Year of entry - September 2021
The School of Medicine will consider applications to transfer to the first year of our MBChB degree programme from students registered on the first year of our undergraduate programmes.
Students may have the possibility of transferring to Medicine from the following courses:
Entry to the MBChB degree programme will be from September 2021 onwards.
This is a highly competitive option and there is limited availability, so applicants must fulfil the same criteria as all other applicants to the course before being made an offer.
In 2019/20 a total of 55 applications for internal transfer were received. 21 of these applicants were interviewed and 9 were subsequently offered places for Medicine.
If you enrolled on the BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science degree in January 2020, please note that the MMI interviews take place in December 2020 and January 2021 with offers going out to successful candidates in mid-February 2021. This means that you won't know if you have been offered a place until after you have started the second year of your course. Depending on when you receive an offer, it may well be too late to withdraw from your course without still being liable for fees. We strongly advise any January starters who are interested in an internal transfer to Medicine to speak to the ARU Money Advice Service team to discuss your options.
If you wish to apply for 2021 entry to Medicine you’ll need to submit your UCAS application by 15 October 2020 and sit the UCAT test in the summer of 2020.
Students applying through this route must fulfil the following academic requirements:
As part of the admissions process the MBChB selectors cannot consider extenuating circumstances which may have affected performance. Any extenuating circumstances must be raised by students in a timely fashion through the appropriate process in their faculty.
Applications must be made on the MBChB application form through UCAS by 15 October 2020.
Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) will be held in December and January and will consist of scenarios and tasks, typically assessing:<.p>
Following the multiple MMIs applicants will be notified of the outcome. Find out more about MMIs.