Access to Medicine and Dentistry
Funded by NHS England, the Medical Schools Council and Dental Schools Council will be running eight summer schools in 2025. With over 500 free places available across England summer school participants will explore how to apply and what it is like studying medicine and dentistry.
There will be residential, commuter and online places available to students in Years 11 and 12 from under-represented backgrounds and targets areas of England that have limited outreach engagement with medical schools.
Applications for medical summer schools have now closed. Applications for dental summer schools are still open and will close on 9 February 2025.
To apply to a summer school, applicants should visit our webpage to view the application form.
This application form will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
The content of the summer schools will include:
- A simulated experience of what it is like to study medicine or dentistry (including a range of teaching methods) not only to consider the choice of medical/dental school but also aid transition from sixth form study to university
- The values and behaviours of medical/dental students and doctors/dentists
- Overview of the range of medical/dental careers available (including other healthcare and non-patient focused options) alongside dedicated sessions that focus on the shortage specialties and other healthcare options
- Confidence and social capital building activities (including meeting academics and university students)
- Opportunities for students to discuss their options and seek advice
- Application and admissions advice and support, including preparation for interviews and admissions tests
- Social activities for the students to build a community and network amongst like-minded people.
The schools running medical summer schools in 2025 are:
- Brunel University of London with Imperial College London
- University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) with University of Sunderland
- Brighton & Sussex Medical School (BSMS) with University of Southampton and University of Surrey
- University of East Anglia with Anglia Ruskin University
The schools running dental summer schools in 2025 are:
- University of Liverpool
- Newcastle University
- University of Plymouth
- Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and King’s College London (KCL)
Eligibility
The summer schools are aimed at people living in England and who are from demographic groups less represented in medicine and dentistry. Detailed eligibility criteria can be viewed on our website.
We hope you are able to help share this with your students and encourage those eligible to apply. If you have any questions about making an application or the available programmes, please contact the Medical Schools Council by emailing outreach@medschools.ac.uk.
To see the list of pathways programmes and summer schools, please visit the Studying Healthcare events page.
See the privacy notice for the MSC Summer Schools programme.