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

The Medical School will email you with all the essential information about starting the programme once the numbers and the contact details of the transfer students are confirmed by the partner schools (likely in July-August 2025). The Medical School will also arrange a welcome/integration event prior to commencing Phase 3 in September. This Academic Year’s 2025-2026 Welcome Event is planned for Sunday 31 August 2025, please save the date!

Year 3 will commence with Week 0 (Induction week), followed by an 11 week-long Phase 3 designed to introduce you to pathology-based clinical course. In the first term of Year 3 we will deliver clinical procedural skills and communication skills and allocate you to attend three/four GP and hospital teaching days.

Students from IMU/UBD will have colloquial English classes in the same induction/integration week and we will introduce you to your MedicFamilies to help transition/integration.

The second term comprises mostly of bedside teaching in one of the major central hospitals in Glasgow. We have scheduled ‘Transition to Phase 4’ week, to instruct you about the code of conduct on the wards as well as learn Advance Life Support.

We strive to ensure your transition to Glasgow course is as smooth as possible and you are learning as efficient and productive as it can be.

If you want to familiarise yourselves with the content of our Years 1 & 2 programme over the summer and compare with the syllabi from your own institutions, the Year 1 syllabus and Year 2 syllabus links below will take you to each year’s Intended Learning Outcomes. 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 yourself with the Main University webpage, where you can find a plethora of useful information about Glasgow, student life or the student societies, student representative council, accommodation and such.

It might also be of interest to you to read about major discoveries by our internationally renowned scientists working in research-intensive schools that form our College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences (the Undergraduate Medical School is part of the College of MVLS). This may come in handy if you want to get involved with research, in pursue of SSC or Electives projects!

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.