This 12-month programme is intended to serve as a comprehensive Foundation for Malaysian students intending to study medicine, biological or biomedical sciences or science at the undergraduate level in Malaysia at NUMed.

Progression on to programmes at NUMed Malaysia

Students who successfully complete the Foundation in Biological and Biomedical Sciences to the required level, will be offered a place on either our MBBS programme (subject to interview) or our 2 + 1 BSc (Honours) Biomedical Sciences programme.

To qualify for admission to the MBBS programme at NUMed Malaysia you must achieve an overall average grade of 75% with 70% in English for Academic Purposes, 75% in Biology 1, Biology 2 and Chemistry and 70% in Foundation Medical Studies.

To qualify for admission to the 2+1 BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences programme offered at NUMed Malaysia you must achieve an overall average grade of 65% with 65% in English for Academic Purposes and 70% in Biology 1 and 2 and 55% in Chemistry.

Progression on to programmes at Newcastle University, UK

Students who successfully complete the Foundation in Biological and Biomedical Sciences to the required level will be able to apply for a place on a wide variety of programmes at Newcastle University, UK, in both the Faculty of Medical Sciences – including Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Pharmacy (MPharm), Biomedical Sciences (BSc or MSci), Biochemistry (BSc or MSci), Biomedical Genetics (BSc or MSci), Physiological Sciences (BSc), Pharmacology (BSc), Sports and Exercise (BSc), Food and Human Nutrition (BSc), Psychology (BSc) – and the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering – including Biology (BSc), Animal Science (BSc), Environmental Science (BSc), Agriculture (BSc), Agri-Business Management (BSc), Marine Biology (BSc), Chemistry (BSc and MChem) and Speech and Language Science (BSc).