This course will help you develop the skills needed to study medicine. It is designed to enable entry to medicine for students who do not have the academic qualifications usually required. You may not have had the chance to enter higher education, but you will be able to demonstrate, through work experience and personal development, that you have the social and organisational skills and motivation needed to succeed in the study of medicine. Having finished this preparatory year, your academic background must be sufficient to allow you to complete the remaining five years of the course.
Key facts UCAS code: A103 Duration: Six years (including a foundation year) Location: The foundation year is taught at Kingston University, with one module taught at St George’s, University of London International students may not apply |
Message from Course Director
Since its validation in 2003, the Foundation for Medicine course has offered an opportunity for mature students to enter directly onto the MBBS course at St George’s. Our students come from diverse backgrounds, and many have previously set out on a career and are now rethinking their options. The course is limited to 20 students, and this means that staff at Kingston can offer a high level of support, particularly useful for students who have been out of formal education for a number of years. Although the majority of this year will be spent at Kingston University, you will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience within a medical setting, through the clinical placements at St Georges, University of London.
Kingston University has recently invested heavily in increasing its teaching resources, both laboratory and e-based, with particular emphasis on enhancing the student experience. We have a wide variety of other science- and health-related degrees on site, such as Human Biology, Biomedical Science and Pharmacy, some run in conjunction with St George’s. This offers our students an excellent opportunity to integrate with other future healthcare professionals and scientists, and to further develop the team-building skills that are core to the delivery of healthcare.
It is a privilege as Course Director to see so many of our Foundation for Medicine students go on to meet their full potential and to achieve such high standards.
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