Queen's University Belfast

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Undergraduate 2027

Undergraduate 2025

MB | Undergraduate

Medicine

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Entry year : Academic Year 2027/28

Entry requirements : A*AA or AAA + A in a fourth AS-level

Attendance : 5 years (Full-time) \

UCAS Code : A100

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Queen’s is an exciting place to study medicine with our students experiencing clinical practice in a variety of hospitals, general practices and healthcare settings throughout Northern Ireland from first year onwards.\ \ The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has close ties with the Northern Ireland community as part of its educational, research and outreach programmes. Our Simulated Participants make a valuable contribution to the education of medical students, through their participation in the selection of medical students to the programme, teaching sessions, as well as assessments.\ \ Queen’s medical students are welcomed in all of the hospitals within the region and in over 150 general practices. Students comment on the ease of access to high quality clinical teaching.\ \ Our course will provide you with all the opportunities you need to become a caring and compassionate doctor, critical thinker, problem solver and reflective practitioner with excellent clinical skills who values, above all else, service to patients.\ \ MEDICINE DEGREE HIGHLIGHTS\ \ Studying Medicine at Queen’s gives students access to an exciting and innovative School. \ Key features include:\ \ • Early clinical contact with patients in first year\ \ • Cadaveric dissection, specimens permitting, in state of the art facilities\ \ • Student Selected Components with a wide range of choices throughout the medical curriculum\ \ • Case-based learning in years 1-4 that integrates clinical, biomedical and behavioural science \ \ • Excellent clinical contact in primary and secondary care settings at all levels of the course, 25% of \ clinical placements in primary care.\ \ • An Assistantship programme in Final year\ \ • Intercalated study options available at Bachelors and Masters Levels\ \ • Opportunities for international travel through the Final Year Clinical Elective\ \ • World-class interprofessional simulation centre \ \ • Summer Studentship opportunities in leading Research and Education Centres\ \ • Excellent assessment feedback to help you prepare for the Medical Licensing Assessment

Course highlights

Global Opportunities

Students undertake a Clinical Elective module at the start of Year 5. Many students take this opportunity to travel abroad to work in a different healthcare environment. Students often choose destinations in Australia, India, Canada, and several countries in Africa.

Professional Accreditations

The award of the MB BCh BAO degree means that you are eligible to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).

World Class Facilities

Medical students at Queen’s have access to excellent teaching facilities including a world-class interprofessional simulation centre, anatomy laboratory and a dedicated medical library. Two of the city’s teaching hospitals and several University Research Centres are located close to the University’s Health Sciences Campus.

Internationally Renowned Experts

Many of our former graduates have risen to the top of their fields and include many famous figures – one particularly notable graduate of Queen’s Medical School was Professor Frank Pantridge, dubbed the ‘father of emergency medicine’ and inventor of the portable defibrillator.

Student Experience

90% of students were happy with their teaching (National Student Survey (NSS) 2025). This placed QUB second in the UK overall. Many students are involved in medical based societies at Queen’s, including Scrubs, GPSoc and Students Working Overseas Trust (SWOT). In addition, the University has over 190 clubs and student societies offering the opportunity to medical students to develop their interests and explore new activities. In QUB, we are committed to developing an environment that celebrates diversity, where all our staff and students feel included and that they belong, and where everyone can achieve their potential.

Further Study Opportunities

Many students decide to undertake an intercalated degree during their undergraduate training. Some take a BSc (taking a year out of the medical programme between years 2 and 3); others, after completion of at least Year 3 of the medical course, enrol on a taught Master’s course. Those presently available within the School include the Master of Public Health (MPH), MPH in Global Health, MSc (Res) in Cancer Medicine, MSc in Biomedical and Clinical Research, MSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, MSc in Clinical Anatomy. There are two additional MSc programmes available for intercalation in the School of Psychology: MSc Applied Developmental Psychology and MSc in Clinical Health Psychology. Further information is available at:

https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/mdbs/Study/IntercalatedDegrees/

“Queen’s is an incredible university to pursue medicine. The innovative teaching style by the excellent staff along with state-of-the-art facilities truly sculpts students to become safe and good doctors. I am proud to be a student of Queen’s which gives medical students world-class simulation-based teaching allowing us to apply learned knowledge. I particularly enjoy my clinical attachments which provide opportunities to engage with patients and make me feel part of the healthcare team. I believe the school of medicine instils patient-centred values such as treating patients with utmost respect and integrity at all times. Thank you Queen’s.” \ Shivani Rajkumar, 5th Year Medical Student

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