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Medicine

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A level

A*,A*,A

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40-42

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Course option

6years

Full-time | 2024

Subjects

Clinical medicine

Pre-clinical medicine

Our Medicine course provides the education and training required to be one of tomorrow’s doctors, reflecting the latest advances in medical sciences and practice. At Cambridge, you study the medical sciences first, before learning to apply that knowledge to medical practice as a clinical student.

The Uni


Course locations:

Fitzwilliam

Sidney Sussex

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Department:

Clinical School

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What students say


How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Clinical medicine

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This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.


Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

88%
UK students
12%
International students
49%
Male students
51%
Female students

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A*
A*
A*

Pre-clinical medicine

Sorry, no information to show

This is usually because there were too few respondents in the data we receive to be able to provide results about the subject at this university.


Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

88%
UK students
12%
International students
49%
Male students
51%
Female students

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

A*
A*
A*

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Medicine (non-specific)

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£32,000
med
Average annual salary
99%
low
Employed or in further education
99%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

97%
Health professionals
2%
Natural and social science professionals
1%
Business, finance and related associate professionals

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Medicine (non-specific)

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£40k

£40k

£48k

£48k

£52k

£52k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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