Cyprus good for medicine??

Conditional offer. I need to get atleast ABB

What sort of questions did they ask like do you have any advice I’m so nervous! Also do you know if the degree applies in the uk?

I have applied in University of Nicosia in Cyprus. However the degree is for 6 years and it really bothers me that it is 6 years. I would really like to come to the UK and do medicine but I just feel like it will financially affect my parents. The medicine course in UK that I’ve applied to is only 5 years. Idk I just feel like 6 years is the only thing that’s bothering me.

I believe it's 6 years as you also get a Biomedical Sciences degree after the 4th year (similar to intercalation in the UK). I've gotten accepted too!

thats great! are you taking the offer though??

Yeah I've already accepted

just one small question... are you a girl or a boy??

I'm a girl haha

I am a first year student here if any of you want first hand experience/ want to ask questions:

I got offers to study med in the UK but really wanted a study abroad experience and glad i picked nicosia!

You will basically get in with BBB so dw about grades infact most ppl get in and thats why its a 6 year course the first year is to filter out the ones that can't cope - If you suceed in alevels the content wont be hard its just a more medical version of the subjects youve done at alevels - kind of like a 'hard' foundation year to medicine but ur still exposed to clinical skills ect - ekg/ suturing clubs (external)/ xray/ ultrasound work

Instead of most UK med schools where u do block systems in nicosia it follows a more european medicine course / american where you do like 12 weeks of pharmacology/ 12 weeks of virology/ biochemistry / medical physics ect - which prepares you a lot for the USMLE if you choose to want to do it... but if you want to work in the UK it also prepares you for that as the course is GMC accredited, refers to a lot of the GMC, UK medical board legislations ect

as for the interview its very similar to a UK uni one from what I rmb last year I was asked an ethics question(s), importance of research in medicine + examples, examples of leadership, work experience, why medicine ect.. dw they just want to know you as a person

this degree is accepted in the UK, and in fact since its an MD it has more 'power' over the british degree as it means you can also work in other european countries + america ect ect

I am a first year student here if any of you want first hand experience/ want to ask questions:

I got offers to study med in the UK but really wanted a study abroad experience and glad i picked nicosia!

You will basically get in with BBB so dw about grades infact most ppl get in and thats why its a 6 year course the first year is to filter out the ones that can't cope - If you suceed in alevels the content wont be hard its just a more medical version of the subjects youve done at alevels - kind of like a 'hard' foundation year to medicine but ur still exposed to clinical skills ect - ekg/ suturing clubs (external)/ xray/ ultrasound work

Instead of most UK med schools where u do block systems in nicosia it follows a more european medicine course / american where you do like 12 weeks of pharmacology/ 12 weeks of virology/ biochemistry / medical physics ect - which prepares you a lot for the USMLE if you choose to want to do it... but if you want to work in the UK it also prepares you for that as the course is GMC accredited, refers to a lot of the GMC, UK medical board legislations ect

as for the interview its very similar to a UK uni one from what I rmb last year I was asked an ethics question(s), importance of research in medicine + examples, examples of leadership, work experience, why medicine ect.. dw they just want to know you as a person

this degree is accepted in the UK, and in fact since its an MD it has more 'power' over the british degree as it means you can also work in other european countries + america ect ect

Aren't you worried about having to gain clinical experience in Cyprus (where you'd have to know Greek to understand and communicate with patients) if there aren't enough places in Barnsley Hospital?

Aren't you worried about having to gain clinical experience in Cyprus (where you'd have to know Greek to understand and communicate with patients) if there aren't enough places in Barnsley Hospital?

Also are you an international student (not from the UK)?? What is the lifestyle like in Cyprus ?? Also can you straight away for for residency after finishing the program?? Because it says on their prospectus that we can, so can you please tell me a bit more about that ??

Lifestyle is super chill. Relaxed. its like if you were studying in some of teh quite cities in the UK. Like Coventry or Kent..

As @fionawilliams99 said - if you plan on going to the US, you sit your USMLE exam by year 5/6 and then apply for residency in the US - keeping in mind that in the US they give priority to US citizens and US IMG students first.

As for the UK, you apply through the GMC and you apply as a FY2 doctor and not FY1. Because we have 4 years of clinical training and that is deemed enough by the GMC to work as an FY2 doctor.

Lifestyle is super chill. Relaxed. its like if you were studying in some of teh quite cities in the UK. Like Coventry or Kent..

As @fionawilliams99 said - if you plan on going to the US, you sit your USMLE exam by year 5/6 and then apply for residency in the US - keeping in mind that in the US they give priority to US citizens and US IMG students first.

As for the UK, you apply through the GMC and you apply as a FY2 doctor and not FY1. Because we have 4 years of clinical training and that is deemed enough by the GMC to work as an FY2 doctor.