Extended Medical Degree Programme

Medicine is one of the most demanding and rewarding degree programmes available, combining the study of the biological foundations of health and disease with clinical training in diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. It requires not only the sustained mastery of complex scientific content but the development of clinical judgment, communication skills, and the professional values and resilience needed to practise effectively in a healthcare environment. Medical education in the UK leads to a primary medical qualification that allows graduates to begin their foundation training as doctors.

King's College London's Extended Medical Degree Programme is specifically designed for students from non-selective state schools or participants of Realising Opportunities across England who have the ability and potential for medicine but benefit from a more graduated introduction to medical study than the standard MBBS pathway. The six-year full-time programme offers greater academic and pastoral support, building your confidence and academic foundations in an early phase before progressing to the clinical and scientific content of the main degree. King's is a major centre for medical education with extensive NHS teaching hospitals in London, including some of the largest and most diverse clinical environments in the country, giving you access to an exceptional breadth of clinical experience during your training.

Graduation with a primary medical qualification from King's leads to eligibility for foundation year training in the NHS, the first step towards a career as a practising doctor. Graduates progress through specialty training in areas ranging from general practice, surgery, and medicine to psychiatry, paediatrics, emergency medicine, and many others. Some graduates pursue academic medicine, combining clinical practice with research in a healthcare field.

The programme's aim of widening access to medicine means that it supports people who are genuinely motivated to work in healthcare from a broader range of educational backgrounds.