Transfer to GKT

Each year, we offer approximately 35 places for medical students from Oxford and Cambridge universities who have obtained their BA honours degree and who wish to complete the final three years of their medical training in London.

Students must apply under the common application procedure agreed between Oxford, Cambridge and London universities.

We accept applications for transfer from other medical schools in the UK. However, we only accept a maximum of two per year (only into Year 3). Please contact the Health Schools Admissions Centre for a direct entry application form.

We do not accept applications for transfer from medical schools outside the UK.

HYMS and Barts. Going to Barts.

I think the courses at both are quite comparable to be honest. And yeah, definitely slim chances but I think there's no harm in trying. I thought about giving them an email but just wanted to check and see if anyone here had managed to transfer to GKT and could provide some tips, etc.

Depends what medical school you are currently at, and when you want to transfer. According to King's website:



Where are your offers from? I believe that the course structure has to be relatively similar (as in defined pre-clinical/clinical periods) for you to be eligible.

Thanks for posting this. I can't find the page. Could you post a link?

Good luck, Kings is a brilliant university, thats why I picked their 6yr offer over 5 at Durham, plus a number of other reasons of course. Its really difficult tbh but Barts is also very good and im sure you wont be too disappointed either way, in the end you'll get that all important MBBS.

Thanks for posting this. I can't find the page. Could you post a link?

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Thank you. Yes, maybe I like Barts so much that I decide not to transfer at all. It's just that I have been in love with King's for 5 years now, so I really would like to give it another shot (as of now).

Are you a grad or a school leaver? Wow opting for a 6 year offer over 5 sounds like real commitment. You must love King's as much as I do. What year are you in now?

Thanks so much. You've been quite helpful. I might even bother you again if that's okay. Are you a current King's medic?

Thanks I actually took a gap year and im starting in September. Personally imo Kings is probably one of the best medical schools in the country. I hope I dont live to regret it though, it is pretty crazy to pick the 6yr over Durham/Newcastle which is also a very good course. I would have applied to the 5yr but they dont accept maths and further maths in the same offer, but I got AAAB and 712.5 UKCAT. The course itself is not much different to the standard 5yr, we just do the first standard year over 2 and then integrate with the 5yrs from there onwards.

Out of interest, what would you have decided? I suppose it doesn't hurt to give it a shot, It can be done just very difficult. Good luck with it and your medical studies in general

EDIT: Also had some personal reasons for picking Kings but to be honest if it were 5v5 I would have firmed Kings no matter.

Nope, I'm at BSMS. The title just made me curious :P

Heyy. I took a gap year too. Lol. King's def is a fabulous med school with a lot of prestige and a great rep. So great job in getting in. And you're UKCAT score is so great. I'm impressed.

Personally, if I were in your position I would have also opted for King's over Durham. Although, I probably wouldn't have applied for the 6 year course to begin with (though perhaps I should have). I would've probably done another A-level or something--if that is/was a possibility. But still, you are going to study medicine at King's. 5 years or 6, you are so lucky and I'm sure you won't regret it. Although, if you decide to intercalate, that's 7 years. But years go by so fast these days, one barely notices.

What were these personal reasons? haha or maybe I shouldn't be asking because they are "personal"? I'm being nosy.

But anyway we're both starting Med School in London in Sept. Pretty exciting. I wonder if medics from diff London Med Schools are friends and socialise together, etc. hmm...

Lol thanks, If I was to have done anything differently I would have dropped further maths at AS and concentrated on my chemistry which I was a bit complacent about but anyway. Studying on the 6yr course does make intercalating a little less viable but it shouldn't be a massive issue really, I was interested in intercalating but im not sure now - it will depend on whether it will provide a good enough advantage when it comes to applying for foundation posts later on. The Stockton campus at Durham made just a little bit easier to decide though lol, I had a two and a half hour window after the open day to explore the area and after about 30 minutes just went back to the train station to wait it out

Although Im obviously very dedicated to becoming a doctor I dont feel the need to rush through education, if I had gone the graduate route It would have been 7 or 8 years anyway. I think with time you gain that maturity and assuredness thats vital when starting a career in medicine, I'm definitely in a better position to study medicine now than I was this time last year.

Well basically my mother suffers from 3 week long episodes of illness which are triggered with stress, although she is perfectly fine pretty much most of the time, nobody would notice she had an issues unless they happened to meet her during one. The main issue is that other family members are busy working / studying in different areas so moving out would mean her being alone for long periods of time and that would probably have a negative effect on her and it can get pretty bad - although its not necessarily the main reason its just a factor I took into consideration. If I did move out then obviously we would have adapted some way so it certainly wasn't a critical factor but something I obviously took seriously.

I think they do To my knowledge apparently the medics at Kings kicked Bart's ass at football recently, at least thats what one of the medics down at Kings told me

Oh wow. Sorry to hear that. But good to know that it's not too bad. I take it your a Londoner, already, then?
And I'm not big on sports so I wouldn't know but STILL don't rub it in hahah. I really do hope the all the London schools' med students have some events/socials in common. It'd be good to meet medics other than the ones just within the four walls of one's own uni I think.