Bangor University’s North Wales Medical School runs a four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (A101, BMBS) — delivered as the C21 North Wales programme in partnership with Cardiff University School of Medicine, entirely based in North Wales. It’s designed to train doctors for Wales. Like Cardiff’s graduate route, Bangor A101 is a feeder-stream programme: it’s open to
An important clarification: Buckingham does NOT run a separate Graduate Entry Medicine programme — but its MBChB welcomes graduate applicants, and it’s one of the very few UK medical schools that doesn’t require the UCAT or GAMSAT. The University of Buckingham is a private medical school running a 4.5-year MBChB. Instead of the UCAT or
An important clarification: Edinburgh does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard six-year A100 MBChB (which includes a compulsory intercalated year), alongside school-leavers and other applicants. So if you’re a graduate targeting Edinburgh, this is your route: meet Edinburgh’s A100 academic requirements, sit the UCAT, and — importantly
An important clarification: Leeds does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard five-year A100 MBChB, alongside school-leavers and other applicants. So if you’re a graduate targeting Leeds, this is your route: meet Leeds’s A100 academic requirements (AAA including Chemistry and Biology), sit the UCAT, and perform at Leeds’s
The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine — a new four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (A102) launched in 2023 as a collaboration between the University of Cumbria and Imperial College London — is one of the most accessible GEM routes in the UK. Students graduate as doctors of medicine from Imperial College London. Its defining feature: to
Ulster University runs a four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (A101) at its Magee campus in Derry~Londonderry — Northern Ireland’s newer graduate-entry route, designed to help address the region’s medical workforce needs. It’s a GAMSAT programme. Entry centres on a 2:1 in a life-science subject, the GAMSAT, and Ulster’s selection process. With around 30 places, Ulster GEM
An important clarification: Exeter does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard five-year A100 BMBS, and Exeter also runs an internal BSc-to-medicine transfer scheme for its own students. So if you’re a graduate targeting Exeter, this is your route: meet Exeter’s A100 academic requirements and sit the UCAT
An important clarification: Glasgow does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard five-year A100 MBChB, meeting a specific graduate route. So if you’re a graduate targeting Glasgow, this is your route: a 2:1 in a relevant science degree obtained within 7 years, the UCAT, and Glasgow’s panel interview.
An important clarification: Keele does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Keele welcomes graduate applicants to the standard five-year A100 MBChB, via a specific graduate route. So if you’re a graduate targeting Keele, this is your route: a first or 2:1 in any discipline plus A-levels (BBB including Biology or Chemistry) —
An important clarification: Birmingham has discontinued its dedicated graduate-entry course. Graduates now apply via the standard five-year A100 MBChB, meeting a specific graduate route. So if you’re a graduate targeting Birmingham, this is your route: a first-class or 2:1 degree in any subject, plus typically A-levels of ABB including Chemistry and a second science, the
An important clarification: Bristol does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard five-year A100 MBChB, alongside school-leavers and other applicants. So if you’re a graduate targeting Bristol, this is your route: meet Bristol’s A100 academic requirements, sit the UCAT (which Bristol weights heavily), and perform at the MMI.
An important clarification: Leicester does NOT run a dedicated four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme. Graduates apply via the standard five-year A100 MBChB, meeting a specific graduate route with degree plus A-level requirements. So if you’re a graduate targeting Leicester, this is your route: a 2:1 in any discipline plus A-levels of BBB/ABC including a grade
The University of Plymouth’s Peninsula Medical School runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine (A101) — a GAMSAT-led route open to graduates of any discipline. Plymouth is a well-established GAMSAT school in the South West. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any subject, the GAMSAT, and Plymouth’s MMI. As with Plymouth’s undergraduate medicine, the
ScotGEM is a distinctive four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme run jointly by the University of St Andrews and the University of Dundee — Scotland’s dedicated graduate-entry route, designed to train doctors for careers in Scotland, particularly in rural and remote generalist medicine. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any subject, the GAMSAT, and ScotGEM’s
The University of Sheffield runs a four-year Graduate Entry Medicine MBChB (A101) — an accelerated route with a strong widening-participation focus and only around 15 places. Sheffield GEM students bypass Year 1 of the standard five-year A100, joining the standard cohort from Year 2. Entry centres on a 2:1 or first-class degree in an appropriate
The University of Southampton runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine (BM4, A101) — an accelerated route for graduates that bypasses Year 1 of the standard five-year BM5. It’s open to graduates of any discipline, with no A-level requirement. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any subject, four GCSEs (including English, Maths and science),
The University of East Anglia (UEA), through Norwich Medical School, runs a four-year Graduate Entry Medicine MBBS (A104) open to graduates of any discipline. It’s primarily a GAMSAT programme, with a UCAT route for recent biomedical graduates. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any subject (a 2:2 is not accepted, even with a postgraduate
Cardiff University runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine (A101) — but it’s one of the most restricted GEM routes in the UK. Cardiff A101 is open only to graduates (or final-year students) of four named science feeder-degree streams, and is specifically designed to train doctors for Wales. This is the single most important thing
The University of Cambridge runs a dedicated four-year Graduate Course in Medicine (A101) at its School of Clinical Medicine — one of the most academically demanding and prestigious graduate-entry routes in the world. Cambridge is ranked number one in the UK for Medicine (Complete University Guide 2026). Cambridge’s A101 is distinctive: it welcomes graduates from
Imperial College London — one of the world’s leading science-intensive universities — offers a Graduate Entry Programme (GEP) in medicine, an accelerated route for science graduates. Imperial also allows graduates to apply to the standard six-year A100 (with the BSc in Year 4). Imperial’s GEP is a science-led, research-intensive route. Entry centres on a strong
King’s College London runs a four-year accelerated Graduate/Professional Entry MBBS (A102) — a fast-track route for bioscience graduates. It is one of the more restrictive GEM routes on degree subject, and it is only open to Home fee status applicants. Entry centres on a 2:1 in a bioscience subject containing both Biology and Chemistry content,
The University of Oxford’s four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine (A101, BMBCh4) is one of the most selective graduate routes into medicine in the UK, with only around 30 places. It condenses Oxford’s rigorous scientific approach into an intensive four-year structure. Oxford A101 is restricted to science graduates: only those with a 2:1 or above in
Queen Mary University of London — home to Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry — runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine MBBS (A101) at its Whitechapel Campus. It’s a fast-track into one of the UK’s top medical schools, underpinned by Barts’ world-leading research. Entry centres on a 2:1 in a Molecular
An important clarification up front: UCL does NOT run a separate four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) programme. Graduates apply via the same A100 MBBS BSc route as undergraduates — but UK degree-holders are exempt from the intercalated BSc (Year 3), completing the course in 5 years instead of 6. So if you’re a graduate targeting
The University of Liverpool runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine programme (A101, GEP). Its first year covers what is typically covered in the first two years of the standard five-year A100 programme, before graduate students join the main cohort. Entry centres on a strong degree, the UCAT (with Liverpool’s hard rule that an SJT
The University of Manchester — the UK’s largest medical school and the biggest provider of healthcare graduates to the NHS in North West England — offers a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine MBChB (A101) for graduates in the life sciences or health professions. Entry centres on a 2:1 in a life-sciences or health-professions degree, the
The University of Nottingham runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine BMBS (A101) — one of the larger GEM programmes in the UK, with around 93 places. Nottingham is open to graduates of any discipline. There’s a crucial change to be aware of: Nottingham is moving from the GAMSAT to the UCAT between the 2026
The University of Chester’s Chester Medical School — one of the UK’s newest (first cohort September 2024) — offers a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine MBChB (A101) taught through Case-Based Learning. Chester is graduate-entry only: there is no school-leaver A100 route. Chester’s standout feature is flexibility on the admissions test: it accepts the UCAT, GAMSAT
Newcastle University offers a four-year Accelerated MBBS (A101) — a Graduate Entry Medicine programme for graduates of any discipline — alongside its standard five-year A100 (open to graduates too). The A101 is UCAT-based, and Newcastle is known for one of the highest UCAT bars in graduate entry. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any
St George’s, University of London (now part of City St George’s) runs one of the UK’s longest-established four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (A101) programmes — a GAMSAT-led course open to graduates of any discipline, with around 70 places. St George’s is a natural home for non-science graduates and career-changers: entry centres on a 2:1 in any
The University of Surrey offers a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry Medicine BMBS (A101). Surrey has a distinctive dual-test model: you can apply via the GAMSAT with a degree in any subject, or via the UCAT with a specified science degree — giving two routes in depending on your background. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree,
Swansea University Medical School runs one of the UK’s largest Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) MBBCh (A101) programmes — a four-year accelerated course open to graduates of any discipline, with no science A-level required. Swansea is a GAMSAT-led school, which makes it a natural home for non-science graduates and career-changers. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree
The University of Worcester’s Three Counties Medical School (TCMS) runs a four-year accelerated Graduate Entry MBChB open to graduates of any discipline. It’s one of the newer GEM programmes and offers valuable flexibility: it accepts either the UCAT or the GAMSAT. Entry centres on a 2:1 degree in any subject, a qualifying UCAT or GAMSAT
Warwick Medical School runs the largest dedicated Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) programme in the UK — a four-year accelerated MB ChB (A101) designed exclusively for graduates of any discipline. Warwick does not offer a school-leaver course at all, so everyone on this programme is a graduate. The Warwick GEM entry requirements centre on four things:
