Manchester School of Medicine's key learning tool is the study of themed case discussions, in which you work within small groups, to encourage you to take a proactive approach to your learning. The programme is also delivered through the following teaching methods:
Throughout the course, you’ll gain the following clinical experience:
More information about the teaching and learning, assessment, and course content can be found here.
The four base teaching hospitals used by Manchester School of Medicine are:
In addition to this, Manchester School of Medicine also has over seven-hundred community placements throughout the North West.
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Within your third year, you’ll undertake a student selected clinical placement, allowing you to choose a 4-week clinical placement in an area of interest to you.
Within your fourth year, you’ll undertake an elective placement, which is usually a placement overseas to experience “medical practice in an unfamiliar healthcare environment”.
There is also the option to study an intercalated degree; this allows you to take one year away from your MBChB course to study for an BSc or master degree, in addition to your medical degree. There are a range of subject areas that you can choose from and the option to undertake it after your second, third or fourth year of your MBChB programme. You’ll find more information about the intercalated degree here.
Manchester also offers a six-year programme, MBChB Medicine with a Foundation Year, which provides an alternative route to the course if you do not meet the entry criteria for the standard entry five-year programme. You can find more information about this option here.
Manchester School of Medicine uses the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format for its interview.
For 2025 entry, you’ll have the choice to attend your interview in person or to complete it online via Zoom. The interview will consists of five MMI stations, each lasting eight minutes, with two minutes in between stations.
On their website they provide the following examples of the areas that could be assessed within your interview:
Interviews will be held between December 2024 and early March 2025. You can find more information about the interview process here.
Most UK medical schools require you to complete an admissions exam as part of the entry criteria and before you’ll be invited to interview.
Admissions exam for Manchester: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
The UCAT is designed to assess your skills, characteristics and professional behaviours against those required for medical school. The exam includes 5 subtests: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
Manchester medical school uses your overall UCAT score and your SJT band to determine if you’ll be selected for interview. They also specify that you must achieve a band 2 or above in the SJT section. Therefore, you must perform well in the SJT section and achieve a competitive overall UCAT score, if you’re to be selected for an interview at Manchester medical school.
To help you to prepare effectively, we’ve created a UCAT question bank which adapts to your learning needs. Using artificial intelligence to automatically assess your strengths and weaknesses, our algorithm ensures you’re given questions tailored to your individual needs, so you focus on developing the areas which will make a difference to your UCAT score.
You can also use the question bank dashboard to identify areas which you need to improve.
With your calculated skill level, response time and the number of questions you’ve answered correctly for each subtest, it’s easy to see what you’ve “mastered” and what you need to dedicate more time to if you’re to secure an interview for Manchester medical school.
For more information and support with the UCAT, including the test dates and fees, and tips to help you prepare, visit our UCAT page.
