Applicants must be 18 or over at the start of the course. Any applicant not 18, if given an offer post interview, will potentially be offered a deferred place.

BM5 is open to Home and International students. International applicants must meet the entry requirements for either a School Leaver, Graduate or Mature Non-Graduate through the listed or equivalent qualifications. International applicants will also have to meet the IELTS or equivalent requirement listed below.

All applicants must sit the UCAT test before the 16th October UCAS deadline. Applicants must have take UCAT in the year they are applying.

All applicants must meet one of the below entry requirement combinations.

BM5 School Leaver applicants must meet the minimum standard A Level and GCSE entry requirements listed below.

Any BM5 Home (UK) School Leaver applicant who meets two of the University contextual admissions criteria will be considered for the contextual A Level entry requirement, please see below. Graduate, Mature Non-Graduate and International applicants are not eligible for a contextual offer. Contextual applicants have to meet the standard GCSE requirement.

BM5 Graduate applicants need to achieve a 2.1 or above in a UK Honours Degree or equivalent (Please see the BM4 entry requirements page for full details about degree requirements). Please see below for Graduate GCSE requirements.

Applicants being considered as Mature Non-Graduate applicants must be over 21 years old at the point of submitting their application (16th October) and not hold a degree. Applicants must meet the standard A Level or equivalent entry requirement. Please see below for specific Mature Non-Graduate GCSE requirements.

A-levels
AAA to include A level Biology and one additional science (with a pass in the practical element where it is separately endorsed). Please note applicants must offer AAA or above, we do not accept grade or tariff equivalents to AAA. BM5 graduate applicants please see BM4 entry requirements.

International Baccalaureate Diploma
Overall score of 36 points with 18 at Higher Level, with 6 in Biology and one additional Science

Applicants applying for the BM (IT) must have completed the Advanced Diploma in Medical Sciences at IMU, in Malaysia, or the Bachelor of Health Science at the UBD, in Brunei.

IELTS 7.0 overall, with a minimum of 7.0 in all components, TOEFL iB (Test of English as a Foreign Language) - 100