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UK MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Oxford Medical School
Oxford. six-year undergraduate (3-year BA in Medical Sciences + 3-year clinical) and 4-year graduate-entry.
Oxford Medical School is located in Oxford. The standard course is a six-year undergraduate (3-year BA in Medical Sciences + 3-year clinical) and 4-year graduate-entry. Oxford's preclinical course is uniquely research-intensive, with students completing a full bachelor's degree in Medical Sciences (with an extended research project) before progressing to the clinical school. The structure is unusual in retaining a clear pre-clinical / clinical division long after most UK schools have integrated their courses.
Oxford uses a collegiate system; applicants apply both to the university and to a college (or are pooled). Each college admits a small cohort of medical students. The Medical Sciences Division is the central academic department; clinical training is led by the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine.
Entry requirements, the weighting given to the UCAT, GAMSAT or other admissions tests, and the structure of the interview process all change from year to year. The single most reliable source for any prospective applicant is the medical school's own admissions page for the year of entry — the official link below. Comparative information across all UK medical schools is collated annually by the Medical Schools Council.
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This page is one of a set of medical school and medical careers resources on chrispaton.org, replacing the category landings of New Media Medicine (newmediamedicine.com), an early digital health blog and UK medical school applications community I ran between 2004 and 2014. The original New Media Medicine forum threads — user-generated content from that community — are not republished here; this is original framing written to help current applicants find authoritative information. Always confirm details with the official sources linked above before acting on them.