Medicine BM4 Graduate Entry (BMBS)

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United Kingdom, Southampton

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University of Southampton

United Kingdom , Southampton

Key Facts

Program Level

Professional Doctorate

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

A101

Campuses

Highfield

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 4 year(s)

Next Intake September-2026

Medicine BM4 Graduate Entry (BMBS)

About

You will study medicine over 4 years and draw on your existing knowledge and experience to train to be a doctor. You'll be part of a small group of graduates embarking on this intensive but rewarding programme. You'll get clinical experience from the first weeks of your course, meeting patients in hospital and primary care settings.

This graduate entry medicine degree is designed to support graduates to achieve excellent learning outcomes over 4 years instead of the usual 5. You can apply with any 2:1 degree or equivalent qualification, including arts and humanities degrees.

We offer a number of places to this BM4 programme for graduates from the University of Southampton. Applicants must meet both the non-academic and academic criteria for this programme.

As part of your course, you can take your final-year elective placement anywhere in the UK or abroad. You can also get involved in research and entrepreneurship. We work on life-changing treatments and therapies in partnership with industry and with experts in the physical sciences, computing, engineering and mathematics.

You'll meet patients in clinical settings and will learn from volunteer patients, simulated environments and prepared patient cases.

In years 1 and 2, students will be placed in partner trusts including Winchester as well as Southampton. In the final 2 years of the programme, students are placed across the Wessex region.

We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes.

Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).

Requirements

Entry Requirements

For Academic year 202526

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be 18 or over at the start of the course.

Only Home students are eligible, International applicants must apply to BM5.

Applicants must meet the Degree and GCSE academic entry requirements listed below.

All applicants must sit the UCAT test before the 15th October UCAS deadline. Applicants must take UCAT in the year they are applying.

Degree

Graduate applicants (for BM4 and BM5) are required to achieve an Upper Second-Class Honours (2.1) in their first degree, this must be equivalent to a UK Honours degree. The degree can be in any subject and no preference will be given to applicants based on the subject taken.

Please note we do not have any A Level requirements for graduate applicants (for BM4 and BM5).

Please see below for GCSE requirements.

English Program Requirements

Find the equivalent international qualifications for our entry requirements.

English language requirements

If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English. You'll need all of the following scores as a minimum:

IELTS score requirements

overall score: 7.0
reading: 7.0
writing: 7.0
speaking: 7.0
listening: 7.0

We accept other English language tests. Find out which English language tests we accept.

Career

Careers

With a medical degree from Southampton, you'll have excellent career prospects. All of our students are in work or further study within 6 months of completing their degree.

At the end of the course you will be qualified to register with the GMC and apply for a Foundation Year 1 post. Most of our graduates do this. Learn more about the Foundation scheme and what happens after graduation.

At the end of the undergraduate course you will have the following qualifications: a Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc) and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) degree, which is a primary medical qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ means you can apply to work in the NHS.

Our graduates go on to work in a wide range of medical careers including:

accident and emergency
anaesthetics
armed forces medicine
general practitioner (GP)
gynaecology
hospital medicine specialties
medical research
obstetrics
orthopaedics
paediatrics
pathology
primary care
psychiatry
public health
radiology
surgery

You'll be supported by your personal academic tutor who can advise you on your career path throughout your course.

Careers services at Southampton

We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022). Our Careers, Employability and Student Enterprise team will support you. This support includes: