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This medical school profile gives an overview of useful information when considering applying to study Medicine at King’s College London Medical School, also referred to as KCL Medical school or King’s Medical School. First, we cover the various Medicine courses on offer at King’s Medical School including the King’s Graduate & Professional Entry Medicine Programme (GPEP); the King’s Medicine MaxFax Entry Programme and the King’s Extended Medical Degree Programme. We explain why the standard King’s Medicine course is six years instead of five and exemptions to this. We cover King’s Medical School’s entry requirements for studying Medicine. This include how King’s Medical School uses applicants UKCAT results; the role of the Medicine personal statement at King’s College London Medical School and other crucial information that will help you to apply to study Medicine at King’s Medical School. Then, we advise on how to write a Medicine personal statement for King’s Medical School and give advice about how to pass a King’s Medical School MMI interview.
King’s Standard Entry Medicine Programme (6 years, 1 of which is an opt-out Intercalated BSc). UCAS course code A100
King’s Medicine Graduate & Professional Entry Programme (GPEP) (4 years) UCAS course code A102
King’s Medicine MaxFax Entry Programme (4 years) UCAS code A104
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A widening participation programme. This programme allows the first stage of the Medicine programme to be taught more slowly and with more significant support.
A specialist preparation course for international and EU students wishing to study an undergraduate degree at King’s College London. Students on the King’s International Foundation Biology & Chemistry Pathway, are now eligible to apply to the Medicine programme at King’s College London.
King’s College Medical School welcomes applications from overseas applicants for some of its Medicine programmes. This includes King’s Graduate Entry Medicine Programme which is open to international students. This is unlike many other Graduate Entry Medicine programmes that are only open to Home students.
London is, of course, a leading global city and a fantastic, albeit expensive, city for international students to study Medicine. King’s College London also offers an international foundation programme which gives successful candidates the opportunity to apply to the Medicine course.
Graduate applicants are welcome to apply to King’s Medical School’s standard 6-year Medicine programme. Graduates can opt out of the intercalated BSc so that the course would then be five years for them. Applicants can also apply to King’s Medical School’s fast track 4-year Graduate Entry Programme. For the standard entry Medicine programme, King’s Medical School accepts Graduates with a Bioscience degree or students with non-Science degrees who meet certain A-level requirements. For the Graduate Entry Medicine programmes at King’s Medical School, applicants should hold a second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in a Biosciences subject. If this an upper second-class honours Science degree, then this will be sufficient. Applicants with a lower second-class honours science degree (including four-year undergraduate degrees, e.g. MSci) and a master’s degree with at least a merit, or with a PhD, will be considered.
Visit our free guide to applying to Medicine as a graduate for more information including a detailed breakdown on deciding if applying to Medicine as a graduate is for you, fees, funding, choosing between accelerated programmes and standard entry Medicine programmes and much more. We also have a free guide on how to write an excellent graduate entry Medicine personal statement. This comprehensive guide takes you from the ideas phase with no plan or draft all the way to a finished Graduate Entry Medicine personal statement ready for submission.
The course structure at King’s medical school is fashioned around an integrated Medicine curriculum. An Integrated curriculum is the most common method of delivering a Medicine course in the UK. Integrated curriculums mean that medical sciences are taught jointly alongside clinical Medicine, so students can see how these Sciences relate to real patients. Integrated curriculums allow early patient contact which is the case at King’s Medical School. King’s Medical School uses lectures, seminars, group work and case-based teaching to deliver its curriculum. It is one of the few medical schools still using cadaveric dissection to teach anatomy.
King’s Medical School have an extensive range of intercalated degrees which medical students can take. The intercalation year is considered an opt-out year for the Medicine programmes at King’s Medical School. Intercalation is widely offered in UK medical schools and is a popular option. In the case of King’s Medical School, students can take a BSc between stages 2 and 3 of the Medicine course and then return to complete the Medicine course. This allows them to achieve a BSc in only one year, whereas a BSc would typically take three years for a non-intercalating student to achieve.
King’s College London Medical School offers open days open to people interested in applying to King’s Medical School. It also delivers a post-offer open day for candidates who have successfully received an offer to study Medicine at King’s Medical School. A King’s Medical School open day or post offer open day is an excellent way for you to see the medical school for yourself and meet students and staff. A King’s Medical School open day will also allow you to explore the city of London for yourself.
Applying to any UK medical school is a very competitive process which necessitates meeting high academic and non-academic entry requirements. While sharing many common areas, medical schools still have very different entry requirements and policies from one another in specific areas. The entry requirements for King’s Medical School are no different in this regard so you must carefully understand the entry requirements for King’s Medical School when considering applying to King’s Medical School. Below are some headline details about the entry requirements for King’s College London Medical School for 2019 entry. You can see the full entry requirements for Kings Medical school on their website.
A-Level requirements for King’s Medical School: A*AA including Biology and Chemistry. King’s Medical School does not accept A-levels in General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives. However, if taken, the achieved grades may be considered when determining whether to accept a candidate who has just fallen short of the conditions of their offer.
GCSE requirements for King’s Medical School: Minimum grade B/6 in English and Maths.
King’s Medical School requires all candidates to sit the UKCAT exam. King’s state that the overall UKCAT score averaged over the four UKCAT subsections is given more consideration than individual UKCAT section scores. King’s Medical School state that the SJT is also given consideration when shortlisting candidates. King’s Medical School state that examination results and UKCAT score are usually the most important factors when looking at applications as they provide the fairest and most consistent method of assessing applicants. For more information about the UKCAT and how to prepare for the UKCAT, see our free guide and FAQ.
King’s Medical School uses both the Medicine personal statement and reference in the application process. What King’s Medical School highlight as things they look for in a Medicine personal statement are common to most medical schools. Some of the things King’s Medical School state that they look for in a Medicine personal statement include evidence of an appropriate commitment to Medicine and a realistic appreciation of the demands of both studying and working in the field of Medicine. King’s Medical School state that they look for evidence of work experience in caring roles or at least in interacting with the public, e.g. at a restaurant. They look for candidates who have thoroughly participated in school and college and made the most of the opportunities made available to them. They want candidates with a good range of outside interests and experience of broader society.
King’s Medical School requires all candidates to be interviewed before an offer to study Medicine at Kings medical school can be made. King’s Medical School use MMI Medicine interviews. For 2019 entry, King’s Medicine MMI interviews will contain at least one MMI station designed to assess personality and value-based attributes such as compassion, empathy, respect, integrity, decision-making, team working and more. Some MMI stations are scientifically based and designed to assess information handling and evaluation skills, while others will determine knowledge on topical medical issues. Another MMI station will determine the candidates’ ability to deal with an ethical dilemma. Communication skills are assessed in every station.
Success at a King’s Medical School interview or any medical school interview is not random. It involves a tried and tested set of steps that you can also follow:
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