Medicine with a Gateway Year

Contextual Requirements

This course is a ‘Widening Access’ programme for students who are in the 13th year of education or left school no more than three years prior to the course start date. Applicants must have completed their GCSE and Level 3 qualifications in the UK. It is designed for students whose circumstances or educational opportunities may have prevented them from realising their academic potential.

Eligibility

All applicants must meet the academic criteria of the Medicine with a Gateway course and ONE of the following contextual criteria:

• You are a Home fee paying student, living in England, with a postcode which has an Index of Multiple Deprivation of 1, 2 or 3. You can check this using the eligibility checker below . Please note we are using the 2025 IMD dataset

• You are a Home fee paying student in receipt of the UCAT Bursary. This will be confirmed by UCAT when we receive UCAT results.

• You are a Home fee paying student who is (or has been) eligible or receiving free school meals (FSM) during secondary education. This will be confirmed in your UCAS application.

• You are a Home fee paying student living in the UK, who has experience of care in the UK or estranged from parents. This will be confirmed in your UCAS application.

• You successfully completed the UEA Preparing for Medicine Programme.