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The St Mary's Twickenham Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be

Degree MBBSLength 5 yearsTeaching Case-based learningClinical contact Year 1UCAS code A100

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Overview

The St Mary's Twickenham medicine course at a glance

Not currently open to UK home applicants. Home applicants are withdrawn under current policy; the school expects to open to home students in a future cycle but has given no date.

A new London school with patients from year 1 in general practice and a curriculum aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Like Hertfordshire, it currently accepts international students only.

Teaching

How St Mary's Twickenham teaches medicine

On campus: "lectures, anatomy demonstrations, workshops, reflective case-based tutorials and simulations". Clinical learning takes place in hospital wards, clinics, GP practices and community settings.

What that means day to day

Case-based learning
Like PBL but more structured — the case comes with defined learning outcomes and a facilitator keeps the group on the intended path.

When you first meet patients

"Meeting patients and their families from year 1 in General Practice."

Structure

Year by year at St Mary's Twickenham

Phase 1 (Years 1–2)
Integrated science, medicine and society, and clinical practice.
Phase 2 (Years 3–5)
Year 3 generalism, year 4 specialism, year 5 transition to clinical practice.
Placements

Where you will actually be at St Mary's Twickenham

Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what St Mary's Twickenham publishes.

London, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire

Plus local general practices and private hospitals.

  • West London Trust
  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Basingstoke)
  • Practice Plus Group (Ilford)
  • Royal Trinity Hospice
  • Princess Alice Hospice
  • Meadow House
Worth knowing

Worth knowing about St Mary's Twickenham

  • Currently accepts international students only.
  • The curriculum is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
  • If GMC accreditation is not achieved, the contingency partner is the University of Lancashire.
Next steps

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Sources

Where this St Mary's Twickenham course profile came from

Every course detail on this page was taken from St Mary's University Twickenham's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.

Primary source: St Mary's University Twickenham — 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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