat or resit their studies at a determined future point.
If you start your course in the 2024/25 academic year and take a break in learning which results in you needing to repeat or resit some or all of your Foundation year in the 2025/26 academic year, what you study in that year will be the same or very similar to what you studied, or would have studied, in the 2024/25 academic year.
However, please note that we are planning a significant curriculum redesign in 2026 to the A100 course, so if you take a break in learning and move to the A100 course in or after the 2026/27 academic year, the course you progress onto may look very different to the course that is currently advertised. It may not contain the BMedSci degree component.
We are planning a significant curriculum redesign in 2026 to the A100 course. As such, if you take a break in learning which results in you needing to repeat or resit some or all of a year of the A100 course, the course you progress onto may look very different to the one that is currently advertised. This course may not contain the BMedSci degree component.
Deferral to 2025 is possible, but we are planning a significant curriculum redesign in 2026 and, due to this, the A100 course that you progress on to after the Foundation year may look very different to the course that is currently advertised. It may not contain the BMedSci degree component. As such, we encourage you to think carefully about deferring your place.
If a deferral is accepted, the Foundation year element of the course you will be joining in 2025 will be the same as that advertised for 2024 entry.
Frequently asked questions for offer-holders
No, as long as you progress to the end of the course without having a break in learning (long enough for you to have to resit or repeat a year), you will study on the course in the form that it has been advertised.
Students can have breaks in learning for a variety of reasons. For example, someone may need to take a break from their studies due to ill health or a positive life event such as pregnancy, or there may be a break in learning due to failure to pass an assessment at the required time.
Depending on the circumstances and reasons for the break in learning, a break in learning will require a student to repeat or resit their studies at a determined future point.
If you take a break in learning in the first year of your study, then, upon your return, you will join the 2025 entry cohort. The structure of this course will be the same as is currently advertised.
If you take any further breaks in learning which result in you needing to repeat or resit more than one year of your course, the course you progress onto may look very different to the one that is currently advertised as we are planning a significant curriculum change to the A100 course in 2026. This course may not contain the BMedSci degree component.
If you defer your place, the structure of the course you will join in 2025 will be the same as the one that is currently advertised.
However, if you take a break in learning which results in you needing to repeat or resit some or all of a year of your course, the course you progress to may look very different to the one that is currently advertised as we are planning a significant curriculum change to the A100 course in 2026. This course may not contain the BMedSci degree component. As such, we encourage you to think carefully about deferring your place.