Medicine (Graduate Entry), MBBCH

Together with a strong focus on clinical and communication skills, you will develop the academic, practical, and personal qualities to practise medicine competently and with confidence.

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
• Organisation and research
• Ethics and values

Why Medicine at Swansea?

We are a small medical school with around 150 spaces, so you will benefit from extensive contact with teaching staff and you will have contact with patients right from the first term.

If you speak Welsh, you can study a 50-credit ‘Doctor as Professional’ module in each year through the medium of Welsh and may be eligible for internal scholarships or financial support through Coleg Cymraeg.

If you are not a Welsh speaker but would like to gain some basic Welsh language skills geared toward healthcare settings, then you can enroll on our unique Welsh for Medicine courses. 

Your Medicine Experience

 The Graduate Entry Medicine programme is an intensive and diverse combination of taught components on campus including:

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Anatomy and Clinical Skills

Clinical Placements will take place at NHS sites including hospitals, GP surgeries and community health facilities.

Medicine Employment Opportunities

On successful completion of the course, you will graduate with an MBBCh degree from Swansea University, allowing you to progress to the UK Foundation Programme for newly qualified doctors, where you will begin training in a clinical environment.