The St. George's, University of London MBBS degree

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The St George's, University of London degree taught at the University of Nicosia combines innovative teaching and learning methods with leading-edge technology to offer a world-class medical education. The St. George's, University of London MBBS degree is fully accredited and recognised worldwide.

What is an MBBS?

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery or MBBS is a qualifying medical degree, which is considered equivalent to the MD degree in the US system. It is the 4-year graduate entry programme that is offered by St George's in Cyprus.

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

Admissions Requirements

Entry Requirements

A Bachelors degree with at least a 2^nd class honours or equivalent or a higher degree (e.g., MSc, MPhil or PhD) in any discipline.

You should have worked or had voluntary experience in a medical or health-related field and be able to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of medicine.

You must have attained a satisfactory score in the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Please see the GAMSAT or MCAT websites for further details (www.gamsatuk.org orwww.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/).

Interview

If you get an interview to study medicine at the St George's programme in Nicosia, it will be a structured session with a panel lasting 40 minutes. The goal of the interview is to find out if there is more to you than your grades. Of course, your academic performance is important, but so is your potential to behave professionally in your chosen field. So we'll be looking for academic ability and intellect, empathy, initiative and resilience, communication skills, organisational and problem-solving skills, team-work, insight and integrity and effective learning style.

You must undergo satisfactory health and police screening, including a screen for and immunisation against Hepatitis B.

93 Agiou Nikolaou Street, Engomi, Nicosia 2408, Cyprus 
Tel. +357 22471900 - Fax +357 22471947 
US & Canada Tel. (toll-free) 1 877 298 8189 

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Studying With Us

The St George's, University of London degree taught at the University of Nicosia combines innovative teaching and learning methods with leading-edge technology to offer a world-class medical education. The St. George's, University of London MBBS degree is fully accredited and recognised worldwide.

What is an MBBS?

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery or MBBS is a qualifying medical degree, which is considered equivalent to the MD degree in the US system. It is the 4-year graduate entry programme that is offered by St George's in Cyprus.

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

Admissions Requirements

Entry Requirements

A Bachelors degree with at least a 2^nd class honours or equivalent or a higher degree (e.g., MSc, MPhil or PhD) in any discipline.

You should have worked or had voluntary experience in a medical or health-related field and be able to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of medicine.

You must have attained a satisfactory score in the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). Please see the GAMSAT or MCAT websites for further details (www.gamsatuk.org orwww.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/).

Interview

If you get an interview to study medicine at the St George's programme in Nicosia, it will be a structured session with a panel lasting 40 minutes. The goal of the interview is to find out if there is more to you than your grades. Of course, your academic performance is important, but so is your potential to behave professionally in your chosen field. So we'll be looking for academic ability and intellect, empathy, initiative and resilience, communication skills, organisational and problem-solving skills, team-work, insight and integrity and effective learning style.

You must undergo satisfactory health and police screening, including a screen for and immunisation against Hepatitis B.

93 Agiou Nikolaou Street, Engomi, Nicosia 2408, Cyprus 
Tel. +357 22471900 - Fax +357 22471947 
US & Canada Tel. (toll-free) 1 877 298 8189 

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