Admissions to the MBChB degree programme Partner Medical Schools:

St Andrews University, the University Brunei Darussalam and the International Medical University (IMU) in Malaysia

Your first year – MBChB Year 3

Students entering the MBChB Course from Universities of St Andrews, IMU (International Medical University, Malaysia) and UBD (University Brunei Darussalam) will join Glasgow Medical students at the start of the third year of the MBChB course.

A guide for students, tutors and clinical staff can be found here.

Introductory Course

We will email you with all the essential information in August (once the numbers and the contact details of the transfer students are confirmed by partner schools) and we will also arrange a welcome/integration event prior commencing Phase 3. This year’s Welcome Event is planned for the 6th & 9th of September, 9.30 – 12.30pm, please save the dates!

Year 3 will begin with two induction/introductory weeks designed to brief you on the nature and the content of the course you are joining as well as deliver clinical procedural skills and communication skills; these will be followed by the 15 week-long Phase 3.  Under the continued restrictions and as the situation becomes clearer with the current pandemic, we have worked with the university and have amended delivery of the Phase 3 material in Semester 1 to make largely online, however we will require students to attend clinical practice/GP placements face-to-face.

We will start Y3 on Monday the 6th of September with clinical skills/communication skills teaching and the ward etiquette teaching. We will provide colloquial English classes for IMU/Brunei students in the same week induction/integration weeks and will aim to establish MedicFamilies to help your transition/integration.

We would like to assure you of our best intention to make your transition to Glasgow course as smooth as possible and your learning as efficient and productive as can be. We appreciate that online learning is not what you all signed up for, however we are very much guided by local (university) or national (government) directives in these unprecedented times.

You may want to familiarise yourselves with the content of our Years 1 & 2 course during the summer months and compare with syllabi from your own institutions – the links to each year intended learning outcomes are hyperlinked below. Our course content from early years will largely align with the curriculum from the partner medical Schools (harmonised each year) and covers basic Biomedical Sciences, system by system.

It is also a good idea to familiarise yourselves with the University’s main webpage, where you can find a plethora of useful information about Glasgow, student representative council, various student societies, accommodation and such, not least about the course you will be joining.

It might be of interest to you to read about major scientific discoveries by our internationally renowned researchers working in research-intensive institutes and schools that form our College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (UG medical school is part of this college).

Preparing to Start

Admission Enquiries

All admissions enquiries should be addressed to the Admissions Administrator, email med-sch-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk.

Paperwork you must complete prior to joining the course.

You will have been required to provide:

  • A completed UCAS record of prior acceptance form (RPA).
  • A completed Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) application form and/or a similar report or validated letter from your respective country’s police stating that you have no criminal convictions/cautions.  Please note that an original document is required.
  • A certified copy of your passport, if you have one, or other form of photographic evidence of identity confirming your address.
  • A certified copy of your original birth certificate (this may be photocopied and retained for Disclosure Scotland purposes).

Allocations

Transfers may be considered from undergraduate medical students at schools where a formal transfer system exists (includes St Andrews and International Medical University).  The University of Glasgow Medical School uphold any original allocation decision and will not consider subsequent transfer requests under exceptional circumstances once allocations have been made.

Tuition Fees

Annual tuition fees can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships/fees.

Please note that the University expects all students to have sufficient funds to meet fees, maintenance and travel expenses to/from hospitals in the West of Scotland for the duration of study.  Students due to graduate will be subject to payment of all fees and will not be permitted to graduate if outstanding debts are owed.

MBChB Student Agreement

All students will be required to sign the Student Agreement after registration has taken place.  This outlines your professional responsibilities.

Registration

Registration should be completed on line and you will receive email notification regarding this.  However in the meantime, please read the University’s registration guidance website which can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/services/registry/students/registration.

When you have completed registration, you should then continue to enrolment.

You should ONLY enrol into courses MED3003 (Coursework), MED3005 (OSCE3), MED3006 (Y3 SSC) and MED3008 (Written Exam).

Please do not attempt to enrol on other classes as you will be enrolled in these by the Medical School. You are expected to have completed Registration before the Orientation Weeks start on 6th September 2021.  Without completing Registration you will not be able to access Moodle.

Support from the School of Medicine

The following members of staff coordinate and manage Year 3 of the MBChB:

  • Medical School Reception
    You can also contact the Medical School Reception any time
    during office hours from Monday to Friday.
    Tel: 0141 330 8022
    Email: med-sch-library@glasgow.ac.uk

Further Information

Student Services

Information on all student services can be found at www.gla.ac.uk/study/studentlife/support/.

Student Clubs and Societies

Information on the wide range of student clubs and societies can be found at www.glasgowstudent.net/clubs/find-a-club/.

Sports and Recreation Service

The University’s Sport and Recreation Service has one of the most extensive and diverse sporting programmes in the UK.  For further information please visit www.gla.ac.uk/services/sport.

Student Life

For information on student life at the University of Glasgow, please visit www.gla.ac.uk/studentlife.