They can't guarantee which universities would remained since its up to the PMS to decide whether to withdraw or still allocate the place for IMU students.

I can say the unis would not drop one by one THAT soon in 2 and a half years until minuscule number of unis are left.

I can't comment on contract as i'm not sure about the existence of it.

Btw, my university has withdrawn out as a PMS just recently last year. So, anything can happen in the near future.

I'll say out that money should the least deciding factor when pursuing medicine overseas, especially in UK. The number of international applicants to places in each medical university is roughly about 20 to 1. The selection process itself is highly evaluated and the decision to select a particular individual has to be reviewed a couple of times before being made.

The typical evaluation includes personal statement, UKCAT (not all), grades and the interviews themselves. In my university, the interview has been recently changed to the newer MMI (multiple-mini interviews), which i found more suitable in deciding one's ability to do medicine. The individual himself is tested upon basic common sense, empathy, passion, arithmetics and communication skills. These are highly important in regarding to being a doctor later.

So, overall the selection is really demanding and I'm really glad to be able to get into one at all.

Just my 2 cents.

Mine was a one offer case BUT it was mostly down to my bad selection of universities, I'm afraid.

I had two interviews, with one successful and the other, a rejection.
For one university, I wasn't able to attend the interview due to the fact that they had change their selection procedure from not interviewing to an MMI in UK itself. At the point when I was applied, the information at which I knew of did not state about the interview but it was recently implemented AFTER the UCAS closing date.

The final university rejected me the earliest, which was about early December. Furthermore, my fellow peers from the same college who applied to the same university were also rejected around the same time. I did not manage to find anyone who went to the university directly. I could only speculate that it was due to the IMU credit transfer which limited the number of places available for direct entry. (Just a guess~)

( I know I shouldn't be lamenting about it but it's not an excuse to deny that it was my incapability which denied me more than one offer. It could be due to chance though but I can only guess)

For the transfer to Liverpool, it's 3750 per clinical year for the 2014 intake and subsequently 10k per clinical year for the 2015 intake and so forth.

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.

Haha. Preparing quite well I guess with three more weeks of lectures to go. :/ your friend is doing just fine.

Ah, I see. We are still unable to confirm how would the fee structure be like for the next year.
(Time to hit the reception sooner or later )

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

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To my knowledge, not many internationals would do an intercalating degree due to financial issue and longer time to graduate. Doing an intercalated degree would help add an addition two points for application in fy1 deanery as I could remember, which could or may not help depending on how competitive it is. Most do it for the sake of pursuing their interests in a particular field.

Yeah. They are charging extra 10k a year for fees for Imu students.

With the current issue regarding junior doctor contract in the uk, I wouldn't be surprised if more international students from the uk are flooding back to sg/Australia.

The BMA has already voted for industrial actions so I guess necessary or not, it will come sooner or later.
I don't think the government and the NHS will back off though. We will just have to see how the future goes. :/

They say it's a conspiracy theory to promote more fys to go to Scotland and Wales hahaha.
(I've heard the fps there are not that good, especially when it comes to the academic foundation programmes.)

You need to be flexible in your options.
Give yourself a chance to work outside your comfort zone and you may realized that you may even like it there.
All the best for your application and make sure you're doing it because you generally like it overall.

Lol, looking at the number of private medical schools in Malaysia, I am not surprised by the slightest.
Other countries have more tighter regulations towards building a new medical school but for Malaysia, it doesn't seem to happen.

Yea, our universities are sadly no longer recognised by the gmc, hence the majority of Malaysians will try to aim to get to a uk medical school instead for recognition and speciality training.

I would have to agree and disagree with your statement there though. The Numed campus is indeed part of Newcastle university and students who graduated there are eligible for gmc registration and even for gmc recognised fy training in Malaysia as well just recently. However, the immigration law stands in the way of gaining entry to competitive cmt, cst, GP and etc training. With limited places even for their local graduates, what are the chances for graduates from Malaysia.

Just a gmc report about its visit to numed last year.
http://www.gmc-uk.org/NUMed_2013_14_report.pdf_60845154.pdf

Yeah, it would stop the influx of international students into the uk for medical education if speciality training was offered.
Cross your fingers and hope the imu pms programme is able to last as long as possible.
As limeuu said about the vacancies due to the new junior doc contract, I wonder How many would still want to pursue their training there regarding removal of banding, increase in hours of work and etc.

International students graduating from the uk are allowed to stay in uk as long you get your speciality posting.
Since the resident labour market test doesn't not apply anymore, the chances are significantly higher compared to previous years.
However, the competition gets tougher each year with plenty of applicants with additional Degrees, publications, conference presentations and etc together with reapplicants.

Currently now about 300 graduates don't get a position but the NHS will try to sort them out somewhere.
But otherwise, if you're foundation year score isn't bad, you will definitely get a place somewhere for now.
90% of graduates get their top 5 places so it's not too bad.

http://www.foundationprogramme.nhs.uk/news...programme-2015-

But overall, the reserve places could be not permanent. You could have 6 months contract in a hospital up north and then another 6 months down south. its not ideal in terms of lifestyle.

So it's better off doing well and secure a good deanery with the jobs you want.

This post has been edited by Jckc: Oct 2 2015, 12:21 AM