Medicine BM6 Widening Participation (BMBS)

We're reviewing this course as part of our regular quality assurance process. This may result in some changes to course content or delivery of the course in 2025.

In 2025, BM6 Year 0 students will study an improved and updated course, which provides the advantage of more clinical learning time and embedded research experience. The major change being made to enable this is the removal of the research project in Year 3 and the associated integrated BMedSc award.
You'll study at one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals, University Hospital Southampton, and at our purpose-built life sciences facilities on campus. You'll gain clinical experience from the start of your course, meeting patients in hospital and primary care settings. You'll also benefit from teaching from our world-leading medical research groups, embedding research firmly in the curriculum.

This Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) BM6 course is designed to widen participation in medicine. For example, you may be able to apply if you or your parent or guardian receive benefits, or you are the first in your family to apply for a higher education course.
As part of your degree you will:
• attend shifts as a healthcare support worker to experience multi-professional teamworking
• take a student assistantship module in year 5
• benefit from a research-embedded curriculum
You can:
• take your year 5 elective anywhere in the UK, or abroad
• apply for a Masters of medical science (MmedSc) or a MSc at Southampton - or study for an iBSc or MSc at another university - between year 3 and year 4 (known as intercalation)
• explore topics that interest you through our student selected units
You can get involved in research and entrepreneurship. We work on life-changing treatments and therapies in partnership with industry and with experts in the physical sciences, computing, engineering and mathematics fields.
You'll meet patients in clinical settings and will learn from volunteer patients, simulated environments and prepared patient cases.
In year 3 students may be placed in partner trusts including Portsmouth and Winchester as well as Southampton. In the final 2 years of the programme students are placed across the Wessex region.

This course is only open to home applicants. Applicants must meet three out of the six advertised eligibility criteria.