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Qualifications and durations
- Doctor of Medicine (MD)
- Master of Surgery (MS)
1-5 years
Overview
Graduates holding a qualification, which is recognised for registration by the General Medical Council of the UK, may be considered as candidates for the degrees of Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Master of Surgery (MS). Students should have been engaged for at least two years in an appropriate clinical or research setting in one or more hospitals or institutions approved by the appropriate Board of Studies and have completed the majority of the work for the degree during that employment. Students may present a thesis embodying the results of work done mainly while the candidate is employed in the above mentioned setting or they may submit a substantial body of published work or works embodying the results of personal observations or research in some aspect of Medicine or Surgery.
The final stage of MD or MS awards is a viva voce examination, in which students are required to defend the thesis to a Board of Examiners.
Academic entry requirements
Graduates holding a qualification which is recognised for registration by the General Medical Council of the UK.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in each of the four components).
TOEFL 580 (paper-based test) or 237 (computer-based test) with a score of not less than 4 in the TWE or 92 (internet-based test) with not less than 21 in each of the components.
Contact
Postgraduate Administrator
Email health-research@bath.ac.uk
Tel +44 (0)1225 383049
Fax +44 (0)1225 383833
Web www.bath.ac.uk/health/researchdegrees