The Hertfordshire Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Hertfordshire medicine course at a glance
A brand-new school whose first cohort starts in September 2026, delivered with support from City St George's. Note the entry restriction: initially the MBBS is open to international students only, with around 70 places a year.
How Hertfordshire teaches medicine
"A combination of lectures, small group sessions, and clinical teaching, featuring a hybrid of case-based and problem-based learning, along with comprehensive clinical skills and simulation training."
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Hands-on clinical placements run from year one, combined with lectures and small-group teaching.
Intercalation at Hertfordshire
Available during the course, earning an additional qualification.
Worth knowing about Hertfordshire
- Initially open to international students only — around 70 places a year — with plans to admit UK fee-paying students soon after.
- The first cohort starts in September 2026, delivered with support from City St George’s, University of London.
- Facilities include a six-bed ward, a virtual anatomy lab and two immersive skill rooms with VR and AR technology.
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How to get into Hertfordshire
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Hertfordshire UCAT cut-offs and offers
UCAT cut-offs, A-level offers, interview format and decision dates.
See the requirements →Compare Hertfordshire with other schools
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Open the comparison →Prepare for the Hertfordshire interview
Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Where this Hertfordshire course profile came from
University of Hertfordshire's course page could not be read directly by our tooling — it either sits behind a bot wall or renders in the browser — so this page was built from the university's own published course and school pages, checked on 2026-09-11. Confirm the detail against the official page before you rely on it.
Primary source: University of Hertfordshire — 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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