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Download Cardiff University School of Medicine Admissions Policy for ... and more Exercises Medicine in PDF only on Docsity! Cardiff University School of Medicine Admissions Policy for Undergraduate Programmes in Medicine 2017/18 2 Page 1. Introduction 4 2. Aims 4 3. Equal Opportunities Statement 5 4. The Medical Curriculum 6 5. Programmes a. A100 Programme (5 years) b. A104 Foundation Programme (6 years) c. A101 Graduate Entry to Medicine Programme 6-7 6. Entry Requirements a. Mature Applicants, Access Qualifications and Graduates b. International Applicants c. Resit Applicants d. Deferred Entry 7-10 7. The Admissions Process a. Method of Application b. Selection Process c. Widening Access i. Use of Contextual Data ii. Step Up Scheme d. Final Selection 10-13 8. Other Entry Conditions a. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check b. Medical Students: Professional Values and Fitness to Practice (GMC) c. Health Check d. Blood-Borne Viruses and Other Infectious Diseases 12-14 9. Confirmation of a Place 14 10. Transfers 14 11. Communication with the Admissions Office 14 12. Complaints and Appeals 15 13. Open Days 15 14. Further Enquiries 15 Appendix A Contents 3 Appendix A Academic Entry Requirements-2017/18 Entry 16-23 Appendix B English Language Qualifications–2017/18 entry 24 Contents 5 3 Equal Opportunities Statement Cardiff University School of Medicine welcomes applications from individuals who satisfy the entry criteria, and the School actively supports equality of opportunity for all students and staff. The Equality and Diversity Committee promotes and monitors equality, dignity and human rights in the MBBCh programme, the BSc programmes and the postgraduate taught programmes run by Cardiff University School of Medicine. Selection is bound by the University’s policy on Equality and Diversity: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/public-information/equality-and-diversity Cardiff University School of Medicine aims to create an environment that respects the diversity of staff, students and other stakeholders in the University's community. It also aims to enable them to achieve their full potential, to contribute fully and to derive maximum benefit and enjoyment from their involvement in the life of the University. It also aims to ensure that no prospective or current student is treated less favourably on the grounds of any of the nine protected characteristics defined in the Equality Act 2010 (age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation). The University is committed to the principle of equality of opportunity for all staff and students and to providing an environment where respect is shown to all. Moreover, it values individual employees and students equally and supports them in achieving their full potential. The University believes that an inclusive approach benefits all and enables everyone to contribute appropriately to society. The University aims to ensure equality of opportunity for all individuals whose applications meet the closing date of the 15th of October 2016 and aims to create conditions whereby students are considered solely on the basis of their academic achievement, ability and potential. It acknowledges the need to remove barriers to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of talented students and staff from populations who have historically been under-represented. Applications from individuals with a disability are welcome but such individuals are strongly advised to contact the Admissions Office for guidance prior to submitting an application. Disabled applicants must declare the details on the UCAS application form. Decision making on fitness to practice is entirely separate from the academic and non-academic selection process. When considering applications from individuals with a disability the School will follow the advisory guidelines Gateways to the Professions, published by the GMC www.gmc-uk.org. While a disability need not be a bar to becoming a doctor, the School has a responsibility to make sure that every applicant can achieve the core competencies of the programme and fulfil the demands of professional practice as a newly qualified doctor. These include the ability to communicate clearly, sensitively and effectively, to undertake full physical examination of patients and to perform certain practical skills. There is an obligation on applicants to ensure they do not proceed into a career for which they may not be suited. Applicants who are invited for interview will be sent an Interview Special Requirements Form which they will be required to complete and return in advance of their interview date. This form will allow the Admissions Group to provide the necessary support, as required. Applicants receiving an offer will be contacted by the University’s Disability Support Service to discuss support that may be required during the programme. Diversity of background among Cardiff's medical students is encouraged and all selection decisions are made strictly on the basis of merit and on the applicant’s ability to meet the academic and non-academic criteria described in this document. As part of its widening access agenda, Cardiff University School of Medicine will continue with its use of contextual data. This will assess the achievement of a candidate in the context of opportunity related to socio-economic background. See Section 7.c.i. on page 12. 6 Selection for a medical qualification implies selection for the medical profession and all applicants must have the potential to fulfil the duties of a medical student and subsequently of a doctor as outlined by the GMC in the guidance documents Medical Students: Professional Behaviour and Fitness to Practise and Good Medical Practice (www.gmc-uk.org). The responsibility for decisions regarding registration is that of the GMC. Cardiff University School of Medicine carefully monitors the selection process regularly to ensure that applicants are not disadvantaged in any way. People involved with admissions are drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds, and are aware of the University’s policies on Equality and Diversity and of the relevant legislation and receive training. 4 The Medical Curriculum The C21 curriculum puts the patient at the very centre of medical education. By embedding the core values of teaching excellence, patient safety, scholarship, science, and service, our aim is to maintain and develop a world leading research-led medical programme. The Cardiff vision is to attract, train and retain the very best doctors for Wales by providing high quality teaching and an inspiring learning experience based around increased clinical contact. Our priorities are to create a working environment committed to valuing and respecting professional development based on clinical excellence and strong medical and biomedical research. 5. Programmes a. A100 Programme (5 years) This is the conventional five year programme leading to the MBBCh degree. b. A104 Foundation Programme (6 years) This foundation programme is designed for applicants who have demonstrated a high academic potential but do not have the depth of subject/science specialism associated with the A100 Programme. It is not intended for applicants who have taken but failed to achieve the necessary grades in subjects required for entry into the A100 programme. The A104 programme has a modular structure in which students pursue 12 modules. Studies centre on chemistry, the biological sciences and mathematics, with opportunities to observe clinical practice. However, this may vary according to the individual student’s prior qualifications. c. A101 Graduate Entry to Medicine Programme This is a specific four year Graduate Entry to Medicine (GEM) programme for applicants who are currently enrolled on one of the Feeder Stream courses: 1. The BMedSci Medical Sciences Degree from the University of Bangor (B100) 2. The BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences Degree, from the University of South Wales (B901) 3. The BSc (Hons) Medical Pharmacology degree, School of Medicine, Cardiff University (B210) 4. The BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences degree, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University (BC97) The GEM entry programmes have been developed as an alternative route for students who want to study Medicine. A number of selected students from within the above programmes are allowed to enter the second year of the five year A100 Medical programme following graduation with a minimum upper second class 7 honours degree. Prospective candidates are advised to refer to the course literature from these programmes to obtain specific details. Applicants applying from these routes will need to have fulfilled all the minimum requirements as outlined in Appendix A for graduate entry. The selection process from these feeder courses is dependent on academic, non-academic, and GAMSAT achievement, as well as performance at interview in line with the selection for all other applicants. Students wishing to progress from one of the above feeder streams to the four year GEM programme (A101) will normally be subject to the Admissions Criteria, published by Cardiff University School of Medicine, in the year that the student starts their feeder course, not the year of entry to the four year GEM programme (A101). Cardiff University School of Medicine has standardised entry criteria for Feeder Stream applicants to the A101 programme (see Appendix A, Section h. (ii).) These will apply to all students entering the Feeder Stream courses from September 2014. Dental graduates who are applying to study medicine will be considered for the A101 programme only and will also need to sit the GAMSAT. 6 Entry Requirements Details of the minimum academic requirements for consideration for entry into the MBBCh course are found in Appendices A and B. However, lower levels of academic achievement may be considered if there are extenuating circumstances. Details of extenuating circumstances must be documented and submitted directly to the Admissions Office at Cardiff University School of Medicine, at the time of applying via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) i.e. before the 15th of October 2016. Extenuating circumstances will only be accepted after this date if there may be a direct impact on exam results affecting whether a successful applicant would meet the terms of their offer; these extenuating circumstances must be declared no later than 1st August 2017. It is expected that extenuating circumstances relating specifically to previous performance in examinations will already have been notified to the relevant Examinations Board, and that the classification of the relevant award will already have been moderated accordingly. If the Examinations Board has already been notified we will be unable to offer further consideration. Cardiff University School of Medicine is committed to safeguarding both its students and the patients with whom they come into contact as part of our medicine programme. Cardiff University’s Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Policy (2010), and the Children Act (1989) legally defines a child as a person under the age of 18. As students are in a clinical environment from the first year, Cardiff University School of Medicine requires all applicants to be 18 years of age or older by the beginning of the academic year, normally around the 20th of September each year. Cardiff University School of Medicine is committed to ensuring that applicants are admitted on the basis of fair admissions practices. Applications that are suspected to contain false, plagiarised, incorrect, or misleading information will be investigated according to the University’s Application Verification Policy. If the suspicions are confirmed, the application will be rejected and any offer already made will be rescinded. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure the Admissions Office is informed of any relevant changes to his/her personal circumstances. All UCAS Personal Statements are subjected to a plagiarism detection process. 10 7 The Admissions Process Before the start of each admissions cycle, the Admissions Group reviews the previous cycle and recommends any changes in policy or the selection criteria to the School of Medicine. This policy and the selection criteria will not normally be changed during an admissions cycle. Competition for a place at Cardiff University School of Medicine is intense. For example, the University usually receives more than 3,500 applications; of these, approximately one third are invited to interview. a Method of Application All applications must be made through UCAS, details of which can be found at www.ucas.com. Applications can be made in either English or Welsh, and applicants can elect which of these languages they wish to receive correspondence in. Applicants are advised that no more than four choices from the possible five can be used for medical programmes. Cardiff University School of Medicine is not made aware of applicants' other chosen universities, but is aware of an individual's application(s) for other courses at Cardiff University. The latter will not affect the manner in which an application for medicine is considered. All applications are subjected to verification procedures for fraud and plagiarism. The closing date for applications for 2017 entry is the 15th October 2016. Applications received after this date will not usually be considered. b Selection Process There are three stages to the selection process. Members of the Cardiff University School of Medicine Admissions Group are involved at all stages. Stage 1: Academic Requirements In order to establish an applicant’s potential to cope with the academic rigours of the programme, the initial assessment consists of screening applications according to whether they meet the specified minimum academic requirements shown in Appendices A and B. In the absence of documented extenuating circumstances provided at the time of application, applicants who do not meet these minimum requirements will be rejected and notified of this decision by UCAS. The remaining applications will be ranked according to their overall certificated academic qualifications, usually GCSE and GCE A level grades, Baccalaureate points or degree classifications. AS Level grades and predicted results are not used. From this ranking students will be identified for assessment of non-academic attributes and for interview. This means that not all applicants who have met the minimum academic requirements will proceed to the next ‘non-academic’ stage of the selection process; it will depend on their ranking, and consequently, the competition. Once academic ranking of all applications is complete, a cut-off point is decided. Remember that the cut-off might change from one cycle to another, as it depends on the overall standard of applications received in each cycle. GCSE scores lower than the cut-off may become competitive once A2 Levels have been obtained, as the A2 Levels can affect the GCSE scoring. A2 Levels are not scored in the same way as the GCSEs. 11 Applicants with other qualifications, whether from within the UK, the EU or elsewhere will be considered individually. However, they will be expected to have achieved a comparable high level of achievement within their own education systems. Stage 2: Non-academic Requirements Applicants who meet the minimum academic requirements and are sufficiently highly ranked academically are assessed on non-academic criteria according to the information in their personal statement and the referee’s report given on the UCAS application form. Non-academic requirements will also be assessed at any potential interview. Applications are reviewed by trained selectors and the following are assessed:  Medical motivation and awareness of the career  Caring ethos and a sense of social awareness  Sense of responsibility  Evidence of a balanced approach to life  Evidence of self-directed learning and extracurricular activities  Referee’s report All applicants are expected to have an appreciation of the length of the training programme and the career structure, and how this relates to their own situation and circumstances. Cardiff University School of Medicine recognises that opportunities for certain types of work experience and participation in some non-academic activities will vary according to individual circumstances, including an applicant's cultural or socio-economic background, or the activities available in their local area. The ways in which the non-academic selection criteria may be demonstrated is therefore not prescriptive. Additional information such as that provided by schools or the applicant, particularly relating to documented exceptional extenuating circumstances, will only be considered as long as this is provided at the time of application. Please remember that extenuating circumstances relating specifically to previous performance in examinations should already have been notified to the relevant Examinations Board, and that the classification of the relevant award will already have been moderated accordingly. If the Examinations Board has already been notified we will not offer further consideration. Stage 3: Interviews No offers are made without interview. Interviews are offered to applicants who achieve the highest positions according to their academic and non-academic rankings. For 2017 entry, applicants will be required to attend multiple mini interviews. Selection for interview is based on academic performance. For those selected for interview, applicants will attend a 10 station multiple mini interview. These interviews will take place over a three week period: 30th November 2016 – 14th December 2016 18th January 2017 – 25th January 2017 Applicants will rotate round the 10 stations in turn. Each station will last 6 minutes. The interviews focus on exploring the personal qualities and attributes important in developing good doctors in the future. Invitations to interview will be sent via email with a link to our online booking system. No offers for a place to study Undergraduate Medicine at Cardiff University will be made until all interviews have been completed to ensure all applicants have an equal opportunity. Those who are not invited for interview will be informed, through UCAS, that their application has been unsuccessful. 12 Interviewers receive training and guidance on the form and conduct of the interviews, including issues relating to equal opportunities and diversity. It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure they are physically and mentally fit for the interviews. Retrospective adjustment for a weak performance will not be made. Any extenuating circumstances that may affect an applicant’s performance at interview must be stated in the interviews special requirements form or emailed to Cardiff University’s School of Medicine Admissions Office at [email protected] before the interviews. Any aspects of the interviews that an applicant feels may have not been fairly or properly applied must be brought to the attention of the Admissions Group on the day of interviews and not retrospectively. Failure to attend without good cause will be seen as an application being withdrawn. C Widening Access i. Use of Contextual Data Cardiff University School of Medicine is committed to widening access and welcomes applications from students of all backgrounds. The academic and non-academic attainment of a candidate will be reviewed against socio-economic and educational background to provide admissions tutors with a more complete overview of an applicant’s attainment and potential. The School may include Welsh culture, society and Welsh language qualifications as part of the assessment criteria. The School will consider this information in deciding whether or not to call a candidate for interview. It will not be used to make lower or differential offers. ii. Step Up Scheme Cardiff University School of Medicine will accept applications from those on the Step Up to University Scheme. Such students must advise the scheme coordinators that they will be applying to study medicine at Cardiff and ensure their names are subsequently passed to the medicine Admissions Office. Applicants from the Step Up Scheme must meet our minimum entry requirements (listed in appendix A); providing they do, they are guaranteed an interview. This scheme will not be used to make lower or differential offers. d Final selection The final decision to offer a place is made by the Admissions Group. Decisions reached by the Admissions Group are final. Feedback to applicants The University is committed to providing unsuccessful applicants with the opportunity to receive appropriate feedback about their applications. Applicants may request feedback about the initial selection decision communicated to them by the University. Requests for feedback must:  Be submitted by the applicant to Cardiff University’s School of Medicine Admissions Office in writing. Data protection legislation means that the University is unable to respond to requests for feedback submitted by third parties  Be submitted within 28 days of receipt of the University’s decision, whether this is communicated by UCAS or the University directly  Provide their application reference number, their full name and the programme of study applied for in their written request. The University will provide its feedback about the application in a single written response. We regret that we are unable to enter into a dialogue with applicants in the provision of feedback, given the large number of 15 documented extenuating circumstances and contextual information, if appropriate, before making a decision as to whether the student should be offered a place. It should be noted that extenuating circumstances relating directly to examination performance will normally be expected to have been disclosed to the relevant Examination Board and to have been dealt with in the grading or classification of results. The applicant will be notified of the decision via UCAS. The Admissions Group decision is final. 10 Transfers Cardiff University School of Medicine will not normally accept transfers to its undergraduate medicine programmes. 11 Communication with the School of Medicine Admissions Office Communication with the Admissions Office relating to an applicant's personal circumstances, that could have a potential bearing on selection, must be made in writing by letter or email. Communications relating to offers and decisions will only be made with applicants themselves, unless prior written authorisation has been given by the applicant that admissions staff can communicate with other named individuals. Applicants wishing to use information obtained from admissions staff to support an application must ensure that the information has been provided in writing by the admissions staff. 12 Complaints and Appeals Cardiff University is committed to delivering a high quality, efficient and fair admissions process. Applicants may lodge a complaint/appeal if they feel that procedural aspects of the selection process, as documented in the School’s published policies and procedures, have not been fairly or properly applied. Applicants may not appeal to the University against the academic judgement of the Admissions Group or the applicant’s failure to fulfil non-academic conditions of admission. Complaints/appeals must be submitted by the applicant. Further information about submitting a complaint or appeal can be found at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/public-information/students-applicants/admissions- policies/complaints-and-appeals to. As much detail as possible should be provided about the reason(s) why the applicant considers that his or her application has not been considered fairly and properly according to the published policy and procedures, including copies of all available evidence to support the complaint. The complaint must be dated and signed by the applicant, and submitted within 28 days of the date that UCAS informed the applicant of the University’s decision. Standards of professionalism are an important part of being both a medical student and doctor. Unacceptable behaviour during the admissions process may be considered as unprofessional behaviour, which could impact on the application itself, and may result in an application being withdrawn. 13 Open Days Prospective students are encouraged to visit Cardiff University School of Medicine during the Cardiff University and Medical School Open Days. Details for both of these events can be found at http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/undergraduate/events.html 16 14 Further Enquiries For further enquiries regarding admissions to Cardiff University School of Medicine undergraduate medical degree programmes please contact: School of Medicine Admissions Office 2nd Floor Neuadd Meirionnydd Heath Park Campus Cardiff University Cardiff CF14 4YS Telephone: (029) 2068 8113/8073 Email: [email protected] 17 Appendix A Academic Requirements for Applicants–2017/18 entry It is expected that all applicants will provide evidence of prior academic capability in publicly validated examinations, e.g. GCSE, IGCSE, or other. This must be included in the qualifications section of the UCAS application form. All applicants must possess an acceptable English language qualification (see Appendix B). For applicants with UK qualifications, only those that are defined in the National Database of Accredited Qualifications are acceptable (http://www.accreditedqualifications.org.uk/office-of-qualifications-and- examinations-regulation-ofqual.html). A100 and A104 programmes: a. GCSE Requirements Please note, this table should be read in conjunction with the information provided in section 7.b. GCSE Subjects Minimum requirements English Language B Mathematics B Science Either, AA in Science and Additional Science (formerly Double Award Science) or equivalent. Or, AAB in Chemistry, Physics and Biology in any order. Or, AAB in Core Science, Additional Science, and Further Additional Science as a triple science combination, in any order. Other subjects Other subjects not stated above, to make a total of nine, at a minimum of grade B. GCSE Human Biology will be considered but not in conjunction with standard GSCE Biology. Level 2 certificates such as the Certificate in Digital Applications (CiDA), Applied Business, ICT (examining board) and the Diploma in Digital Applications (DiDA) will be considered as contributing one additional, separate subject in lieu of a GCSE during academic scoring. Subjects NOT considered Short course GCSE subjects. Additional Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Level 2 BTECs. NVQs. Welsh Baccalaureate level 2. 20 provide details of specific modules from their degree courses and will then be considered individually by the Admissions Group. Further details can be obtained from the Admissions Office. All graduate applicants to A100 will be required to sit the GAMSAT examination prior to applying, in order for their application to be considered. A104 6 year programme: Graduates who do not have the appropriate science background may be considered for the A104 (six year) Foundation Programme. All graduate applicants to the A104 will be required to sit the UKCAT and not the GAMSAT examination prior to applying. This may be used as part of the assessment process. N.B. Graduates applying for either the A100 or A104 programme will only be considered for entry into the first year of the programme. Applicants must have completed their degree or must be in the final year of their current degree programme in order for their application to be considered. h. (i) Dental Graduates Please note that all dental graduates who are applying to study medicine will be considered for A101 only. Applicants are required to have completed further postgraduate training obtaining appropriate professional qualifications. Applicants should submit a full CV (curriculum vitae) to the Admissions Office at the time of making their UCAS application. The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (OMFS) provides information for applicants for training in OMFS http://www.baoms.org.uk/file.aspx?id=601 Dental graduate applicants are required to sit the GAMSAT examination prior to applying, in order for their application to be considered. h. (ii) Feeder Stream Courses to the A101 Programme This is a specific four year programme for Dental graduates (see Appendix A: section h.(i)) and applicants who are currently enrolled on to an officiated Feeder Stream Graduate Entry to Medicine programmes: 1. The BMedSci Medical Sciences Degree from the University of Bangor (B100) 2. The BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences Degree, from the University of South Wales (B901) 3. The BSc (Hons) Medical Pharmacology degree, School of Medicine, Cardiff University (B210) 4. The BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences degree, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University (BC97) A number of selected students from within the above programmes are allowed to enter the second year of the five year A100 Medical programme following graduation with a minimum upper second class honours degree. Prospective candidates are advised to refer to the course literature from these programmes to obtain specific details. The standardised entry criteria to the MBBCh programme from all of these four feeder programmes are stated below. Each feeder stream may have up to ten places available. The A101 course is four years long, with no provision to do an Intercalated BSc during the programme. 21 CRITERIA for graduate entry to the A101 programme: It is expected that all applicants will provide evidence of prior academic capability in publicly validated examinations e.g. GCSEs. This should be included on the UCAS form. 1. BSc degree 2:1 or above. 2. BBB at A2 Level. 3. English and Mathematics GCSE at grade B level or above, or IELTs at level 7.0 Applicants can resit these GCSEs during their BSc programme to achieve these grades, prior to entering the A101 programme. 4. GAMSAT All graduate applicants will be required to sit the GAMSAT examination prior to applying, in order for their application to be considered. Individual academic performance required to maintain eligibility to apply to the A101 course to be set by the individual Feeder Stream courses. 5. Interview requirements as set by the Cardiff University School of Medicine. 6. In addition to the academic requirements, applicants must also meet a number of non-academic requirements including a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure (DBS), satisfactory outcome to any Fitness to Practice assessments if held, a satisfactory health check involving screening for Hepatitis B, C and HIV, as stated for A100 course entrants. 7. Students are also expected to sign the Medical School Student Agreement. i. Access Diploma Programmes Applicants should complete and submit their UCAS applications by the 15th October 2016. It is recognised that they will usually have only recently embarked on their Access programme at this time. Accordingly, tutors of those students who are highly ranked on the basis of their non-academic attributes will be asked to provide updated academic references when the students will have had the opportunity to adjust to the demands of their Access course. At this stage applicants may be asked to submit a curriculum vitae. Preference will be given to applicants who have been out of full-time education for at least four years before their Access course. Offers made to Access Diploma students are conditional upon achieving grades at Distinction Level in all units of assessment. Only Access Diploma Programmes that are recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education are accepted and the scientific content of the programme must be appropriate in providing a suitable foundation for the medical course (A104). Applicants must meet the minimum entry requirements as stated in Appendix A section a. The School of Medicine will not consider applications where access courses are undertaken post A-Level, in lieu of A-Level grades not being achieved at first attempt unless there are exceptional circumstances. In these cases you must email [email protected] before making an application. j. Scottish Qualifications ‘AAAAA’ grades in Scottish Highers, including Chemistry, Physics, and Biology are required for entry into the six year Foundation Programme (A104). 22 Applicants offering two subjects at Advanced Higher level with AA grades (including Chemistry); in addition to the Scottish Highers described above, can be considered for the five year scheme (A100). Applicants should normally achieve the qualifications (Highers or Advanced Highers) at the first attempt of the examinations. Mathematics and English language must be passed to at least Standard Level with Grade 2 or Grade B. k. Irish Qualifications Entry is only available into the six year Foundation Programme (A104). Applicants must offer six subjects at Higher Level and obtain ‘AAAAAA’ grades, which must include A (A1 or A2) grades in Chemistry and Biology. Physics must be passed to at least Standard Level with grade A. Mathematics and English language must be passed to at least Standard Level with grade B. Applicants should normally achieve the qualifications at the first attempt of the examinations. l. International Baccalaureate Diploma A100 5 year programme: Applicants require an overall total of 36 points (excluding Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay) for entry. A minimum of 19 points must be achieved in the Higher Level subjects made up of a score of 7, 6, 6 points. Two sciences (from Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and either Mathematics or Statistics, but not Mathematical Studies) must be offered at Higher Level with the score of 6 points being achieved in either Chemistry or Biology. Chemistry or Biology must be offered at Standard Level with a score of 7 points, if not at Higher Level. Physics must be offered at GCSE level if not at Higher or Subsidiary Level. A104 6 year programme: Applicants require an overall total of 36 points (excluding Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay) for entry. A minimum of 19 points must be achieved in the Higher Level subjects made up of a score of 7, 6, 6 points. This Foundation Programme is for those students who do not have the depth of subject specialism associated with A100. It is not intended for applicants who have taken but failed to achieve the necessary grades in subjects required for entry into the A100 Programme. Additional requirements for A100 and A104: If Mathematics and English language are not offered within the diploma they should be offered as GCSE subjects with at least grade B. m. European Baccalaureate Diploma A100 5 year programme: Applicants must offer the Diploma with a final overall mark of at least 85%. Chemistry and Biology with individual grades of at least 8.5 in year 7 must be included in the Diploma for entry to the five year medical programme (A100). A104 6 year programme: Applicants must offer the Diploma with a final overall mark of at least 85%. This course is for those who have not taken the optional Biology and Chemistry modules and therefore do not have the depth of subject specialism associated with the A100 programme.