Medicine (6 years) at University of St Andrews
Medicine (6 years) (MB ChB, A100) at University of St Andrews asked for 144–159 UCAS points for 2026 entry; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 224–239 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on st-andrews.ac.uk ↗
UCAS tariff
~159 points
Higharound AAA
Published as 144 - 159 points
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is the 2026 one and may have changed. Check st-andrews.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 159
The middle entrant had 224–239 points. At least 8% had fewer than the 159 asked.
165 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 83%, a degree 7%, a baccalaureate 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Code
- A100 · A1 pre-clinical medicine
- Duration
- 6 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
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
94%
still studying
UK 99%
5%
left higher education
UK 1%
1%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
190 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveyThis course
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course94%89%
Learning opportunities90%85%
Assessment and feedback78%73%
Academic support95%86%
Organisation and management95%66%
Learning resources91%87%
Student voice85%73%
110 final-year students · 68% responded · NSS 2024-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£41k3 years£35k5 years£47.5k
£30k£40k£50k£60k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 20 graduates, 2022-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onThis course
2% working16% working and studying78% studying5% other
UK, same subject: 98% in work or study
95%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 98%
90%
say their work is meaningful
UK 98%
90%
use what they learned
UK 98%
- Medical Practitioners85%
- Other Health Professionals5%
- Business, Research and Administrative Professionals5%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations5%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 65 graduates · 62% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- St Andrews, Scotland, Scotland
- Postcode
- KY16 9AX
Subjects
pre-clinical medicine medicine and dentistry
Campus
- Campus
- University of St Andrews
- 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 Cambridge | Medicine MB | A*A*A | 224–239 |
| The University of Edinburgh | MBChB Medicine MB ChB | 144 - 159 points | — |
| University of Bristol | Medicine - MBChB Standard entry MB ChB | 112 - 159 points | — |
| University of St Andrews | Medicine (6 years) this course | 144 - 159 points | 224–239 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Medicine MB ChB | A*AA | 144–159 |
| King's College London, University of London | Medicine MB BS | A*AA | 160–175 |
| UCL (University College London) | Medicine (6 years) MB BS | A*AA | 176–191 |
| University of Birmingham | Medicine MB ChB | 152 points | 160–175 |
| University of Exeter | Medicine BMBS | A*AA | 176–191 |
| University of Leicester | Medicine MB BCh | A*AA | 160–175 |
| University of Oxford | Medicine BMBCh | A*AA | 192–207 |
See all 92 in one sortable table, entry requirements side by side