Graduate Entry Medicine in the UK with a Nigerian degree

1. Two routes for a graduate, and why most Nigerian graduates take the second

• Graduate-entry medicine (GEM), four years. Designed for people who already hold a degree. Places are small, many programmes are funded for home students only, and each school publishes separately whether it admits international applicants. Where a school says nothing, treat the programme as not confirmed for you.
• Standard entry (A100), five or six years, as a graduate. Open at most schools that admit international applicants. Your degree replaces or supplements A-level grades (for example, Kent and Medway publishes a UK 2:1-equivalent rule for graduate international applicants), and you sit the UCAT like every other applicant. Fees are the standard international rate for five years.

Because a GEM place is a smaller target, the practical plan for most applicants is to apply to GEM programmes that are confirmed open to international applicants and to standard-entry courses in the same UCAS cycle.

5. How your Nigerian degree is compared

• Comparability. UK universities compare overseas degrees using UK ENIC statements and their own country guidance. A Nigerian bachelor's degree at Second Class Upper is commonly treated as comparable to a UK 2:1 and Second Class Lower to a 2:2, but this is an inference from general practice, not a rule: each medical school decides, and some publish a minimum class or CGPA for your country. Ask the school in writing before you rely on it.
• Subject. Some graduate-entry programmes require a science or health-related first degree; others accept any discipline (Chester publishes "any subject"). Standard entry usually still expects science at school-leaving level (Chemistry and Biology or another science), so a non-science graduate may need those qualifications too.
• Recency and transcripts. Expect to supply certified transcripts and, for some schools, a statement of comparability. Your name must match your passport on every document.
• Healthcare experience. Several graduate programmes publish an hours requirement (Chester: 70 hours in the last three years). Experience gained in Nigeria counts where the school's wording allows; read the published criteria for each programme.

6. GAMSAT or UCAT: fixed windows either way

Graduate programmes use the UCAT, the GAMSAT, or accept either; the directory records what each course publishes. Both tests have fixed sittings and registration deadlines months before the UCAS deadline. UCAT dates for the current cycle are recorded as facts on the UCAT page; GAMSAT sittings are published by ACER and are not yet recorded as verified facts here, so check the official GAMSAT site before you plan. Pearson VUE centres in Nigeria for the UCAT fill quickly: book when registration opens.

UCAT testing window (2027 entry)

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UCAT test centres in Nigeria

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7. Cost: four years at a graduate-entry fee, or five at the standard rate

Graduate-entry fees are published per programme and sometimes differ between year one and the clinical years; the cards above show every published figure we hold with its fee year and verification status. Compare the four-year total with five years at a standard-entry international fee from the fee guide, then add visa, health surcharge and living costs on the total cost page. Scholarships for international graduate-entry medicine are rare; we list none because none has been verified.