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Overview

The Graduate Entry Medicine Programme enables honours-degree biomedical/life science graduates and healthcare professionals with equivalent academic qualifications to study for a fast-track degree in medicine. The programme design enables you to bypass the first stage/year of a conventional medical degree to achieve qualification in four rather than five or six years.

Key benefits

  • Integrated medical science with clinical teaching; and focus on learning in close contact with patients.
  • Partner hospitals include Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals – three of the most renowned and busiest teaching hospitals in London.
  • Students benefit from clinical placements at district general hospitals located across the South of England and at over 350 general practices.
  • Learn from some of the world’s most influential clinicians and scientists, who are global leaders in life sciences and medical research.
  • A multi-faculty university giving you access to a breadth of non-core subjects including humanities and social sciences.
  • Twinned with leading medical schools around the world, providing opportunities for clinical exchanges during your elective module.
  • Accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this Primary Medical Qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK.

Special features

Optional study abroad

Key Information

UCAS code:

A102

Course type:

Single honours

Delivery mode:

In person

Study mode:

Full-time

Duration:

Four years

Application status:

Start date:

August 2026

Application deadline:

Administrative bodies

Course accreditation

General Medical Council

Reviewed, inspected and accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC)

Regulating body

Base campuses

Students walking across Guy's Campus quad on a summers day

Guy’s Campus

Tucked next to London Bridge and the historic Borough Market, Guy's Campus is a close-knit home for health and science students. With cutting-edge labs and buzzing central location, it offers an inspiring and unique place to study.

Waterloo - students walking outside Franklin-Wilkins building

Waterloo Campus

Centrally located and well connected, Waterloo brings together students from health, science and law, just steps from the South Bank. It's also home to the world's #2 nursing school – the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery (QS 2026).

Denmark Hill Students

Denmark Hill Campus

Home to leading faculties in psychiatry, medicine and dentistry, the Denmark Hill Campus combines world‑class health research and strong NHS hospital links with a friendly neighbourhood feel, green spaces, cafés and excellent transport connections.