Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (course code: MBR) is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at Mbarara University of Science and Technology. It includes entry routes for direct entry, diploma entry, and degree entry, with study starting from required science subjects and supporting qualifications.

Delivery is listed as full-time. The programme has a duration of 5 Years. Admission includes an entrance examination for candidates who meet the direct-entry criteria, with papers in General Paper, Anatomy, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology.

Tuition fees are different for Ugandan students and international students, with separate tuition and functional fees shown for each group. Admission requirements also include conditions for applicants whose first language or medium of instruction is not English.

• Direct Entry: Two principal passes in Biology and Chemistry and at least Subsidiary Pass in either Physics or Mathematics
• Diploma Entry: Diploma in any Bio-medical Sciences
• Registration (Diploma entry): Be registered by the Allied Health Professionals’ Council or the Uganda Nurses and Midwives’ Council
• Preference: Preference will be given to those with experience of working under primary health care in a rural setting
• Entrance examination (for candidates meeting direct-entry criteria): required to sit and pass for an entrance examination in General Paper, Anatomy, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Physiology
• Degree Entry: An honors degree in a bio-medical or biological sciences field
• General minimum requirements (undergraduate degree programmes): Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent with at least 5 passes; Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent with at least 2 principal passes
• Diploma holders for undergraduate entry: Diploma holders must have passed with at least a credit
• Additional minimum requirements (diploma programme): Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent with at least 5 passes; Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent with at least 1 principal pass and two subsidiary passes
• International applicants (English): Applicants whose first language or medium of instruction is not English, must provide evidence from a recognized English language training institution that they have sufficient command of English language
• International applicants (document equating): Applicants should have their documents equated by Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) of UCE and UACE documents and Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE) for Diploma and Certificate documents