Welcome to Your Applicant Hub
Choosing where to study Medicine is a big decision. At Bangor, we offer a learning experience that’s personal, practical and community-focused. With small group teaching, bilingual learning and immersive clinical placements across North Wales, students benefit from hands-on training in one of the UK’s most distinctive and beautiful regions.
Your Applicant Hub has everything you need to take the next step, get ready for life at Bangor, and begin shaping your future in Medicine.
In Year 2 and Year 5 you’ll take Student Selected Components (SSCs). SSCs provide the opportunity for you to choose areas you study and acquire knowledge through your own effort. In the past students have undertaken projects related to Mountain Medicine...
For Welsh-speaking students you’ll be able to study some modules through the medium of Welsh and use your language on placements. But if you don’t speak Welsh don’t panic! All content is available in English and we will provide you with the opportunity to learn basic language skills in order to help you communicate with Welsh patients on placement and develop transferable communication skills that you can use across the world.
You’ll learn through Case Based learning (CBL) which helps you to make sense of your new knowledge and skills. Working in small groups on a case study or scenario, you will develop solutions under the guidance of your facilitator. With each case you will look at the anatomy, physiology and social aspects, develop practical skills and get relevant clinical experience through short placements. This process will allow you to understand how each relates to the other, giving you an overall perspective
(Megan R)
Hi, I'm Megan. Hopefully you've come to one of our applicant days, but if not, here's some reasons why you should choose Bangor.
(Llinos)
The reasons I think you should come to Bangor, there's a really great community amongst the staff and the student body.
We have peer guides assigned to you to help you get settled in.
We have personal tutors to help you not just academically, but with your university experience.
And we've also got Bangor MedSoc, which is a specific society for the medical students and anybody interested in the clinical side of things.
(Megan R)
I chose Bangor because of the Welsh language, so I enjoy being part of like, a Welsh community during the course but also as part of Bangor itself.
(Dewisiais Bangor oherwydd yr iaith Cymraeg, felly dwi'n mwynhau bod yn rhan o, fel, cymuned Cymraeg yn ystod y cwrs ond hefyd fel rhan o Bangor ei hun.)
(Llinos)
On top of that, the bilingualism at the department is great because we're living in North Wales where Welsh and English are both used.
It gives you a really good experience to get used to treating patients that maybe don't have the same first language as you.
(Megan R)
So, with 'CBL', with case based learning, I like doing it in Welsh but also doing the community. So going out to placement and being able to use the Welsh language.
(Llinos)
And then one of the other things that really stands out as a department is the Rural Medicine day that we have for the year two students, where we pull in different emergency services from the area to simulate maybe something that could come across more often, in this kind of area, and the students get to experience that for themselves.
(Megan B)
For me, the best thing about Bangor is the surrounding area. I love, like, the mountains and the beaches, such as Newborough beach.
And there's loads of societies you can join, like mountaineering and paddleboarding. So we really look forward to you choosing Bangor as your firm choice.
Today we are providing rural health training for Medicine students in their second year.
We have been very lucky that several emergency services have agreed to take part in this. We have got today the Mountain Rescue Service, the Welsh Ambulance Service, the Fire and Rescue Service, and the pre-hospital doctor service.
This is part of the Medical Curriculum and this is the first day that the students have performed a simulation.
The students will go round the different scenarios, each one will get about an hour with the services as well as the simulated patients that we have got today.
It's real life experience education where they get the experience on how to assess people but not within a clinical setting, what sort of resources will they have and how will they do this in a safe way.
My name is Sahla Siji. I'm a second year medical student. Today we've been doing a simulation day, so we were asked to be in different situations. For example a car accident, and we were sort of being trained and seeing how we act in an acute medicine setting. I think one of the main things that I've learned is learning to use minimal resources to get the best sort of patient outcome, and always prioritising the patient in any setting you're in and having this day was very useful for that because, we're not always going to get all the resources like we would in a hospital. So having not limited resources, but enough was very useful to have that adaptability skill.
It's quite a unique thing that we do in Bangor, which rarely happens anywhere else in the UK where they actually get hands on experience on a 1 to 1 basis with emergency services. That's quite an attractive thing for the students because they enjoy the day, but they also have these learning outcomes that they have to achieve, which goes from knowing what the injury looks like, understanding how the human body works, and and gaining knowledge of how to assess and manage them, but also then knowing how the team work happens and other emergency services work.
I spent the morning, started it with mountain rescue. We were learning how to prepare people for transfer, how to warm people from hypothermia, and I've just finished an intubation session. So we got to practice securing airways and intubated mannequins, which was really cool and interesting.
Having these hands on experiences are very useful early on, especially because I'm only a second year medical student now. So anything we learn from a young age I think is beneficial later on, only because the more you experience, the better.
It's a very wholesome experience for them. It goes through the whole day. And yeah, we've had very positive feedback in the past and so I'm quite enthused. And the medical services enjoy themselves as well.
Chat to Students and Staff
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Frequently Asked Questions
We understand you may have lots of questions about becoming a medical student at Bangor so we've compiled the answers to the most frequently asked questions below.
Once your offer has been confirmed we’ll contact you to advise you of the next steps to take.
You will need to get a DBS check which is arranged through us and a health check.
Your health check can be arranged with your local healthcare provider, you won’t need to come to Bangor to do this, we’ll contact you to advise you how to make the arrangements.
If you have any concerns, please email medicineadmissions@bangor.ac.uk.
Students on Medicine and Graduate-Entry Medicine Students (GEMS) are guaranteed a place in our university owned accommodation (halls)*. Once Bangor becomes your Firm Choice you will be sent an email inviting you to apply for a room in university accommodation.
For more information on accommodation and private accommodation please visit our student accommodation webpages.
*Subject to terms and conditions.
All BMBS A101 Graduate Entry Medicine students will need to undertake a three weeklong Summer School prior to commencing Phase 1 of this programme. This will include clinical skills and an introduction to case-based learning. This will take place in August and early September, beginning on Tuesday the 26th of August 2025, before the start of the academic year. All successful Graduate Entry Applicants will receive information with their offer.
Year one students on the A100 programme will receive their timetable during Welcome Week which starts on the 22nd of September 2025
As GEM students start earlier with a summer school, they will receive their timetables the Tuesday after the August bank holiday.
In Year one you’ll have your first placement experience after Christmas with a day at a GP practice or another health discipline location.
During year two you’ll have more regular placements. These placements don't start immediately. After an initial re-introduction period at the start of term you'll complete one day a week of placement.
Long term placements start during year 3 with the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC) located at a partner GP practice.
You will have the opportunity to undertake placements in a variety of settings including coastal and seasonal holiday destinations, small towns and rural villages, suburban areas, vibrant cities, areas of deprivation, post-industrial communities, and hospitals across North Wales.
As your placements will be based in a range of locations across North Wales, your home campus of study may change from Bangor to Wrexham from your second year onwards to facilitate easier travel to your place of study. This will be communicated to you in line with your placement allocation.
All placement settings are agreed in advance with the North Wales Medical School.
Our assessment methods follow a non-modular structure, where you learn to apply knowledge rather than just learning facts. For example, instead of learning about anatomy then sitting an exam on anatomy; then learning about pain and sitting an exam on pain - you will learn about anatomy and pain and how they relate to each other in real life. Both will be tested in the same exam, possibly in the same question.
You will be assessed throughout using reflective writing, essays, regular contact with doctors and academics, completion of logs of clinical skills and written exams. For all of these you will receive extensive feedback.
In Years 2 and 3 you will also sit progress tests. These are written exams, held three times a year which serve as important milestones to assess your knowledge and monitor your learning progress over time.
During Welcome Week we’ll have introductory sessions to get everyone together and help them settle in at Bangor.
We’ll have Peer Guides who are current students who have volunteered and have been trained to help new students settle in. They’ll help you make friends through various social events, show you around the town and the University, and give you information and tips about student life.
In the Medical School we also have medic families where you are given Medic ‘parents’ who are in the year above who can give you guidance.
Preparation work prior to commencing studies is not required. If you’re keen to do some preparation work you can read the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates information.
There is limited on-site parking available. If you bring your car with you will need a Student Parking Permit to use University parking facilities. You can find out more about parking arrangements and make an application on our website.
We place a high priority on caring and supporting our students and are well placed to do so due to the smaller teaching groups. As well as the support you will receive from your academic team, the university’s student services department offers a range of assistance to ensure that you thrive during your time with us.
During Welcome Week we’ll have introductory sessions to get everyone together and help them settle in at Bangor.
We’ll have Peer Guides who are current students who have volunteered and have been trained to help new students settle in. They’ll help you make friends through various social events, show you around the town and the University, and give you information and tips about student life.
In the Medical School we also have medic families where you are given Medic ‘parents’ who are in the year above who can give you guidance.
How can you make friends before starting university?
You'll be able to meet other applicants and be part of our Bangor student community even before arriving at Bangor! You can join the Campus Connect app when it goes live in February. In the app, you can ask questions, chat with current students and make friends with other applicants on your course and in your chosen accommodation. You'll be invited to join by email, which will also include your Bangor University reference number that you'll need to register.
