Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, Brunel Medical School is awarding scholarships.

Each scholarship is worth £30,000 across the duration of the course. Students will be offered £6,000 per year as an annual contribution – or 15% - towards the tuition fee payment. Scholarships will be awarded on merit.

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Graduates of UK medical school who do not hold UK citizenship will be required to apply for a new visa in order to remain in the UK and undertake foundation training for full registration with the GMC

Yes.

• The requirement is a 2.1 or equivalent degree (US 3.3 GPA, 3.0 in Canada, etc) in a subject relevant to Medicine (e.g., Biomedical Sciences, Pharmacology, Life Sciences, etc)
• Graduates start in Year 1 of the 5-year course

This will depend on your qualifications. Please email medicine.admissions@brunel.ac.uk with a copy of your qualifications.

A Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) is a primary medical qualification awarded in the United Kingdom, Ireland and other Commonwealth countries.  It is considered to be an equivalent to a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree that is awarded in the USA and Canada. 

Students from the EU can apply for Medicine MBBS.

From August 2021, EU students will be classed as International students and will be required to pay overseas tuition fees for Medicine MBBS.

Brunel Medical School will accept only International students for now. We therefore have more places available than most UK Medical Schools.

We are among the few medical schools in the world to use Team-Based Learning as a significant method for classroom instruction. You will learn in small groups of 6 people facilitated by academics and TBL-enabled software. This is often referred to as the “flipped classroom” approach.

No, all Medicine students must start in Year 1 of the MBBS.

The GMC is the professional regulator for UK Primary Medical Qualifications, and will quality assure Brunel’s 5-year Medicine MBBS course with the goal of approval to award Primary Medical Qualifications. We are working closely with them to ensure our medical education and training will prepare you to deliver high quality care throughout your career. The GMC has started this process and will follow the first cohort from registration to graduation, taking the form of a year-by-year review of our learning and training environments. 

During this period of close review, the GMC requires all new medical schools to have a contingency school to partner with the new school and provide regular support. The University of Buckingham Medical School is Brunel Medical School’s contingency school. 

Brunel Medical School has gained General Medical Council (GMC) approval to recruit students for 2022 entry. 

The list of UK Medical Schools under GMC review can be found here.

Yes. Clinical placements begin in Year 1, and Brunel Medical School guarantees that placements will be available during the 5 years of the MBBS for all its medical students. 

Our clinical training providers are located across Greater London and South East England.

Tuition fees will increase annually by no more than 5% or the RPI (Retail Price Index), whichever is the greater.

You should plan to spend around £800-1,000 monthly for on-campus student accommodation, food, and other expenses.

You pay your tuition fees in three instalments; 40 per cent of your first year’s course fees are due by enrolment, 30 per cent in January and the remaining 30 per cent in March.

Usually we are looking for experiences that indicate a candidate has been exposed to the realities of a career in medicine. These could include shadowing a GP or hospital doctor; volunteering for St John’s Ambulance or the Red Cross; or undertaking voluntary or paid work in a hospice, care/nursing home or hospital. 

Due to the pandemic we do not require students to undertake any work experience for this recruitment cycle.

No. Interviews will be held online.

Brunel Medical School’s Careers Advisor will guide you from the start of your medical studies, whether you intend to enter the UK Foundation Programme or return to your home country after graduating. We will help you in researching and understanding the requirements for practicing medicine in your country. We will work with you to identify additional resources and support you may require to meet the requirements.

For general enquiries about the Medical School - medicine.admissions@brunel.ac.uk  

or call +44 (0)1895 268083

You must be 18 years of age at the start of the course.

Applicants are required to submit at least one academic reference at point of application.

We are excited to receive our first cohort of students in September 2022. Although the start date is later than what was initially anticipated, the extra time allows us to complete building works, to engage with talented clinician and scientist educators, to develop a modern curriculum using state-of-the-art pedagogy and to make sure that our students will experience an engaging, fast-paced programme of the highest quality.