Towards Levelling the Playing Field for Prospective Overseas Applicants to Medical Schools in the United Kingdom

Abstract

Many factors are taken into consideration when students apply to pursue medicine in the United Kingdom. For overseas applicants, the tuition fees of the medical course are a significant factor, particularly for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The reasons why the fees in some medical schools are significantly higher than in others are unclear. Transparency on the use of the tuition fees as well as providing overseas medical students, which now include European students post-Brexit, with more financial support in their studies would be imperative. This is to ensure students are able to choose their medical schools based on more important factors such as the student-curriculum fit.