Medicine and Health
Medicine and Health degrees
Our Schools of Medicine and Allied Health are hubs for professional healthcare training. We offer a range of Medicine and Health Sciences courses, from MB ChB Medicine and CertHE Medical Sciences (Pre-Med), to postgraduate courses for healthcare professionals.
Our unique 4.5-year, GMC-accredited medicine programme will develop you into a competent, safe and caring doctor, well equipped to progress in your chosen area. We introduce patient contact from as early as term one, giving you plenty of opportunities to interact and shadow leading practitioners. You will be taught both on-campus and at our clinical placements at nearby hospitals.
Our Medicine and Health Science courses are suited to both UK and international students. As an independent medical school, we have no cap on international student places
Why choose Buckingham
Study Medicine and Health at Buckingham, the home of the two-year degree, ranked 2nd for Graduate Prospects (on-track, The Complete University Guide, 2023). Students are at the heart of everything we do: our award-winning small class tutorials ensure every student is known by name and supported throughout their studies. You will love our personalised teaching model, dedicated student support team, and beautiful, safe campus.
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Student feedback
DibyeshwarI, MB ChB
“The University of Buckingham Medical School has been very welcoming and informative. The academic faculty is always there to assist students in their studies and always makes sure students are comfortable in what they are doing. Every member of staff from the students union, IT, student support, refectory staff help to make you feel at home.”
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Meet our lecturers
Professor Patrick Leman, Interim Executive Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Professor Patrick Leman is a psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. formerly Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, and Executive Dean of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London. His research focuses on psychological and social development from childhood through to adulthood.
Professor Attila Kardos, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor Attila Kardos has specialist research interests in clinical epidemiology, clinical trials in the field of heart failure, angina, heart attack, valve disease and cardiovascular imaging. He was awarded a Research Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology; and was a post-doc fellow at the University of Oxford.
Professor Michael Harrison-Blount, Associate Dean Allied Health & Faculty Lead
After completing several years in NHS clinical practice (including a role as clinical lead), he took up an academic post at the University of Salford before moving to Buckingham. Professor Michael Harrison-Blount sits on the Academic and Clinical Governance Committee (ACG) for the College of Podiatry and continues to practice podiatry in Nantwich.
Your future career
By studying medicine or an allied health programme, you can help to make a real difference to people’s lives. With over 60 different specialisations in the medical profession, you can benefit from a range of career options from GPs to podiatrists. Our degrees will teach you transferable skills such as presentation, research and communication alongside of medical knowledge, meaning you will be equipped to work in a difficult and pressured environment.
Partnerships
Milton Keynes University Hospital
St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Bucks Healthcare Trust
The Railings
Macclesfield General Hospital, East Cheshire Trust
Leighton Hospital, Mind Cheshire Hospitals, Crewe
The University of Buckingham Medical School received General Medical Council (GMC) accreditation in May 2019. The GMC has commended the University for the ‘excellent professional, academic and pastoral support that extends throughout the University and clinical learning environments’ and ‘the robust systems that ensure the quality of all aspects of the MB ChB programme, including teaching and assessment’.
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Collaborations
The University of Buckingham has developed a number of partnerships which are geographically spread and culturally diverse. We recognise that collaborative partnerships provide unique opportunities for students to benefit from higher education, and learn the knowledge and skills required to equip them for the workplace. One of such partners is Learna, who provide flexible, affordable, and fully online postgraduate medical degrees, enabling professionals to advance their clinical careers through accessible, high-quality learning.
A full list of programmes offered by Learna and validated by The University of Buckingham, can be viewed on our Collaborations page.
Medicine selection days
Our admissions process consists of three stages. The first is to submit an application with all supporting documentation, either directly or via UCAS. If the applicant meets or is predicted to meet the entry requirements, they are invited to the second stage for the Multiple Mini Assessment; computer-based tests consisting of tasks that test students’ analysis, interpretation and judgement.
Successful applicants are then invited to the third stage, the Multiple Mini Interview, consisting of a number of observed structured selection examinations. Exceptionally high performing students may receive an offer after stage two. All other offers are made after the Multiple Mini Interview events.
View the MB ChB course page to view upcoming 2024 Selection Days.