The Nottingham Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Nottingham medicine course at a glance
A course co-created with students, staff and practitioners, with weekly primary-care teaching from year 2 and a placement estate that spans Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The MLA is embedded in the degree rather than sat separately.
How Nottingham teaches medicine
"A combination of lectures, group-based learning, clinical and communication skills practice, practical and simulation activities."
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Year 2 includes one day per week in primary care; substantial clinical rotations begin in year 3.
Year by year at Nottingham
Where you will actually be at Nottingham
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Nottingham publishes.
Plus regional GP practices.
- Queen's Medical Centre
- Nottingham City Hospital
- Highbury Hospital
- Royal Derby Hospital
- King's Mill Hospital
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
- Derbyshire Healthcare Trust
Worth knowing about Nottingham
- The course was co-created with input from students, staff and practitioners.
- The Medical Licensing Assessment is embedded within degree assessments rather than sat as a separate exam.
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How to get into Nottingham
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Nottingham 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 Nottingham interview
Format breakdown, school-specific sample questions and prep tips from tutors who interviewed here.
Read the guide →Where this Nottingham course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Nottingham's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: University of Nottingham — 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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