Medicine
Train to be a doctor at our state-of-the-art medical school and get early hands-on experience of patient care in hospitals, GP surgeries and community settings in this five-year medicine course.
When you graduate you’ll be ready to apply for the two-year Foundation Training programme. This combines work experience with further training – essentially it’s your first paid job as a doctor.
Having studied with us you’ll be in a good position to apply to the Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (EBH) Foundation School.
Once you complete foundation training, you can choose to work as a doctor or apply for further study in a particular medical specialism.
What are the different types of Medicine degree?
To become a doctor in the UK you need a General Medical Council-approved medical degree.
For historical reasons different institutions give their degrees different names: you might graduate as a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with the letters MBBCh, MBChB, MBChirB, MBBS or a few other options after your name. It does not matter which you choose, they are equivalent and enable you to progress into the next stage of your training (a foundation programme then GP or specialty training). The GMC-approved degree from ARU is an MBChB.
A BA Medicine, BSc Medicine or similar-sounding degrees such as our BSc Medical Science is not a qualification to practice medicine.
What can you do with a Medicine degree?
With an ageing population and a shortage of GPs and healthcare professionals, career opportunities abound in Essex and beyond. As a qualified doctor, you will find that you have a genuine opportunity to change people’s lives.
Training as a doctor opens up a range of career paths, with opportunities to undertake further training and specialise in an area of medicine that’s of real interest to you.
There are around 60 specialisms you could follow, with options including GP training, surgery, paediatrics, emergency medicine and pathology.
Important Update on the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship Programme
Please note that the Medical Doctor Degree Apprenticeship (MDDA) programme will no longer be offered in partnership between ESNEFT and Anglia Ruskin University.
We are currently developing an alternative pathway – the ESNEFT Medical Undergraduate Employment Scheme – designed for college leavers who meet the Widening Access to Medicine criteria.
Further updates and details will be provided in due course.
Our MBChB Medicine degree is approved by the General Medical Council, having completed a rigorous quality assurance process.
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Learn what it's like to study Medicine at ARU from Prof Sanjiv Ahluwalia, Head of our School of Medicine.
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Go on clinical placement from your first term
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Benefit from diverse placement experiences in NHS hospitals and community settings
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Train in cutting-edge facilities, including anatomy labs and clinical skills suites
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Study an integrated degree that combines basic science and clinical medicine
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Take part in research, with potential to publish and present your work
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Join a diverse student body with varied backgrounds and interests
Study at an award-winning university
We were named Times Higher Education University of the Year 2023. We've also been awarded a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework – a reflection of the outstanding education we offer our students.
Course options
Key facts
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- Principles Block
- Student Selected Components
- Core Clinical Placements
- Into ARU
- Systems
- Student Selected Components
- Core Clinical Placements
- Clinical Induction Block
- Year 3 and 4 Rotations
- Clinical Blocks
- Student Selected Components
- Foundation Assistantship
- Student Selected Components
- Longitudinal Themes
- Clinical Placements
Read profiles of teaching and research staff on this course.
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Dr Gemma ConnGastrointestinal System Block Lead
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Baroness Lorna RoweClinical Skills Lead
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Dr Gerald Clesham
Cardiovascular System Block Lead
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Aaron TrinidadeOtolaryngology (ENT) Undergraduate Lead
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Dr Babar VaqasSpecialist Lead for Neurology
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Dr Chirag ParikhClinical Lead for Dermatology
Student experience
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Explore the structure and function of the human body in our state-of-the-art Anatomy Centre.
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Our students explain why they chose to study Medicine at ARU, what they love about the course, and what they would like to specialise in after graduation.
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Medical students Ellie and Albion guide you through a typical week studying Medicine.
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Facilities
As a medical student at ARU, you’ll be based in our School of Medicine in Chelmsford. It features state-of-the-art skills laboratories, GP simulation rooms, and a multi-functional Category 2 SuperLab.
You’ll also use our dedicated Anatomy Centre with its dissection room, embalming facilities, radiology software, innovative virtual dissector, and ultrasound machines.
As well as learning in university, you’ll get hands-on experience on placements in all five years of your course.
Careers
Training as a doctor opens up a range of career paths, with opportunities to undertake further training and specialise in an area of medicine that’s of real interest to you.
When you graduate with your MBChB degree you’ll be able to apply for the two-year Foundation Training programme. During this programme you combine work experience with further training – essentially it’s your first paid job as a doctor.
Having studied with us you’ll be in a good position to apply to the Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (EBH) Foundation School.
Once you complete foundation training, you can choose to work as a doctor, or to apply for further study in a particular medical specialism. There are around 60 specialisms you could follow, with options including GP training, surgery, paediatrics, emergency medicine and pathology.
With an ageing population and a shortage of GPs and healthcare professionals, career opportunities abound in Essex. As a qualified doctor here, you will find that you have a genuine opportunity to change people’s lives.
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UK students
We also welcome applications from students from Ireland, and EU, EEA and Swiss nationals with settled status in the UK.
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