The Aberdeen Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Aberdeen medicine course at a glance
Systems-based and integrated, with clinical attachments from year 1 and a genuinely remote-and-rural option in year 4 — Aberdeen places students as far out as Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
How Aberdeen teaches medicine
A "systems-based, integrated approach" using clinical cases as the focus, delivered through lectures, seminars, tutorials, e-learning, group projects, peer learning, clinical learning, professional placements and research.
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Students begin the Foundations of Primary Care course and clinical attachments in year 1.
Year by year at Aberdeen
Where you will actually be at Aberdeen
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Aberdeen publishes.
NHS Grampian, Highland, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles. Year 4 includes at least one block in Inverness, and a Remote and Rural option is available for all year 4 blocks based in Inverness.
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Intercalation at Aberdeen
A one-year intercalated honours degree in Medical Science or Medical Humanities at the end of year 3 or 4.
Worth knowing about Aberdeen
- The world’s first full-body MRI scanner was developed and built by researchers at Aberdeen.
Applying to Aberdeen?
How to get into Aberdeen
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Aberdeen UCAT cut-offs and offers
UCAT cut-offs, A-level offers, interview format and decision dates.
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Open the comparison →Prepare for the Aberdeen interview
Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Where this Aberdeen course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Aberdeen's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: University of Aberdeen — official course information.
Courses are restructured between cycles. Anything here that decides your application — an anatomy offer, a placement city, a compulsory intercalated year — should be confirmed against the official page for your entry year.
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