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Medicine

Imperial College London · United Kingdom

Medicine

A six-year medicine degree in London.

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Where
LondonUnited Kingdom
Degree
MBBS/BSc
Length
6 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectiveTest score (SAT, ACT or similar)
EU/EEA fee
£61,550 a yearoverseas fee, 2027
More facts
Degree
MBBS/BSc
Length
6 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 12 October to 16 October 2026

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - October sitting
    Details

    Published as "tests 12-16 October 2026". Oxford and Cambridge applicants must use this October sitting apart from a few exceptions. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

    Source

  2. 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

  3. 26 October to 21 December 2026, 18:00 GMT

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - test booking for the January sitting
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Published as test booking from 26 October 2026 3pm GMT to 21 December 2026 6pm GMT (registration reopens 5 October 2026). The time is the closing time. Not available for Oxford or Cambridge applicants. Other universities let you pick a sitting. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

    Source
All dates for this programme (6 more)

  1. 21 December 2026

    ESAT and TMUA: booking for the January sitting closes, 18:00 UK time
    DetailsSource

  2. 4 January to 8 January 2027

    UAT-UK admissions tests (ESAT, TMUA, TARA) - January sitting
    Details

    Published as "tests 4-8 January 2027". Not available for Oxford or Cambridge applicants. Used for 2027 entry by Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL (ESAT); those four and LSE, Warwick and Durham (TMUA); and Oxford and UCL (TARA), per the test pages on esat-tmua.ac.uk.

    Source

  3. 4 January 2027

    ESAT and TMUA January sitting begins (runs 4–8 January)
    DetailsSource

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

A six-year integrated course that ends in both an MBBS and a BSc. You meet patients and clinical skills early, do research in phase two, and can follow specialist pathways such as neuroscience or mental health. Teaching is across north and west London campuses and NHS partners.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 38 points
  • Biology HLminimum 6
  • Chemistry HLminimum 6
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Imperial

38–42 points overall with 6–7 in the relevant HL subjects; many courses ask 7 in HL Maths. English A at grade 4 (SL or HL), or English B at SL 6 or HL 5, meets the English requirement.

Where it says so

Check it on imperial.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • Test score (SAT, ACT or similar)
    • Interview
    • IB grades
    UCAT sat by 24 Sep 2026; scores help shortlist for Multiple Mini Interviews, from December. About a third of applicants are interviewed.
Sources (2)
  1. Medicine at Imperial — checked 2026-09-25
  2. IB applicants at Imperial

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