The Surrey (GEM) Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Surrey (GEM) medicine course at a glance
A new graduate-entry school with an unusually explicit anatomy offer — prosections plus ultrasound-guided surface anatomy and live-streamed surgery, with full dissection available to some students as a special study unit. AI and VR are written into the curriculum.
How Surrey (GEM) teaches medicine
A "combination of group work (e.g. team-based learning), lectures, placements, role plays and immersive simulations, tutorials and seminars, laboratory practicals, clinical skills teaching".
What that means day to day
When you first meet patients
Placements begin in year 1, starting with GP and community mental health settings.
Anatomy at Surrey (GEM)
Prosection. "Clinically relevant anatomy in our dissection laboratory from human prosections, alongside ultrasound guided surface anatomy teaching and live streaming of patient surgery. Full human dissection will be available to a proportion of interested students as part of a student-selected, special study unit."
Year by year at Surrey (GEM)
Where you will actually be at Surrey (GEM)
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Surrey (GEM) publishes.
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Surrey Heartlands ICS
- Frimley Health and Care ICS
Worth knowing about Surrey (GEM)
- AI is integrated into the curriculum, and virtual reality surgical training runs through the VRiMS collaboration.
- Surrey is listed on the World Directory of Medical Schools and is recognised by the GMC as a new school under review.
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How to get into Surrey (GEM)
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
Open the guide →Surrey (GEM) UCAT cut-offs and offers
UCAT cut-offs, A-level offers, interview format and decision dates.
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Read the guide →Where this Surrey (GEM) course profile came from
Every course detail on this page was taken from University of Surrey's own course page, read on 2026-09-11.
Primary source: University of Surrey — 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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