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Gateway year

A gateway year is a first year at the start of a medical degree, for students from widening participation backgrounds, that leads into the rest of the course.

Updated 19 October 2026 (1 minute read)

Summary

Sources

  1. courses.leeds.ac.ukcourses.leeds.ac.uk/…/gateway_year_to_medicine_mbchb
  2. Medical Schools Councilmedschools.ac.uk/…/mbchb-medicine-with-a-foundation-year-a199

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Foundation year A foundation year in medicine is an extra year at the start of a degree, usually for students from widening participation backgrounds. Widening participation Widening participation is the work universities do to help students from underrepresented backgrounds get into higher education, and into medicine. A100 and medicine course codes A UCAS course code identifies one course at one university. A100 is the code for the standard medicine degree at many UK medical schools, and other codes, such as A101 and A108, mark graduate, gateway or other variant courses. UCAS UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, runs applications to UK universities, including medical schools.

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