Psychology (acceptable option)

Psychology (acceptable option): Coursework expected by UK medical schools

Below is a listing of UK medical schools where Psychology is an acceptable coursework option when applying for admission. 

Typically this is one of several coursework options that could be acceptable, provided that the applicant has also completed other required subjects.

See the 'Typical offers' section in the full profile for more details of all coursework expectations set by each medical school. For a general comparison of how many UK medical schools accept Psychology in relation to other coursework subjects, see our Overview of coursework subjects expected by UK medical schools.

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Kent and Medway Medical School

Accepting its first cohort of medical students in September 2020, Kent and Medway Medical School jointly run by the University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University. The integrated five-year curriculum is systems-based, aiming to prepare doctors for the realities of the NHS in the 21st Century. Teaching is delivered through lectures, tutorials, and seminars, using technology to enhance learning

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Medical school establishment date:
2020

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
110

Average year cohort:
110.0

Region:
South East

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAB

Advanced Higher typical offer:
Not specified

IB typical offer:
34 points

General teaching method:
Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Dissection, Prosection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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Lancaster University Medical School

Lancaster has one of the smallest medical programmes in the UK, with an intake of only 129 students each year. It is one of the UK's newest public medical school, with its first graduates, a cohort of 31, graduating in 2011. Problem based learning (PBL) forms a major part of the integrated five year curriculum, with clinical contact offered from the offset. 

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Medical school establishment date:
2012

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
455

Average year cohort:
91.0

Region:
North West

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (strictly required)
Chemistry (strictly required)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
BMAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA-AAB

Advanced Higher typical offer:
AA

IB typical offer:
36 points

General teaching method:
Integrated, PBL

Anatomy teaching:
Virtual dissection table

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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University of Leicester Medical School

Leicester's integrated five-year medical degree gives patients clinical experience from year one. The main medical building (George Davies Centre) was renovated 2016 to provide students with a state-of-the-art learning environment. Course highlights include the provision of iPads to first-year students to aid dissemination of lecture material, with course content rapidly revised and updated.

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Medical school establishment date:
1975

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1320

Average year cohort:
264.0

Region:
East Midlands

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
A*AB-AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
AAA

IB typical offer:
34 points

General teaching method:
Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Dissection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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University of Manchester School of Medicine

Admitting over 400 medical students each year, Manchester is the largest medical school in the UK. Within its five year, integrated curriculum, Manchester’s course sets itself apart with its unique European Studies programme, in which students are supported in learning a second language prior to training in a Spanish, French, or German clinical attachment in the final year of the course. The university is proud to teach anatomy through full body dissection, alongside prosections, skeletal materials, and anatomical models. 

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Medical school establishment date:
1824

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1945

Average year cohort:
389.0

Region:
North West

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
AA

IB typical offer:
37 points

General teaching method:
Integrated, PBL

Anatomy teaching:
Dissection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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Plymouth University Medical School

Plymouth medical school offers a five-year, integrated curriculum in partnership with Plymouth & South Devon NHS Foundation Trusts. The course is structured around the human life cycle, covering holistic treatment from birth to end-of-life care. Anatomy is taught with a state-of-the-art virtual dissection table, aided by specialist models. Plymouth has an impressive Clinical Skills Resource Centre, featuring replica NHS wards to real simulate clinical environments.

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Medical school establishment date:
2013

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
645

Average year cohort:
129.0

Region:
South West

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (strictly required)
Chemistry (strictly required)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
GAMSAT, UCAT

A Level typical offer:
A*AA-AAB

Advanced Higher typical offer:
Not specified

IB typical offer:
36–38 points

General teaching method:
EBL, Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Virtual dissection table

Intercalation mode:
Not specified
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University of Sheffield Medical School

Sheffield’s five-year integrated curriculum champions patient-focused Medicine. Students have clinical contact from year one, complemented by early clinical skills training. Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials, small group work, and full-body dissection for anatomy. Sheffield’s medical programme is divided into four phases. Sheffield was ranked 12th in the UK in clinical, pre-clinical and health in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020.

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Medical school establishment date:
1828

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1350

Average year cohort:
270.0

Region:
Yorkshire and the Humber

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
MMI

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
AA

IB typical offer:
36 points

General teaching method:
Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Dissection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine (BM5)

Southampton offers a five-year, integrated medical programme, with an impressive reputation in fields such as cancer research and immunology, rated as world class in 2014’s Research Excellence Framework. Teaching is delivered in a systems-base manner through lectures, tutorials, coursework, and independent learning, with anatomy taught via prosection. The course is divided into four phases.

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Medical school establishment date:
1971

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1230

Average year cohort:
246.0

Region:
South East

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (strictly required)
Chemistry (acceptable option)
Environmental Studies (acceptable option)
Geography (acceptable option)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)
Psychology (acceptable option)
Sociology (acceptable option)

Interview format:
Assessment day

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
Not specified

IB typical offer:
36 points

General teaching method:
Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Prosection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation
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