Keele University School of Medicine offers a spiral, integrated curriculum, which incorporated a range of learning strategies, including:
The curriculum at Keele School of Medicine is split into three phases and includes several clinical placements:
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
More information about the curriculum structure, placement opportunities and teaching methods can be found here.
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Within years 1–4, you’ll undertake a student selected component (SSC) each year, which provides opportunities for different areas of learning and additional clinical experience.
In year 5, you'll also have the opportunity to undertake an eight-week elective. This provides 'maximum flexibility' to explore an area of interest and a different health setting.
You can find more information about the SSC and elective programme opportunities at Keele University here.
Keele University also provides the optional opportunity to complete an intercalated degree; this allows you to take a break in your medical degree in order to undertake either a bachelor’s degree or master’s level in a medical-related subject. More information about the intercalated degree programme offered by Keele University can be found here.
Keele University offers entry to the MB ChB programme via a Foundation Year, which provides applicants who do not meet the entry requirements for the course an alternative route. Successful completion of the Foundation Year allows you to progress on to MBChB course. You can find more information about Keele’s Medicine with a Foundation Year here.
For 2025 entry, Keele University School of Medicine is conducting their interviews online, from December 2024 to April 2025.
The interview will address the attributes listed in the person specification with additional emphasis on the broader roles and responsibilities of doctors, including awareness of ethical and social issues related to health and illness. It will take the form of two 15-minute interviews. You can find more information about the interview here.
Most UK medical schools include an admissions exam as part of their entry requirements; meaning you must pass this to be considered for interview selection.
Admissions exam for Keele: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)*
* Applies to UK applicants for Standard Entry Medicine and Medicine with a Gateway Year. See our Medicine Entry Requirements blog for admission exams for international and graduate applicants.
The UCAT is designed to assess your characteristics, attitudes and professional behaviours which are required for medical school. The exam includes 5 subtests: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
To be considered for interview, Keele specifies that you must achieve a minimum total UCAT score of 2,280 and at least a band 3 in the SJT section.
Effective preparation will help you to achieve the best possible score. The free Medibuddy UCAT question bank helps you to make the most of your revision time, with questions tailored to your individual learning needs, so you’re focusing on the areas which will have a real impact on your UCAT score.
The question bank dashboard (below) shows clearly your calculated skill level, the number of questions you’ve answered and correctly, and your response time for each section of the UCAT.
This makes it simple to identify areas which you need to improve to ensure that you can achieve the minimum total UCAT score and SJT band set by Keele University.
You’ll find more information about the UCAT in our complete guide and step-by-step preparation guide.
