Extended Medical Degree Programme
UCAS Course Code: A101
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About this course:
 
The Extended Medical Degree Programme (EMDP) is a six-year medical degree course that has been designed to help students living in inner London to study at Medical School. The course allows students to study at a slower pace and with greater support during their first three years. By the end of the six years of the EMDP, students on the course will have covered exactly the same topics, at the same level of detail, as the conventional medical students on the standard five-year MBBS programme. They will also have sat the same examinations and been required to achieve the same pass mark.

Course Duration: 6 years

 

 

Competition for Places:
 
Places
(2009 entry)
:
50  
International places
(2009 entry):
0
Competition Last Year
(2008 entry):
Total places: 50
International Places: 0
Places given to graduates: 0

Applicants: Not known
Applications per place: Not known

Number of offers made: Not known
Applicants per offer made: Not known

Chances of an offer: Not known

   
     

 

Information for applicants:
   
UCAS choices: Not known
Notes on applying: No additional guidance notes
   

 

Entrance requirements:
   
A levels: CCCc: CCC at A level and a C grade at a further AS level. Chemistry to at least AS level and one other science or mathematical subject at A level.
GCSEs: Not known
Resit policy: Not known
Entrance Exam: UKCAT and PQA exam: The PQA test was developed in Australia to identify suitable applicants to medical school there. The PQA is a two-hour multi-choice test in three parts. The first test assesses your cognitive reasoning and problem solving skills. The second and third parts assess the extent to which your personality is suited to a career in medicine. The test assesses the way you think, not the amount you know. It is not possible to revise for the test. All applicants who satisfy our general entrance requirements will be invited to take the PQA test by the Student Admissions Office.
   

 

Alternative qualifications:
   
Scottish Highers: Not normally acceptable - only students studying in inner London are accepted onto this course
International Baccalaureate: Not known
Irish Leaving certificate: Not normally acceptable - only students studying in inner London are accepted onto this course
   

 

Entrance requirements for graduates:
 
If you have started university and either left in your first year or after you have completed the first year then you could still be considered for the course. However, if you have started the second year or have completed the degree then you would no longer be considered for this course.
   

 

Non-academic criteria:
   
Socioeconomic criteria: Not known
Work experience: Not known
Geographical criteria: To be eligible to be considered for the EMDP programme, at the point of application, you must have been living specifically in inner London and areas of the south-east for at least one year (areas listed below). You must also be studying (or have been studying in the last two years) at a non-selective state school or college in one of these areas. Satisfactory documentary evidence will be requested.
- City of London
- Barking & Dagenham
- Bexley (with the exception of the four grammar schools)
- Greenwich
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Islington
- Kensington & Chelsea
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Newham
- Southwark
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
- Westminster
Age restrictions: Not known
   

 

Tuition fees:
   
Fees for UK and EU students: £3,145 per year
Fees for international students (non-EU): NA - this course does not accept students from outside the EU

 

Contact details:
   
Key Contact: Medical School Admissions
Address: King’s College London
Strand
London
WC2R 2LS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7848 6501 / 6502
Email: [email protected]
Website: Course website
   

 

This page was last updated on 2nd July 2009

This data has not been verified by Kings College London since 2007