Overview

In your first year as a Graduate Entry Medicine (Hons) student at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, you will be taught in a dedicated teaching facility on the main St Stephen’s Green campus. In your second year, you will spend most of your time in RCSI's dedicated teaching space at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin. In your final two years, you will be on clinical rotations in a variety of hospitals and GP practices in Dublin and throughout the country.

As an Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Graduate Entry Medicine (Hons) graduate, you will be career-ready. In fact, your clinical skills training starts from day one of the programme, with simulated patient sessions a weekly feature of the curriculum.

You will also have many opportunities to build your career – via undergraduate research opportunities, overseas clinical electives in prestigious institutions and a four-week sub-internship programme in final year, in which you will work as a resident-in-training in a hospital in Ireland, the US or Canada.

What you will study

The four-year Graduate Entry Medicine (Hons) programme is divided into three cycles:

Junior Cycle (one year)
Intermediate Cycle (one year)
Senior Cycle (two years)

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Fundamentals of Biomedicine

Musculoskeletal Biology

Blood: Haematology and Immunology

Health, Behaviour and Patient Safety

Gastrointestinal Biology

Cardiorespiratory Biology

Nervous System Biology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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PTE Academic

67

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OTE

111

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dublin, Ireland

Disciplines

Public Health Medicine Health Sciences View 33 other Bachelors in Medicine in Ireland

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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79

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67

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111

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Hold or expect to hold – by July prior to entry – a competitive GPA or a minimum of an upper second class honours from an accredited undergraduate bachelor degree (Opens in new windowequivalent to NFQ Level 8). The degree can be in any discipline.

Compete on the basis of your Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) scores only. As a guide, the minimum GAMSAT score on which students were admitted to RCSI in 2021 was 62* (random selection). The GAMSAT-Ireland test is held in March and September each year.
GAMSAT results are valid for two years prior to the start of the programme you are applying for. If you are presenting GAMSAT UK or GAMSAT Australia results you must provide these to the CAO when submitting your application.

There are no interviews for EU GEM applicants.
Non-EU applicants can provide GAMSAT or MCAT examination results. GAMSAT results are valid for two years prior to the start of the programme.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

61500 EUR / year

≈ 61500 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

Applies to you

EU/EEA Nationals

15080 EUR / year

≈ 15080 EUR / year

Living costs

Dublin

Ireland

1100 - 1800 EUR / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

What you will study

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

EU/EEA Applies to you

Living costs

Dublin

Funding

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