The Imperial College London Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Imperial College London medicine course at a glance
A six-year course where the BSc is not optional — year 4 is a full research year with a supervised project, chosen from fifteen pathways. Teaching is case-based with flipped classrooms and team-based learning, and the placement network covers a large slice of west and central London.
How Imperial College London teaches medicine
A "case-based learning approach [that] integrates and translates scientific knowledge to clinical care", using "deep and active learning methods, such as flipped classrooms and Team-Based Learning".
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Described as early exposure to clinical skills training and patient experience.
Year by year at Imperial College London
Where you will actually be at Imperial College London
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Imperial College London publishes.
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Western Eye)
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- London North West Healthcare NHS Trust (Ealing, Northwick Park)
- Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
- Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust
- West Middlesex University Hospital
Intercalation at Imperial College London
Not a separate option — the BSc is integral to the six-year course.
Worth knowing about Imperial College London
- Exceptional students may be offered the opportunity to include a PhD as part of their studies.
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How to get into Imperial College London
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
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Read the guide →Where this Imperial College London course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from Imperial College London's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: Imperial College London — 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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