The Ashbourne College Medical School Programme has evolved and developed for over 20 years since Ashbourne College was established in 1981. It is designed to give students the best possible chance of entering a UK Medical School.

Ashbourne will help through:

• Discussion of medical issues through classroom teaching
• Advice on medical schools and the applications procedure
• Guidance through the UCAS process
• Regular scheduled workshops
• Mock BMAT / UKCAT tests
• Practice interviews with Ashbourne tutors and Dr. John Foreman, Dean of Students and Professor of Pharmacology and a former member of the panel for Medical School Admissions at University College London

Firstly, there are no guarantees. Most students who apply to medical schools will not take up a place. Competition is fierce and increasingly strong. However, Ashbourne’s record of students gaining offers is considerably higher than the national average and we pride ourselves on the quality of assistance we provide to potential medical candidates and to the UCAS procedure in general.

BAC Inspection

Our recent BAC inspection rated both our UCAS and personal tutoring system as ‘excellent’ (the highest rating). The comment below is taken directly from this report:

“Support for UCAS applications was excellent. The vice-principal made full use of the UCAS on-line system to monitor and track applications, enabling her to intervene promptly if there is a lack of progress.

Specific additional support, including interview practice, is given to those making Oxbridge applications or applying for medical or dental degree programmes.”