Keele University Prospectus Undergraduate | 2017 | Page 121

Key Information
What will this mean
for my future?

Successful completion of the
MBChB course provides you with
a primary medical qualification
(PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles
you to provisional registration
with the General Medical Council.
Provisionally registered doctors
can only practise in approved
Foundation Year 1 posts. There is
a national application process for
Foundation Year 1 posts during the
final year of the course, and posts
are allocated on a competitive
basis. So far, all suitably qualified
UK graduates have found a
place on the Foundation Year
1 programme, but this cannot
be guaranteed. Successful
completion of the Foundation
Year 1 programme is normally
achieved within 12 months and
is marked by the award of a
Certificate of Experience. You
will then be eligible to apply for
full registration with the General
Medical Council. You need full
registration with a licence to
practise for unsupervised medical
practice in the NHS or private
practice in the UK.
Medical students at UK medical
schools who are from overseas
and do not have right of residence
must check how the latest
information on visa requirements
affects their postgraduate training
period. Please see the Visas and
immigration website www.gov.
uk/browse/visas-immigration
Information about medical careers
after graduation is correct at the
time of going to press. For up
to date information please visit
www.mmc.nhs.uk

Entry requirements

Course type

UKCAT
All applicants must take the UK
Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT)
in the year of application.

Course duration

www.ukcat.ac.uk
AS and A-levels required
Our typical offer is based on
A-level grades of either A*AA
or AAA with a fourth AS at
grade A. A-levels must be
completed within the standard
two year period. Further details
of academic and non-academic
entry criteria are available on
www.keele.ac.uk/medicine/
undergraduatemedicalcourse/
entryrouteshowtoapply

MBChB

Five years

Indicative entry
requirements
A*AA

For further information on
entry requirements please
visit www.keele.ac.uk/
ug-med-apply

Study abroad

No
There may be an option to
arrange your own elective
abroad in your fifth year.

GCSEs required
English language, Mathematics,
and Biology/Chemistry/Physics or
Dual/Triple Science are essential
at grade B/6. Five grade A/7
passes are required.
Achieved A-level grades
Students applying with achieved
A-level grades will be considered
but must have Mathematics, the
Sciences, and English language at
GCSE grade B/6.

98%

Overall Student
Satisfaction
(2015 NSS)

Annie Scarf

Medicine, Fifth year
Choosing to study medicine at
Keele is one of the best decisions I
have made. Keele is a 21st century
medical school, with a modern
PBL course, inspired teaching and
friendly staff, providing an excellent
environment in which to become a
skilled Doctor.
Smart minds choose Keele

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