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Medicine
| Director of Studies | Professor Hill Gaston (College Fellow) & Dr David Webster (Medical School) | |
| Faculty website | http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk | |
| Undergraduate admissions | http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/ | |
| Course information | http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses/medicine/ | |
| Further enquiries | admissions@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk |
St Edmund's has several fellows and professorial fellows (and a Master!) active in biomedical research, and is a congenial place to study medicine. The college currently admits 3-4 medical undergraduates each year. Both Affiliated and Mature students are admitted, the latter completing the third year of the Natural Science Tripos whereas affiliated students proceed to the clinical course after two years. At present the college does not offer places on the 4 year Graduate Course in Clinical Medicine.
The course in clinical medicine in Cambridge is demanding, so applicants have evidence of previous academic achievement (e.g. a 2:1 degree). Applicants to St Edmund's with non-scientific backgrounds commonly complete Access to Medicine courses or relevant A levels prior to applying to the college. All applicants also sit a university examination for prospective medical students (BMAT), but for mature or affiliated students the results of this are interpreted in the light of the applicant's previous experience and are a minor factor in determining whether an applicant is admitted. All applicants should show, by their interests and the experience they have obtained, that they are aware of what is involved in a career in medicine and are fully committed to achieving this goal.
There is a Director of Studies for both pre-clinical and clinical studies; students are supervised by both clinical and non-clinical members of the university and Addenbrooke's hospital.