Qualification requirements

Important: We are currently not accepting international students for this programme. Additional Entry Requirements: You must also demonstrate an awareness of the healthcare system in the UK and the nature of the medical training in your personal statement. If you are a first language Welsh speaker then please make this clear within your personal statement. We do not accept BTEC or T Levels for this programme. Applying: A complete application must be submitted to UCAS by the deadline. We may not consider supplementary information received by the University after this deadline. Contextual admissions: A contextual offer of AAB may be made to Welsh speaking students (which for the purpose of application to Medicine must also include having gained a Welsh Language (first language) GCSE qualification) or those who meet our contextual offer requirements. We carefully consider your contextual data (the circumstances in which you've been studying) upon application. We will be considering this in the offers that are made, which may be lower than advertised. Further details about contextual offers can be found on our website. Qualification resits: We will only accept Level 2 (e.g. GCSE) resits completed within 12 months of the original sitting. These must be completed prior to application. The exception to this is English Language which has no time limit for resit but must be included as achieved or pending on the application form. We do not accept level 3 resits. However, it should be noted that we do not consider exams taken after centre assessed grades to be re-sits. Re-sits of A Level module units will be considered provided that the final exam has not already taken place and a grade awarded. Graduate Entry: If you are a graduate applicant, you must have or be working towards a 2.1 (Hons) in your degree. You must also have BBB/ABC at A-level (or equivalent) including subject requirements and in the instance of ABC, compulsory sciences cannot be at grade C. You must also meet the minimum GCSE requirements. If you have completed an MSc / PhD, the minimum A-Level requirement is BBC (or equivalent) including subject requirements with compulsory sciences cannot be at grade B or above. Previous study of medicine: Those who have previously studied medicine are required to notify us prior to application. If you did not complete your course due to criminal convictions or academic failure you should email [email protected] prior to application. If you did not complete your course for health reasons you should contact the Programme Lead (Dr Nia Jones [email protected]) prior to application. Important information - Entry requirements are subject to change year by year. - All applicants should be permanent UK residents on the day of application. We will not consider those who are awaiting approval of permanent UK residency. - All applicants must be 18 years old at the start of the course. - Applicants can only apply to Bangor University for a maximum of two cycles. - Applicant’s level 3 entry qualifications should not be more than five years old at the start of the course. This will be the case unless the applicant has been continuing in education in a relevant health-related subject area or working within a healthcare-related role. These should have been continuous from leaving level 3 education with limited or no gaps. Gaps between two different A Level (or equivalent) science subjects listed on our website should not be more than five years. Please email [email protected] for further clarification before applying. - International qualifications will be considered on an individual basis. Please email [email protected] with copies of your qualifications before applying.

Additional entry requirements

English language requirements