The University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine uses lectures, classes and tutorials, coursework and independent learning to deliver its systems-based modules. You’ll begin to gain clinical experience within the first weeks of your course and undertake the following clinical attachments throughout:
You can find more information about the course structure and content here.
During the programme, you’ll study “at one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals – Southampton General Hospital”. In addition to this, you may also undertake clinical placements in partner trusts, including:
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Throughout the programme you’ll have a wide range of choice, in the form of student selected components, as well as a final year elective placement, allowing you to explore areas of interest. You will also have the option to study anywhere in the UK, or abroad, for your elective placement.
The University of Southampton offers a six-year ‘Widening Participation’ BMBS programme. This aims to widen access, with an alternative route into studying medicine, and is available to those who meet the set widening participation criteria and entry criteria. You can find out more information about the programme here.
Southampton also offers an accelerated four-year programme, if you already have achieved a honours degree in any discipline, generally with a minimum 2:1 grade. You can find out more about Southampton’s Medicine BM4 Graduate Entry (BMBS) programme here.
Southampton Faculty of Medicine include an interview and group task within their ‘selection days’. Your personal statement will be used as part of the selection day process, which will assess you against non-academic criteria, including:
If you are invited to interview, you’ll receive more information from the university about the selection process, two weeks prior to your interview. You’ll find more information about the selection day here.
For 2025 entry, interviews will take place in person between January and March 2025. You can find a full list of interview dates on Southampton’s website here.
Most medical schools require you to pass an admissions exam before you’ll be invited for interview.
Admissions exam for Southampton: University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)
The UCAT assesses your characteristics, attitudes and professional behaviours against those required for medical school. The exam is divided into 5 sections: Abstract Reasoning, Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning, Situational Judgement (SJT) and Verbal Reasoning.
Southampton Med School rank applicants by UCAT score and invite the top candidates to one of their selection days.
To help you to successfully prepare for all sections, the free Medibuddy AI-poweredb question bank carefully selects questions based on your strengths and weaknesses within the syllabus, to ensure that you’re focusing on areas which will have the biggest impact on your UCAT score.
You can also clearly see in the question bank dashboard the areas you have “mastered” and those which you need to focus more time on.
It’s crucial that you prepare well for all areas to ensure that you get the best UCAT score possible and secure your interview place!
For more information and guidance, see our complete guide to the UCAT and our UCAT preparation tips.
