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NUMed Malaysia’s goal is to produce graduates who are fit to practice as doctors in accordance with the professional standards set by the General Medical Council, UK and Malaysian Medical Council for all doctors. Newcastle University’s purpose is to deliver in Malaysia an educational experience of sufficient range, depth and rigour to provide you with the knowledge and understanding, practical skills and competencies, and professional attitudes required for you to enter your first experience of clinical practice as a pre-registration house officer, and upon which you will build in the development of your future career.
The Medicine and Surgery MB BS Honours programme is a fully integrated five-year undergraduate medical course delivered at the brand new custom built 13-acre NUMed Malaysia campus in Nusajaya, Johor. Newcastle University’s Malaysian campus is part of the EduCity international higher education hub in the Iskandar Malaysia development corridor, with clinical studies centred in the Hospital Sultan Ismail and other Government hospitals and community clinics in and around Johor Bahru. The course you will study is equivalent to the one delivered at our Medical School in the UK, and following successful completion of the programme you will be awarded the degrees Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine (MB BS) by Newcastle University, UK.
While all five years of the MBBS programme are delivered in Malaysia, you may have opportunities during the fourth year of the course to study for some of your time at our Medical School in the UK. In addition you may also have the opportunity of studying for an extra year in the UK for an intercalated research qualification at either the Bachelors or Masters level. See the intercalation section for more details.
Newcastle University UK is a modern university with a rich tradition of scholarship, a proud record of service and a truly global alumni network. The reputation and popularity of the University is backed up by the high-quality teaching and learning experience and the research opportunities available to students. A Russell Group University consistently ranked in the top 20 in the UK for research power and student experience, Newcastle is the first UK University to establish a fully owned international branch campus for medicine in Malaysia.
While NUMed Malaysia was only established in 2009, the history and heritage of the University in the UK dates back to 1834, when a School of Medicine and Surgery was first established in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Since the earliest days, the Newcastle University Medical School has enjoyed a reputation for innovation and excellence, and our MB BS programme is consistently one of the most highly regarded courses in the UK. The quality of the medicine study experience at Newcastle University is recognised with an overall satisfaction score of 95% in the National Student Survey 2013.
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Medicine at Newcastle also ranks in the top 150 universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.