Hull York Medical School offers an integrated curriculum, allowing you to 'explore topics through a range of themes and disciplines, each presented in a clinically relevant context'. These are delivered using a variety of teaching methods, including:
PBL is central to your learning within the first two years; more information about PBL at Hull York Medical School can be found here.
Hull York Medical School provide detailed information about their approach to teaching anatomy, including the use of prosection and opportunities to undertake dissection-based studies, through the Scholarship and Special Interest Programme or elective. This may be a valuable talking point in relation to questions about the medical school; more information about teaching of anatomy can be found here.
You’ll undertake the following clinical placements throughout the programme:
More information about the curriculum, course structure and teaching methods at Hull York Medical School can be found here.
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You’ll undertake a six-week elective at the beginning of your final year, providing you the opportunity to work within a specialist service within the UK or to travel abroad.
Hull York Medical School also offers the optional opportunity to undertake an intercalated degree between your third and fourth year. This allows you to take a break in your MBBS course, to study an intercalated degree at bachelors or master’s level, within a specialist subject of your choice, from the options available. More information about this, including the intercalated degree programme options, can be found here.
Outside of the curriculum, Hull York Medical School has a vast range of medical specific societies you can get involved in, including the MedSoc at Hull or York, Wilderness Medicine, Teddy Bear Hospital, Students for Kids International Projects (SKIP) and sports teams.
The placement locations, which 'range from rural and coastal regions to densely populated urban environments', provide a diverse clinical experience.
Hull York Medical School also offers Medicine with a gateway year as part of their 'widening participation initiative designed to facilitate access to medicine for those from underrepresented backgrounds'. You can find more information about the 'gateway year' here.
Hull York Medical School uses the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format for its interview, with UK and EU candidates attending interviews in-person for 2025 entry. According to their website this usually consists of the following stations:
More information about each of the stations, as well how your MMI will be assessed and scored can be found here.
Before you’ll be invited to interview, most UK medical schools require you to pass an admissions exam.
Admissions exam for Hull York: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
The UCAT assesses the characteristics, attitudes and professional behaviours that you require for medical school. The exam includes 5 subtests: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
For Hull York Medical School, your UCAT score and Situational Judgement (SJT) band will be scored alongside your GCSE results and any contextual data to determine if you’ll be selected for interview. Your UCAT score and SJT band make up over half of this scoring. You’re also required to score a minimum of band 3 in the SJT to be considered for interview selection and your SJT band will be used alongside your contextual data and interview performance when deciding if you’ll be offered a place to study.
The free Medibuddy UCAT question bank will help you to effectively prepare for all sections of the exam. By continuously assessing your strengths and weaknesses, it can carefully select questions that focus on the areas which you need to develop, to improve your overall UCAT score.
With the question bank dashboard (below) you can quickly identify the areas which you have “mastered” and those which you need to dedicate more time to.
Hull York Medical School specifies that you must achieve a band 3 or above in the SJT. The question bank dashboard clearly shows how you’re performing, with your calculated skill level, the total number of questions answered and correctly, and your response time, to make it easier to judge if you’ll meet the minimum requirements for your chosen medical school.
For advice on how to prepare for the UCAT and more information about the exam, including test dates and fees, visit our UCAT page.
