Overview of the Curriculum
The MBBS curriculum is organised as follows:
| Clinical Science | |
| Core Curriculum Clinical Sciences | Year 1 |
| Clinical Practice | |
| Transitional Year | Year 2 |
| Penultimate Year | Year 3 |
| Final Year | Year 4 |
| Student Selected Components | Years 1-4 |
Structure of the academic year
The curriculum is taught within a traditional academic year structure, starting in September. Years 2 and 3 are organised around the 6 week blocks that make up those years. Year 4, for reasons concerned with the required overall length of the course and its nature as a period of intensive clinical experience, is a continuous period of 45 weeks.
Credit Structure of the MBBS Curriculum
The MBBS course is based upon the accumulation of credit in each year of the programme, using the standard undergraduate UK framework and the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS), as follows:
| Year | Credit Level | UK credits | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | Level 2 | 120 | 60 |
| Year 2 | Level 3 | 180 | 90 |
| Year 3 | Level 3 | 180 | 90 |
| Year 4 | Level 3 | 180 | 90 |