To support learning, Leeds Medical School adopts a range of teaching methods, including:
Hint: Leeds Medical School highlight that they are one of the few medical schools to offer 'wet anatomy' so this could be an interesting discussion point if you're asking about the medical school during your interview.
Throughout the programme, you’ll undertake the following clinical placements:
You can find more information about the course structure and content here.
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The programme offers student selected components, as well as a final year elective, which provides the opportunity to explore an area/speciality of interest and gain wider clinical experience.
Leeds Medical School also offers a ‘Students without Borders’ programme, allowing medical students to study languages which will enable them to work in French or Spanish-speaking countries.
You will also have the option to undertake an intercalated degree as part of the programme offered by Leeds Medical School. This allows you to take one year out of your medical degree to study and gain an additional degree. For more information about the intercalated degree offered by Leeds Medical School, including subject options, visit here.
Leeds Medical School offers a Gateway Year to Medicine MBChB. The Gateway Year provides scientific background and develops your skills, allowing you to progress onto the MBChB five-year course following successful completion. You can find more information about the programme here.
Leeds Medical School uses the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format for its interview. For 2025 entry, this will be in the form of a face-to-face interview.
The MMI currently consists of eight stations, aimed to assess your non-academic qualities.
You can find more information about Leeds Medical School’s MMI here.
Most medical schools require you to pass an admissions exam before you’ll be invited for interview.
Admissions exam for Leeds: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
The UCAT aims to assess the skills, characteristics and professional behaviours required for medical school. The exam is divided into 5 sections: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
Our adaptive UCAT question bank will help you to prepare effectively. Using artificial intelligence, our algorithm assesses your individual learning needs and provides questions based on the areas of the syllabus which you need to develop. This means you’ll be focusing on the areas which will improve your UCAT score and not wasting time answering questions which will not have a positive impact on your UCAT performance.
Using the question bank dashboard, you can also easily identify areas which you’ve “mastered” and those which you need to dedicate more time to.
For more advice on preparing well for the UCAT, check out our step-by-step guide and quick tips, on our UCAT page.
