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This profile of Anglia Ruskin highlights this medical school's entry requirements, typical offers, student numbers, competition ratios, teaching and learning methods, course structure, demographics and history. Is Anglia Ruskin one of your target medical schools? This medical school can be added to or removed from your personal shortlist |
With its first cohort of medical students starting in 2018, Anglia Ruskin is among the newest medical schools in the UK. The course was accredited by the GMC in 2017, meaning that Anglia Ruskin’s course is able to produce licensed doctors. Anglia Ruskin’s five-year medical programme is integrated and systems based, with the main campus situated in Chelmsford. The medical school takes pride in its innovative, community based, and student-centred curriculum. With a mixture of rural and urban clinical attachments, Anglia Ruskin offers students a wide-range of medical attachments. Centres of Excellence available for student placements include St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns and the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre. There is early clinical contact, with five days of GP placement each year from year one to three.
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Anglia Ruskin medical school establishment date: 2018
Years of course: 5
Total medical students: 320
Average year cohort: 106.7
Region: East of England
Subject prerequisites:
Biology (acceptable option)Chemistry (acceptable option)Maths (acceptable option)Physics (acceptable option)
Interview format:MMI
Admissions test:UCAT
A Level typical offer:AAA
Advanced Higher typical offer:AAB
IB typical offer:36 points
General teaching method:
Integrated
Anatomy teaching:
Dissection
Intercalation mode:Optional intercalation
Typical offers
A Levels must include Chemistry or Biology and one of either Biology, Chemistry, Maths or Physics
A Levels must be taken within two academic years prior to the time of application
GCSE results must include a minimum of 5 passes at grades 9-6 (A*-B) or equivalent, including Mathematics, English Language and two science subjects
Advanced Highers must include Biology and/or Chemistry and another science subject
Grades AA to come from Biology and/or Chemistry and another science subject.
Scottish Highers must include Biology and/or Chemistry and another science subject
National 5 requirements not specified
IB applicants must achieve a minimum of 36 points
6,6,6 at Higher Level in Biology and/or Chemistry plus one other science subject
Depending on their circumstances, applicants eligible for the Widening Access to Medicine Scheme (WAMS) may be offered (if successful at interview) a lower conditional offer at A level of ABB rather than AAA.
As explained on its 'Widening Access to Medicine' questionnaire, "Anglia Ruskin University is committed to widening access as part of our educational mission. Recruitment of students to the School of Medicine will reflect this mission but students will always be subject to meeting the course entry requirements or lower Widening Access to Medicine Scheme Conditional offer and the demonstration of aptitude and ability."
Total students and cohort sizes at UK medical schools
For uniform comparison of medical student admissions each year across all UK medical schools, we rely on annual reports from the Office for Students (OfS) entitled 'Medical and dental intakes'.
Anglia Ruskin is a recently established medical school, where complete data on student numbers over five years is not yet available.
| Admission year | Total students admitted this year | Home places | International places |
|---|---|---|---|
2020-21 |
120 students in this cohort | 120 Home students | 0 International students |
2019-20 |
100 students in this cohort | 100 Home students | 0 International students |
2018-19 |
100 students in this cohort | 100 Home students | 0 International students |
Competition data
Competition ratio data reported here is from the 2019-20 admissions cycle, as confirmed by MedSchoolGenie Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from this period.
Please note: Due to ongoing impact of Covid-19 since March 2020, UK medical schools have not yet released competition ratio data for the 2020-21 admissions cycle. Applicants should keep in mind that coronavirus-related lockdowns and other restrictions affected the entire UK education sector, so competition ratios were most likely distorted during 2020-21. MedSchoolGenie will update here when further competition data becomes available.
Note: Anglia Ruskin currently admits only UK applicants, so in our interactive charts and tables 'International applicants per interview' and 'International applicants per place' are recorded as zero.
Applicant percentages of success
From reported competition ratios, it's possible to calculate percentages of success at various stages of the application process.
Numbers of applicants competing in latest admissions cycle
Based on reported numbers of applicants securing places, we can use competition ratios to estimate how many applicants have been competing at each stage of the most recent admissions cycle.
Please note: Estimates of competition factors from 2020 onwards may be less reliable than in previous years because UK medical schools have not yet reported competition ratios for the 2020-21 admissions cycle. MedSchoolGenie will update here when more recent data on competition ratios becomes available.
Teaching and learning
Integrated, systems-based.
Includes student-selected components, giving you the chance to study an area of your choice.
As explained in the website overview of teaching methods, this medical school uses "a systems-based approach, and is part of a fully integrated course that focuses on normal and abnormal structure, function and behaviour, basic and clinical sciences and hospital and community perspectives on health..... The systems are taught in a way that integrates theoretical, practical and clinical aspects. This comprises lectures, anatomy dissection, clinical skills, laboratory work, small group work, placement exposure and private study time."
As explained by ARU representative in a discussion of intercalation, "Anglia Ruskin intends to offer Intercalated degrees, subject to demand. This would be on offer after third year of study; further information will be available on the Anglia Ruskin website in due course."
Phase one (year one):
Phase one takes place in the first year at Anglia Ruskin, utilising a systems based approach that covers ‘Principles of Medicine’ and the cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.
Phase two:(years two and three):
Phase two marks the transition to the clinical phase of the course. Students undertake ten systems based blocks, applying knowledge from Phase One through clinical rotations.
Phase three (years four and five):
Phase three takes place in years four and five. Teaching is mostly through case-based learning, with core-specialty clinical placements and a ‘Preparation for Practice’ placement prior to graduation to ease the transition to FY1.
Reported demographics
This chart highlights gender and disability data reported by Anglia Ruskin to the General Medical Council (GMC), which has compiled this information into spreadsheets as part of its medical school annual return (MSAR) data sets.
Please note this data is retrospective, and that future numbers can vary from preceding years.
As a new medical school, Anglia Ruskin has not yet reported demographics data.
Medical school history
Anglia Ruskin's first cohort of medical students started in the academic year 2018-19.