Intercalating at Edinburgh Medical School
Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci) programmes are available to external students who wish to intercalate at Edinburgh Medical School as part of the MBChB (Medicine) programme.
All undergraduate medicine students at Edinburgh Medical School undertake a Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci ) in Year 3 of the MBChB programme. This intercalated year gives students the opportunity to research an area of interest to them, learn valuable new skills and experience aspects of academic medicine.
We welcome applications from external medical students wishing to intercalate here at Edinburgh Medical School.
Honour programmes available to external applicants for 2021/22
Futher information on each of our programmes can be found by clicking on the programme titles below.
Please note, there may be changes to the programmes listed above and additional programmes may become available once approved by the relevant board of studies.
The size of honours programmes is determined by resources available and therefore a place is not guaranteed.
How to apply
External students who wish to apply are required to complete an online application form. Applications for 2021 are now closed.
Applications for consideration for 2022 entry will open again in September/October 2021.
External applicants who are applying to intercalate after their second year in their parent programme will be required to provide evidence of their senior secondary school achievement, for example: SQA Advanced Higher, A Level, International Baccalaureate Higher Level, etc.
Please note that places are limited.
Get in touch
Undergraduate Admissions
- Undergraduate Admissions
Contact details
- Work: We are currently working remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, therefore not contactable by phone
- Email: futurestudents@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
Room SU219, 2nd Floor
The Chancellor’s Building
Edinburgh BioQuarter
49 Little France Crescent- City
- Edinburgh
- Post Code
- EH16 4SB