I thought the cheapest is Leicester, around £16.5k, for pre-clinical.

Hmm.. I wonder for the 158xx..is it constant for the 2013  intake per year till clinical years or there will be a constant rise in fees each year.

According to the leicester fees for international students, the pre-clinical years fees are locked for the first two years.
However, for clinical years, the fees are not fixed since it was not given an asterisk as below.
Ah.. Clinical years would definitely reach 30k soon. :/

* Fees are fixed for each year of your degree programme, allowing you to plan your finances for the duration of your studies.

http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/international/n...al-tuition-fees

Hey everyone

I contacted the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) to ask about IMU-PMS accreditation and the registration eligibility in the eyes of the SMC.

The following is their reply:

"In order for the medical qualification to be considered a registrable basic medical degree by SMC, the twinning programme’s entire duration of clinical training and final examinations must be conducted in the medical school listed in the Second Schedule and the partner university must be the conferring university as well. We would like to reiterate that graduates from the Malaysian, US and Canadian medical schools on the schedule must have undergone the entire medical training on the main campuses of the respective medical schools – i.e. both pre-clinical and clinical for eligibility for registration with SMC. As such a basic medical degree from IMU would not be considered a registrable qualification for medical registration."

I note the following observations:

1) UK and Aust PMS are excluded from the following statement: '...must have undergone the entire medical training on the main campuses of the respective medical schools – i.e. both pre-clinical and clinical for eligibility for registration with SMC'.

2) There was no clear answer on whether IMU-PMS graduates are eventually eligible for SMC-registration. The only mention was 'basic medical degree from IMU', which could refer to the IMU-MBBS programme instead of the IMU-PMS programme.
Kindly explain their reply, in case I might have interpreted the meaning wrongly. Also from previous experiences, has any IMU-PMS graduate ever been denied full registration by SMC when they return back to Singapore?

Thanks all

Dear all

Thank you so much for the prompt help I understand the arrangements clearer now.  I just hope that there will not be any mass and sudden withdrawals of UK pms within the next 3 years or so.

just need you to explain a little bit here. you mean the withdrawal of several foreign unis was due to IMU setting a higher standard ?

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1. the clinical component must be done at the parent campus for recognition...hence imu-pms to uk/oz/nz are recognised, and proven in the number of such doctors currently working in spore...(exceptions being new med schools not in spore's list, as mentioned above, and to include uws in oz)...

2. for some reason, they have specifically excluded canadian and us graduates, and insist the pre-clinical component be done in the parent campus...

3. the msian med school they are referring to are specifically in reference to franchise programmes, ie the former perak med school with um, after sheffield withdrew (um was forced to do so, to save the students already in the programme).....and the current aucms ukm franchise....assuming it survive the aucms financial collapse....(will not be surprise if aucms collapses, that the ukm will be forced to take in the franchise students)...

4. imu local degree is not and have never been recognised.....there is NO confusion here.....

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