The Ulster University Medical School Medicine courseWhat you actually study, and where you will be
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The Ulster University Medical School medicine course at a glance
A four-year graduate-entry course at the Magee campus in Derry~Londonderry, open to graduates of any discipline. Anatomy is taught entirely without cadavers — the emphasis is on technology and live imaging.
How Ulster University Medical School teaches medicine
An intense full-time four-year programme leading to an MBBS recognised by the GMC as a Primary Medical Qualification, open to graduates from both science and non-science backgrounds.
What that means day to day
Anatomy at Ulster University Medical School
Imaging and models. "Learn anatomy with an emphasis on technology and live imaging, no cadaveric work."
Where you will actually be at Ulster University Medical School
Placement geography is the part of a medicine course that changes your life most and appears in prospectuses least. Here is what Ulster University Medical School publishes.
Primary, secondary and community placements across Northern Ireland; travel is required. A Medical Education Facility is being developed for the Western Health and Social Care Trust on the Altnagelvin Hospital site.
Worth knowing about Ulster University Medical School
- Based at the Magee campus in Derry~Londonderry, alongside other healthcare programmes.
- The School of Medicine was granted degree-awarding powers by the GMC in April 2025.
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How to get into Ulster University Medical School
Entry requirements, UCAT, personal statement and interview, step by step.
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Read the guide →Where this Ulster University Medical School course profile came from
Ulster University'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: Ulster University — 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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