Medicine BM6 Widening Participation (BMBS) - MBBS

In 2025, BM6 Year 0 students will study an improved and updated course. This will have more clinical learning time and embedded research experience. The major change, to enable this, is the removal of the research project in Year 3 and the associated integrated BMedSc award.This course is only open to UK applicants.You'll study at one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals, Southampton General Hospital, and at our purpose-built life sciences facilities on campus. You'll gain clinical experience from the start of your course, meeting patients in hospital and primary care settings. You'll also benefit from our world-leading medical research groups, carrying out your own in-depth project.This Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) Medicine BM6 course is designed to widen participation in medicine. For example, you may be able to apply if you or your parent or guardian receive benefits, or you are the first in your family to apply for a higher education course. As part of your degree you will:attend shifts as a healthcare support worker to experience multi-professional teamworkingtake a student assistantship module in year 5benefit from teaching from our world-leading medical research groups, embedding research firmly in the curriculumYou can:take your year 5 elective anywhere in the UK, or abroadapply for a master's of medical science or a MSc at Southampton - or study for a iBSc or MSc at another university - between year 3 and year 4 (known as intercalation)explore topics that interest you through our student selected units