Program Overview

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Medicine Maxfax Entry Programme MBBS

Key information

Course type: Single honours Delivery mode: In person Study mode: Full time Duration: Four years Application status: Closed Start date: September 2025 Application deadline: 29 January 2025 Optional study abroad

Course description

Our Medicine Maxfax Entry Programme MBBS is a four-year medical degree designed specifically for qualified dentists who are registered with the UK General Dental Council and who wish to pursue a career in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Key benefits

• Integrated medical science with clinical teaching; and focus on learning in close contact with patients.
• Partner hospitals include Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals – three of the most renowned and busiest teaching hospitals in London.
• Students benefit from clinical placements at district general hospitals located across the South of England and over 350 general practices.
• Learn from some of the world’s most influential clinicians and scientists, who are global leaders in life sciences and medical research.
• A multi-faculty university giving you access to a breadth of non-core subjects including humanities and social sciences.
• Twinned with leading medical schools around the world, providing opportunities for clinical exchanges during your elective module.
• Accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this Primary Medical Qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK.

Course essentials

The MBBS degree at King’s aims to train students to become:

• critical scientific thinkers
• collaborative leaders and innovators
• outstanding patient-centred clinicians
• excellent team-players
• educators and life-long learners
• resilient and adaptable professionals.

The MBBS curriculum is divided into three ‘Stages’. Although we offer four entry routes into Medicine, all our students follow the same core MBBS curriculum. As a student on the Maxfax Entry Programme you will not take Stage 1, and you will join the other medical students at Stage 2.

Base campuses

• Guy’s Campus: The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, and the Institute of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.
• Denmark Hill Campus: Home to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.

Special features

• Optional study abroad: On this programme, you will have the opportunity to apply to study abroad, supported by the Study Abroad Tutor in your department and King’s Global Mobility Office.

Course accreditation

General Medical Council (GMC)

Regulating bodies

King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry requirements

Applicants must be qualified dentists registered with the UK General Dental Council wishing to pursue a career in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

The UCAT is not required for this particular programme.

Selection process

Applicants are selected for interview based on their personal statement, experience to date, and qualifications already achieved.

Interviews are held with a standard panel of dental and/or medical staff. Interviews will typically take place between February and April in the year that you apply, and you can expect to hear from us during this time on whether or you have been shortlisted for interview.

We operate a “fit-to-sit” policy for interviews, therefore, we are unable to take into account mitigating circumstances for the interview performance. If there are any issues within the interview which you consider affected your performance, you should ensure these are raised with the Admissions team.

Each year we are usually able to offer two places to suitably qualified applicants post-interview.

Overseas applicants

We are unfortunately unable to consider applicants with an Overseas fee status for this programme. UKCISA has a number of resources to advise you of which fee status category you may fall into dependent on your circumstances, so we would recommend reviewing these prior to making an application.

Deferrals

Please note that we do not accept deferred entry applications for this programme and we are unable to defer any applicants to the following academic year.

Programme start date

The MaxFax programme starts earlier than other degree programmes. Enrolment is normally in the middle of August.

Teaching methods

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Seminars
• Directed self-study

We will provide you with high-level teaching from experts, which you will put into practice on your placements. The breakdown of teaching methods is listed below.

Stage and year	Lectures, seminars and similar	Placement	Self-study time
Stage 2, year 1	40%	40%	20%
Stage 2, year 2	20%	60%	20%
Stage 3 (Years 3 and 4)	15% including small group and case-based teaching in clinical	75%	10%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course, you will receive your MBBS degree, which is a primary medical qualification (PMQ). Holding a PMQ entitles you to apply for provisional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), subject only to its acceptance that there are no Fitness to Practice concerns.

Assessment

• Formative Assessment
• Summative Assessment

Assessment is split between that which is formative (where the primary role is to demonstrate competence against course standards and learning outcomes) and summative (where the primary role is to demonstrate competence to faculty, this does contribute towards the overall module/degree score).

Structure

You do not undertake Stage 1 of the five/six Year MBBS course. Instead you will have a four- week mandatory introductory module ‘Introduction to Clinical Skills’ immediately before you start Stage 2, which includes elements of the Introduction to Values Based Clinical Practice module from Stage 1.

Required modules

• Introduction to Clinical Skills (15 credits)
• From Science to Clinical Practice 1 (105 credits)
• From Science to Clinical Practice 2 (120 credits)
• Project (Doctor as Teacher) (15 credits)
• Project (Introduction to Clinical Research) (15 credits)
• The Student Selected Component (SSC) (15 credits)
• Scholarly Project (30 credits)

Optional modules

There are no optional modules for this year.

Employability

Our course is accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC), this Primary Medical Qualification entitles the holder to apply to the GMC for registration to practise medicine in the UK.

Tuition Fees

Full time tuition fees UK: The UK tuition fee for the academic year is currently £9,535 per year. This is based on the UK Government's cap.

Additional Costs

In addition to your tuition costs, you can also expect to pay for:

• Books if you choose to buy your own copies
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
• Library fees and fines
• Personal photocopies
• Printing course handouts
• Society membership fees
• Stationery
• Graduation costs
• Travel costs for travel around London and between campuses

Funding

To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's please visit the Fees and Funding section.