The Dundee Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Dundee medicine course at a glance
A spiral curriculum where clinical history and examination are taught from year one — which Dundee itself calls unusual — and anatomy is learned on Thiel-embalmed cadavers that keep the flexibility of living tissue.
How Dundee teaches medicine
A "spiral curriculum" in which "each year builds on your existing knowledge" and "you revisit core concepts and skills with increasing depth each year".
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Clinical history and examination are taught from year one, with general-practice placements in the early years; longer clinical placements run from year 4.
Anatomy at Dundee
Full-body dissection. Hands-on dissection using full-body Thiel-embalmed cadavers, which "keep their flexible, realistic tissue and full joint mobility", making the experience "as close to working on a living person as possible".
Year by year at Dundee
Where you will actually be at Dundee
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Dundee publishes.
Plus general practices across Scotland.
- Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Intercalation at Dundee
Optional in year 3, leading to a BMSc.
Worth knowing about Dundee
- Anatomy is taught on Thiel-embalmed cadavers, which retain life-like flexibility and joint mobility.
Applying to Dundee?
How to get into Dundee
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Dundee 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 Dundee interview
Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Where this Dundee course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Dundee's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: University of Dundee — 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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