The University of Cambridge runs the largest pre-clinical medical course in the United Kingdom. Unusually this course leads for all medical students towards both professional qualification via the 2nd MB examination and the BA degree. At the end of the third year, after completion of the BA, approximately half of the students stay in Cambridge for the clinical portion of the course leading to the MB, B.Chir., while almost all of the rest transfer to Oxford or London where they take their medical degrees. This covers all of the material necessary for the 2nd MB professional examinations, and additional material to bring the scientific content up to the same level as for the Natural Sciences Tripos.
Students have considerable choice in the subjects they read in the third year.
A small number take quite different courses, e.g. English, Theology or Music. Those intending to remain in Cambridge are restricted to taking medically related subjects, but this is interpreted widely and includes, for instance, everything in the Natural Sciences Tripos and even Law providing the papers chosen include medical ethics. Admissions Information Numbers Jesus College usually admits between 13 and 16 undergraduates each year to read for the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos. Deferred Entry Deferred entry is allowed and recommended when there are specific, worthwhile plans for the intervening year. Passes at Advanced GCE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE may be substituted for GCSEs in i, ii and iii.