Medicine

Medicine is the discipline concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the promotion of health, requiring practitioners who combine rigorous scientific knowledge with the clinical skills, communication abilities and ethical judgement needed to care for patients across the full range of human health and disease. Becoming a doctor is one of the most demanding educational journeys in the UK, requiring sustained intellectual commitment, emotional resilience and a genuine commitment to the wellbeing of others. It is also among the most rewarding, offering a career of direct human service and constant intellectual challenge.

At the University of Dundee the MBChB programme runs full time over five years, leading to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees that qualify graduates to enter the two-year foundation training programme required before full registration with the General Medical Council. You will study the biological and clinical sciences that underpin medical practice, including anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pathology and microbiology, alongside the behavioural, social and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Clinical placements are integrated throughout the degree, giving you direct experience of patient care and of working within the National Health Service from an early stage in your training.

Dundee is a respected medical school with strong connections to the NHS in Scotland and a commitment to producing doctors who are both clinically competent and deeply committed to patient-centred care.

MBChB graduates enter the UK Foundation Programme and progress through specialty training to careers as general practitioners, hospital physicians, surgeons, psychiatrists, anaesthetists, paediatricians, pathologists and across all other medical specialties. Academic medicine, medical research and international health are further paths that some graduates pursue. Medicine is a lifelong commitment to learning and professional development, and the degree is the beginning of a career that will continue to evolve throughout a doctor's working life.