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Medicine and Surgery

University of Leeds · United Kingdom

Medicine and Surgery

A five-year medicine degree in Leeds.

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Where
LeedsUnited Kingdom
Degree
MBChB
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectiveIB grades
EU/EEA fee
£50,500 a year2027 entry
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. 12 May 2027

    Latest date for decisions on applications sent by 13 January
    DetailsSource
All dates for this programme (2 more)

  1. 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

  2. 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 five-year route to becoming a doctor, with clinical placements from year one, teaching by practising clinicians, and a course built to prepare you for clinical practice as a holistic doctor.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 36 points
  • Chemistry HLminimum 6
  • Biology HLminimum 6
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Leeds

English A at SL or HL 4, or English B at HL 5 or SL 6, meets the English requirement.

Where it says so

Check it on courses.leeds.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Entrance exam
    • Interview
    UCAT is required and ranks with GCSEs and predicted grades for interview. Offers follow the interview (multiple mini-interviews; overseas ones online).
Sources (2)
  1. Medicine and Surgery at Leeds — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at Leeds

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