This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to go to university and is taken by adults aged 19+. There is no upper age limit.
Access to Medicine is an intensive science‐based one year full time course tailored to the requirements of a medical degree, designed to provide an alternative route for non-traditional students into medical training.
It is a course for mature students who, having achieved in other areas, now wish to retrain as doctors. These include:
those with experience in other health-related professions those whose initial career choice has proved unsatisfying and who wish to change their field of employment to the health care sector those who have previously studied in higher education, but whose studies did not constitute a suitable preparation for medical training What is an Access to Higher Education course?
An Access to Higher Education course is a 1 year pre-university course that prepares adults for study at university. This course is ideal if you have been out of education for a while, planning a career change or upskill in your current job. A typical Access course is 2-3 days a week, 9.30am-3pm and are taken by students of all ages and backgrounds.
GCSE English, Maths and Science at Level 5 or above
We will consider exceptions to this requirement, subject to any other qualifications or evidence of the required competencies.
