Graduate Entry Medicine at Bangor: 2027 Entry

Bangor's course is built first for high-performing students from four recognised feeder streams, the same four degrees that feed Cardiff's A101. Unlike Cardiff, Bangor also considers graduates of other degree programmes relevant to medical studies, including dentistry, through an individual Recognition of Prior Education and Learning (RPEL) assessment.

Dental graduates who have completed further postgraduate training and professional qualifications with the aim of specialising in oral and maxillofacial surgery can apply with a full CV and an academic reference or a reference from a maxillofacial surgeon. Bangor says it will also consider dental graduates seeking to qualify in medicine. If your degree fits neither route, the UK graduate entry course list shows which courses take any subject.

1. 1

   Academic check

   Your degree class (predicted class must meet the 2:1), A levels at BBB/ABC with Biology and Chemistry, and GCSEs at B/6 in English or Welsh Language, Maths and science (the Medical Schools Council listing for 2027 entry accepts double science at BB/66 or Biology and Chemistry at B/6), plus four other GCSEs at B/6. BTEC, Access courses and T Levels are not accepted.

2. 2

   UCAT ranking

   Eligible applicants are pooled and ranked by UCAT score, and interviews go to the highest scorers until slots are filled. There is no minimum score, and Bangor says the situational judgement band is currently not considered.

3. 3

   Invitation, usually before the end of November

   UCAS shows a dummy interview date, which is not your real date. Bangor emails you the next day to book your own slot; if nothing arrives within 48 hours of the UCAS invite, you must email Bangor. Slots fill quickly, and if you do not book before the booking closing date Bangor cannot make other arrangements.

4. 4

   In-person MMI in Bangor

   About one hour, rotating around six verbal stations with two questions per station and three minutes to answer each question, plus three minutes between stations to read the next two questions. No pen and paper, and no online alternative.

5. 5

   Offers ranked by interview score

   Interviewed applicants are pooled and ranked by MMI score, and offers go to the highest scorers. Bangor says applicants should hear back by the end of March.

Once you are shortlisted, offers follow the MMI ranking, and RPEL-route applicants also need to do well in the entrance exam. Rehearsing two-question stations against a three-minute timer, for example through MMI mock interviews, may help you prepare.

Bangor says the General Medical Council agreed a 2024 start for the North Wales Medical School's own programme, which followed several years of delivering Cardiff's C21 North Wales programme. The school is progressing through the GMC approval process, which is completed only when the first intake is due to graduate, and its contingency partner is Cardiff University School of Medicine.

• August summer school: three weeks of clinical skills and an introduction to case-based learning (CBL) before the academic year.
• Phase 1: corresponds to Year 2 of the five-year A100 course: core science and clinical practice, taught mainly through CBL in small groups of about ten with a facilitator.
• Phase 2: more clinical time in hospitals and GP surgeries, applying and building on earlier learning. Bangor lists a full year at a GP surgery among its placements.
• Phase 3: the final year, learning at work with a more active role in clinical teams, to prepare you for work as a Foundation doctor.

Placements run across North Wales, from coastal towns and rural villages to cities and hospitals, and include mountain medicine. Your campus is Bangor, but it may change to Wrexham in later years depending on placement. If you study part of the course in Welsh, you are given a Welsh-medium tutor.