Medicine MBChB

University of Glasgow · 5 years · UCAS 5961course page ↗

Graduates earn a median £47,000 three years on.

Pay three years after graduating
£47,000

median, based on 415 graduates · half earned £41,000–£52,000 · Discover Uni (LEO)

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

Entry requirements for this course are not yet on file; see the university’s course page.

Glasgow course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

Who actually got in: 74% with A levels, 1% with the IB, 2% via Access courses. 83% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 335 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Other qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
Scottish HighersAAAAB Higher in S5 + BB Advanced Higher in S6Higher Chemistry, Biology and Physics or Mathematics. National 5 English at grade B. UCAT ( www.ucat.ac.uk for more information). Interview. Offers conditional on S6 performance.
IB38 (6,6,6 HL)HL subjects Chemistry and Biology, SL Physics or Mathematics at 6 (HL recommended) SL English at 6. UCAT ( www.ucat.ac.uk for more information). Interview.
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£47,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£41k
Median£47k
Upper quarter£52k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 415 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 13, 14, 23

Half of graduates earned between £41,000 and £52,000. Five years on, the median is £55,000. 100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 96% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 12% left98%320
In work or study, 15 months on1% studying100%115
Professional or managerial job96%110
Pay 15 months on, median£42,00090
Pay 3 years on, median£47,000415
Pay 5 years on, median£55,000390
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Glasgow fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

82%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 58% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 205 students answered

Highest: 94% agreed on question 3; lowest: 49% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 191%
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Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Glasgow’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Glasgow is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.