This information is from the Guide to Courses 2000-2001, and may therefore be outdated. Guide is expected to be available in late October or early November 2001. These degrees are qualifications for provisional registration under the Medical Act, 1983.
Full registration is obtained after completing one year's preregistration service.
The length of the course for the M.B. B.Chir., excluding the premedical period and preregistration year, is five years and one term for those students who pursue their clinical studies in Cambridge and six years for the remainder of the students. Would-be medical applicants taking different examinations systems should speak to an Admissions Tutor as early as possible to discuss their position with regard to these regulations. Examinations conducted overseas by the Local Examinations Syndicate shall be considered for equivalence according to the standard attained, as long as the examination is conducted in English. A student who has obtained Honours or has achieved the Honours Standard in an appropriate subject of the Natural Sciences Tripos shall be deemed to have obtained an Advanced level pass in the corresponding subject as shown in this list, which can be viewed either preformatted or as a table . Additional Requirements All entrants to medicine have to undergo immunization against hepatitis B in their first year.