You are right .

Comparing against IMU fees for 5 semesters at rm 200k, it IS definitely cheaper to pay UK fees for first two years, at current exchange rates.

ALL of Russell group universities are charging 27k to 35k pounds for first two years of medicine studies ...... way cheaper than IMU fees for 5 semesters.

The one and only exception being Edinburg,for first two years, charging highest fees at 41k pounds only against IMU's 40k pounds.

For those who can gain direct entry to UK medicines and have DECIDED to do medicine in UK anyway..... it sounds very odd and funny to take IMU pms pathway .......

Our respective "relatives" will be the "deaths" of us! *collective groans"

Good Luck! You're basically doing what I was doing last year, just not the IMU route.

It is 27K to 35K pounds PER year in UK and IMU is charging abt RM200k for 5 semesters!

No, no.

Per Year in UK pre-clinicals is 13xxx pounds for Aberdeen and about 18xxx pounds for Leeds .

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Added on February 8, 2012, 3:54 pmNot sure if i'm getting at what you mean..... hahaha...


This post has been edited by zeng: Feb 8 2012, 03:54 PM

No worries! Just that to help our relatives achieve their goals, we spend many many hours paving the way for them. It all used to be so easy, and it's ironic that sometimes too much information may not be very "king-ly".

Didn't realise Aberdeen is much less expensive! Should have applied!!

Not ALL Russell Group.

Yeah... sorry.

But almost....... for undergraduate programmes


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Aberdeen is not Russell ...... but Cardiff is .....at 13xxx pound per year

Omg... Imperial is 55k pounds for two years... my bad.

This post has been edited by zeng: Feb 8 2012, 04:28 PM

Plus Imperial is smack in London, and add to that living costs! Having fun yet?? Relative just need to concentrate on studies, while sponsors do all the info gathering, and play with huge calculators.

Glasgow is matching Imperial pound for pound for the first 2 years!

Imperial has the added advantage of 1 more year in London, courtesy of their 6 years program!

I am not too sure whether there is any significant difference/advantage to graduates from a lesser known uni compared to those of the Russell Group in terms of attachment and employment opportunities over there.

The difference in fees can be quite a lot and such savings can be deployed for a good car or a useful holidays during the summer.

I'd like to know as well, in relation to F1 and F2. Shouldn't this be discussed in "Calling All Med Students"?

Yeah lor, should be there.

Please go to "Calling All Med students" _ fees updated for 2012/2013 for Aberdeen

anyone excited for next week's orientation for medic students?

Off topic, Dota competition in IMU. Any freshies who're keen to join, feel free to PM me, form a team of 5, RM 8 per gamer. Top prize, 5 razer mice for the whole team.

only dota? What other gaming competition you have? Team fortress 2?

heard some news bout students from my batch that have failed it!

feeling bored writing my report so i'm back here looking at lowyat forums.
lol.... anyway, i'm studying in leeds now after transferring thru the imu-pms route in 2010. 4th yr now.

regarding ur qw if med graduates from russell grp makes a difference for f1&2... NO
they recently revamped the f1/2 applications and it's now point based (lol.. like everything in the UK. visa application is also point based)
so you get points for having published research, presenting in conferences, etc (points are hard to come by ;( )
not too sure about the details but i think they do look at your academic standing in uni as well and award points based on where you are in your batch.
the whole application form is like an essay paper as well. they ask you things like: describe a situation where you've shown leadership skills in 500 words or something. and they give u points based on ur answers.

then starting from my batch, we all have to sit for a situational-judgement exam thing where we get points based on our scores. i heard it's an mcq paper where they give you a situation [eg: u overheard ur colleague insulting the patient with another colleague. do you: 1) report him to GMC (medical council in UK) 2) talk to him 3) report him to your consultant 4) ignore ]

so yea... ur points will then indicate how likely you'll get a competitive deanery/program (eg: london)

Thanks for this! I read the program was once again oversubscribed this year. Any idea if all were given a spot eventually? Will a UK citizen be awarded extra points, or are ALL UK grads considered equally? Thanks.

This post has been edited by podrunner: Mar 6 2012, 10:51 AM

80 ppl didn't get a job this year. but eventually all will be placed since there will be ppl who reject job offer, fail final yr exams (the results are out before anyone sits for their 5th yr finals. some unis dun hv 5th yr finals la but that's another story) etc
as far as i know, there are some changes being made to the immigration rules etc. they say it'll be tougher for international students to stay but BMA is fighting for us (yay!). i know for the this yr's grp, they didn't take into account the applicant's nationality. what happens next yr we hv to wait n see.

oya, regarding the application, the essay answers are scrapped and will be replaced by the situational judgement test thingy (mcq exam i mentioned earlier)

anyone doing medicine in imu?
do you think a grade of AAB at a-levels can get me into the PMS option programme?