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Medicine and Surgery

University of Birmingham · United Kingdom

Medicine and Surgery

A five-year medicine degree in Birmingham.

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Where
BirminghamUnited Kingdom
Degree
MBChB
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectiveIB grades
EU/EEA fee
£33,750 a year, yrs 1-2course page
More facts
Degree
MBChB
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 15 October 2026

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Thirteen months before the course starts. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application. Admissions tests for these courses register earlier still, and the registration deadline is not the test date.

    UCAS’s deadline for these courses, three months before everyone else’s. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application, so treat 18:00 UK time on 15 October as the end. Admissions test registration closes even earlier.

    Source
  2. 25 February 2027

    Extra opens
    Details

    For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.

    For applicants holding no offers.

    Source
  3. 2 July 2027

    Clearing opens
    Rolling
    Details

    For applicants holding no offer, or whose results missed their conditions. Runs on vacancies, so it rewards moving quickly.

    IB results come out 6 July, so Clearing is already open when you get them.

    Source
All dates for this programme (1 more)
  1. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    The point of the conditional offer. Universities confirm or release places against results that have only just arrived, which is what the whole UK calendar is built around.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom

What it is

Five years to become a doctor: campus teaching with a weekly clinical-skills day from year 1, including real General Practice, then hospital and community placements in one of the UK's large healthcare regions.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 32 points
  • Chemistry HLminimum 6
  • Maths HL (AA or AI); or Biology or Physics HLminimum 6
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Birmingham

Offers are three HL grades plus a minimum of 32 points: 7,6,6 for A*AA courses, 6,6,6 for AAA, 6,6,5 for AAB, 6,5,5 for ABB. Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences set their own IB offers.

Where it says so

Check it on birmingham.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Entrance exam
    • Interview
    UCAT must be sat in the year you apply; interviews go to those invited. The Applying to Medicine site explains the scoring.
Sources (2)
  1. Medicine and Surgery at Birmingham — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at Birmingham

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