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Medicine (5 Year Programme)

Queen Mary University of London · United Kingdom

Medicine (5 Year Programme)

A five-year medicine degree in London.

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Where
LondonUnited Kingdom
Degree
MBBS
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectiveEntrance exam
EU/EEA fee
£56,650 a year2027 entry
More facts
Degree
MBBS
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, seeing patients from your first week in community and hospital settings, with modules you choose yourself, from the fundamental and clinical sciences to psychological and social ones.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 37 points
  • Chemistry or Biology HLminimum 6
  • Maths HL (AA or AI); or Chemistry, Biology or Physics HLminimum 6
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Queen Mary University of London

Each course sets points and three HL grades, e.g. 34 with 6,6,5 (Applied Artificial Intelligence) or 36 with 6,6,6 (Accounting and Finance, Economics); some also ask a minimum SL Maths grade.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on qmul.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • Entrance exam
    • Interview
    • IB grades
    UCAT in the fourth decile or above and SJT band 1-3 to be shortlisted, then an online interview in January-February. Up to 24 places go to overseas applicants.
Sources (3)
  1. Medicine (5 Year Programme) at QMUL — checked 2026-09-30
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at QMUL

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