Course summary
We're reviewing this course as part of our regular quality assurance process. This may result in some changes to course content or delivery of the course in 2025. In 2025, BM6 Year 0 students will study an improved and updated course, which provides the advantage of more clinical learning time and embedded research experience. The major change being made to enable this is the removal of the research project in Year 3 and the associated integrated BMedSc award. You'll study at one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals, University Hospital Southampton, and at our purpose-built life sciences facilities on campus. You'll gain clinical experience from the start of your course, meeting patients in hospital and primary care settings. You'll also benefit from teaching from our world-leading medical research groups, embedding research firmly in the curriculum. This Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) BM6 course is designed to widen participation in medicine. For example, you may be able to apply if you or your parent or guardian receive benefits, or you are the first in your family to apply for a higher education course. As part of your degree you will: • attend shifts as a healthcare support worker to experience multi-professional teamworking • take a student assistantship module in year 5 • benefit from a research-embedded curriculum You can: • take your year 5 elective anywhere in the UK, or abroad • apply for a Masters of medical science (MmedSc) or a MSc at Southampton - or study for an iBSc or MSc at another university - between year 3 and year 4 (known as intercalation) • explore topics that interest you through our student selected units You can get involved in research and entrepreneurship. We work on life-changing treatments and therapies in partnership with industry and with experts in the physical sciences, computing, engineering and mathematics fields. You'll meet patients in clinical settings and will learn from volunteer patients, simulated environments and prepared patient cases. In year 3 students may be placed in partner trusts including Portsmouth and Winchester as well as Southampton. In the final 2 years of the programme students are placed across the Wessex region. This course is only open to home applicants. Applicants must meet three out of the six advertised eligibility criteria.
Modules
These module names are given as examples of content that may be covered but module structure may differ. Compulsory modules year 0: Human Structure & Function 1; Human Structure & Function 2; Professional Practice 1; Professional Practice 2. Compulsory modules in year 1: Cardiopulmonary; Foundations of Medicine; Locomotor; Medicine in Practice 1; Student Selected Units 1 and 2. Compulsory modules in year 2: Endocrinology and the Life Cycle; Gastrointestinal ; Medicine in Practice 2; Nervous System; Renal; Research for Medicine and Health. Compulsory modules in year 3: BM Research Project; Integration and Assessment; Medicine and Elderly Care; Primary; Medical Care and Long Term Conditions; Student Selected Unit 3; Surgery and Orthopaedics. Compulsory modules in year 4: Acute Care; Child Health; Clinical Ethics & Law; Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Genitourinary Medicine; Psychiatry; Specialty Weeks (Dermatology, Head & Neck, Neurology & Ophthalmology); Year 4 Written Assessment. Compulsory modules in year 5: Assistantship; Elective; Medicine Year 5; Personal Professional Development; Primary Medical Care; Student Selected Unit 4; Surgery; Year 5 Assessment and ILS
Assessment method
Completion of BM6 year zero prepares you to successfully enter year one and study alongside students starting the BM5 programme. Each semester you will be assessed using a range of methods including written examination papers, practical reports, presentations, essays and production of a portfolio. These are similar methods to those used in later years of the BM5/BM6 programmes, so this will help you prepare for future assessment. In order to progress from BM6 year zero you must demonstrate satisfactory performance in all eight components: four elements of coursework and four examinations. Students who fail in any component will be required to resubmit work in the case of a failed coursework component or take a supplementary examination in the case of a failed examination component. Students are not normally allowed to repeat BM6 year zero.
How to apply
This course has restrictions on who can apply.
For eligibility criteria details, please see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/medicine-bm6-widening-participation-degree-bmbs#entry
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/undergraduate/courses/bm6_a102.page#entry_requirements
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- A102
- Institution code:
- S27
- Campus name:
- Main Site - Highfield Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Foundation
International applicants
This course is not open to international applicants.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - Not accepted
A level - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Access to HE Diploma - D: 24 credits M: 21 credits
Scottish Higher
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 30 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015) - B
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H2, H2, H3, H3, H3, H3
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal - M2, M2, M2
A minimum of five GCSEs at grades C (grade 4) or above, including English language, and either maths, biology and chemistry, or maths, additional science and science, or maths and combined science (or an equivalent standard in other qualifications approved by the University). Non-academic entry requirements In addition to academic entry requirements, you will be assessed against our non academic criteria. Applicants must be able to show they: - Are self-motivated and resilient - Have reflected on and learnt from life experiences (this may include, work experience, paid employment and personal experiences both in and outside health and social care settings) - Can communicate effectively - Are able to interact successfully with others - Can demonstrate an understanding of the values of the NHS constitution UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) All applicants to the BM programmes are required to take the UCAT in the summer prior to making an application. For BM6, the UCAT score is used alongside all other information as part of the selection process. For further information, please visit https://www.ucat.ac.uk/ Selection process: Please visit our How to Apply section for details of our Selection Process at https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/medicine-bm6-widening-participation-degree-bmbs#how-to-apply Eligibility Criteria: Applicants must be 18 or over at the start of the course and meet both the eligibility and academic criteria to be considered for this course. Only Home students eligible. International applicants, graduate applicants, and students who have previously enrolled on a higher education course are not eligible to apply for the BM6 programme. In order to be eligible for the programme, applicants must meet three of the following six eligibility criteria. • First generation applicant to Higher Education (HE) – comes from a family where neither parent or guardian attended university in the UK or abroad and do not have HE qualifications. • Parents, guardian or self currently in receipt of a means tested benefit. • Young person looked after by a Local Authority (for a period of longer than 3 months). • Current resident in an area with a postcode which falls within the lowest 20% of the IMD (Index of Multiple Deprivation), or a member of a travelling family. • In receipt of free school meals during GCSE Years 10-11 (for at least one term/2 months) and/or 16-19 Bursary/EMA. (Gap year students may still select this criteria if they are on their first gap year directly after GCE A Levels).* • A current young carer**, either registered with the local council or with a reference from a teacher/tutor to confirm. *The bursary may cover free school meals, transport costs between home and college, text books/stationery/printing. The bursary criteria does not include the UCAT bursary or a bursary to pay for private school fees. **someone aged 25 and under who is the carer for a friend or family member, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction. This does not include looking after siblings because parents are at work for example. Applicants should normally only submit eligibility criteria relating to one postcode/address and this is expected to be the address listed on the UCAS form. The IMD score will be checked and verified by the Faculty of Medicine. Parental/guardian means tested benefits will not normally be considered for mature employed applicants over the age of 21. An eligibility form will be emailed to all applicants in November along with three questions to answer (Please see the ''How to apply'' tab on our website for further details about the questions). Please note all supporting documentary evidence of how an applicant meets the eligibility criteria will need to be supplied by the November deadline listed in the eligibility form. We do not accept supporting information after this date. Further details will be provided in the form when it is sent out.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Additional entry requirements
Admission tests
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Interviews are held in person.
Other
Applicants for this course must meet three out of the six advertised eligibility requirements to be eligible to apply. Please see further information under entry requirements or our website for details. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/medicine-bm6-widening-participation-degree-bmbs#entry
University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
Applicants must have sat the UCAT test in the year they are applying, before the medicine UCAS deadline.
English language requirements
Test | Grade | Additional details |
---|---|---|
IELTS (Academic) | 7 | with no component below 7.0 |
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
England | £9250 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Southampton
Highfield
Southampton
SO17 1BJ