Medicine 2023

What's the difference between the medicine courses?

We offer five different medicine courses. We often get asked what the main differences are between them, so we've developed a guide to help you compare them.

View the differences between our medicine course

On graduating, you'll be able to provisionally register with the General Medical Council (GMC) for a licence to practice medicine in the UK. We'll help you through this process and provide support as you transition to the UK Foundation Programme.

To fully register with the GMC and be able to practice medicine unsupervised in the NHS or as part of a private practice, you will need to complete a Medical Licensing Assessment and complete the UK Foundation Programme.

Find out more about the GMC registration process

While most students continue in a traditional medical career to become doctors, a medicine degree can lead to careers in research, sales, journalism, illustration, communications, and economics and more.

A doctor on the UK Foundation Programme can expect to start at £27,689 to £32,050.

As you gain experience as a doctor and develop your professional skills, you may progress on to senior clinical posts and earn up to £107,688 depending on your role and years of service.

98.8% of medicine undergraduates from the School of Medicine secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual salary for these graduates was £34,461.*

*HESA Graduate Outcomes 2020. The Graduate Outcomes % is derived using The Guardian University Guide methodology. The average annual salary is based on graduates working full-time within the UK.

During the final few years of your course, you'll usually have the opportunity to study abroad on exchanges with other medical students from across the globe. Past destinations have included Croatia, Germany, Malaysia, Norway, Slovakia, and Spain.

Students are also given a six-week elective placement at the end of their final year which they can also usually spend abroad.

All study abroad and elective placement destinations will depend on the Covid-19 situation and will remain under consideration.

Applications to all courses must be made through UCAS by 15 October.

Five and six year courses

All applicants for the BMedSci and BMBS Medicine courses at Nottingham and Lincoln (A100/A10L/A108/A18L) must complete the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) before applying. 

Interviews are offered to candidates based on scores as calculated by our selection process. The percentage threshold varies from year to year based on the number of applicants.

All offers are made subject to being successful at interview, and having an occupational health assessment, DBS clearance, and no fitness to practise issues.

Find out more about our selection process for interviews

Graduate Entry Medicine

Applicants for the Graduate Entry Medicine course (A101) are required to complete the GAMSAT before applying.

Interviews are offered to those who achieve the highest total score in the GAMSAT.

All offers are made subject to being successful at interview, and having an occupational health assessment, DBS clearance, and no fitness to practise issues.

Find out more about the Graduate Entry Medicine selection process