Medicine at University of Swansea Medical School & Interview Questions 2026

MBBCh Graduate-entry medicine at Swansea University Medical School is a fully independent four year course, primarily based in Swansea and South-East Wales, with the opportunity to undertake clinical placements across Wales. Swansea University Medical School was established in 2001 and already has an excellent reputation at home and overseas, not only for teaching but also research. It is a small medical school with around 100 spaces, so you will benefit from extensive contact with teaching staff and you will have contact with patients right from the start during the first semester.

Phase I

Learning Weeks (Case based, includes Integrated Clinical Method) Community-Based Learning (CBL) in General Practice for one day every fourth or fifth week

Phase II

Case of the Week (Case Based Learning Weeks) Clinical Apprenticeships and Assistantships (Medicine, Surgery and Primary Care) (4-8) including 8 weeks in CBL Specialty Attachments Elective in Year 4 (5 Week Clinical Placement mostly taken overseas) Senior Assistantship / Shadowing period at end of Year 4 prior to F1

A-Level Requirements at University of Swansea Medical School →

There are no specific work experience requirements. However, the Medical School like to investigate whether you have an appreciation for healthcare work, voluntary or paid. It is important that you have an understanding of the realities of a career in medicine, and this can even be done through discussing a potential career in medicine with anyone who works in the NHS, too.

Your UCAS personal statement is not formally scored and is not used to rank applicants — selection for interview is based on the admissions test (GAMSAT/UCAT), and offers are based solely on interview performance. You may, however, be questioned on its content during one or more of the MMI stations.

Note: from 2026 entry, UCAS replaced the single free-text personal statement with three structured questions — why you want to study the course, how your studies have prepared you, and what else you have done to prepare. Any guidance above still applies; it is simply spread across those questions. For worked examples and a review of your own statement, see our medicine personal statement examples and review service.

Swansea is a graduate entry program only

Interview Type: Currently via zoom Originally: Situational judgement assessment: length 30 minutes. This will not assess your decision making skills rather than your clinical skills suitable for a career in medicine Panel interviews x2. Each 20minutes long.

Our entry interview process is structured to take account of these qualities needed as a doctor, as set out in ‘Good Medical Practice’, and the capacity to meet the outcomes of ‘Outcomes for Graduates’. In summary:

• Communication Skills
• Problem solving skills
• Coping with pressure
• Insight and Integrity
• Passion for medicine/resilience to succeed

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School of Medicine
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP

Tel: 01792 602618
Email: medicine@swansea.ac.uk

Website: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine/medicine-graduate-entry-mbbch/

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