Medicine (with a foundation year) at University of Leicester
Medicine (with a foundation year) (MB BCh, A199) at University of Leicester asked for BBB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 160–175 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on le.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~BBB
Selective120 points · around BBB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check le.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 120
The middle entrant had 160–175 points. At least 1% had fewer than the 120 asked.
255 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 94%, a degree 3%, a baccalaureate 2%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Code
- A199 · A1 pre-clinical medicine
- Duration
- 6 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this primary medical qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
99%
still studying
UK 99%
1%
left higher education
UK 1%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
280 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course94%89%
Learning opportunities91%85%
Assessment and feedback84%73%
Academic support94%86%
Organisation and management85%66%
Learning resources92%87%
Student voice88%73%
245 final-year students · 84% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£38k3 years£48k5 years£53.5k
£30k£40k£50k£60k£70k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 195 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
86% working12% working and studying2% other
UK, same subject: 98% in work or study
98%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 98%
97%
say their work is meaningful
UK 98%
97%
use what they learned
UK 98%
- Medical Practitioners97%
- Natural and social science professionals0%
- Business and Financial Project Management Professionals0%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 260 graduates · 50% responded · 2022-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Leicester, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE1 7RH
Subjects
Campus
- Campus
- University of Leicester - Main Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Medicine at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bristol | Gateway to Medicine MB ChB | 96 - 129 points | 128–143 |
| King's College London, University of London | Extended Medical Degree Programme MB BS | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Lancashire | Medicine with Foundation Year (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) MB BS | 128 points | — |
| Bangor University | Medicine: Graduate Entry BMBS | BBB - ABC | 144–159 |
| University of Leicester | Medicine (with a foundation year) this course | BBB | 160–175 |
| University of Southampton | Medicine BM6 Widening Participation (BMBS) BMBS | BBB | — |
| Keele University | Medicine with Foundation Year MB ChB | 112 points | 112–127 |
| University of Leeds | Gateway Year to Medicine MB ChB | BBC | 112–127 |
| University of Nottingham | Medicine with a Foundation Year BMBS | BBC | 160–175 |
| University of West London | Clinical Science BSc (Hons) | 112 points | — |
| University of St Andrews | Gateway to Medicine BSc (Gen) | 108 points | — |
See all 92 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side
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