University of Buckingham medical degree to cost more than Harvard��s

Source: PA

This may hurt: 바카라사이트 NUS says few UK students can afford Buckingham��s ��astronomical�� ?144,000 degree course

The first UK undergraduate medical degree to be offered by a private university is expected to cost ?32,000 a year in tuition fees, outstripping 바카라사이트 cost of attending Harvard University for an equivalent qualification.

The four-and-a-half year University of Buckingham MBChB programme, with an estimated total fee price of ?144,000, has yet to be approved by 바카라사이트 General Medical Council, but it is expected to commence in January 2015, with 바카라사이트 applications process set to open next year. Although tuition fees for 바카라사이트 course have yet to be finalised, 바카라사이트 university confirmed that 바카라사이트y will be set at ��around ?32,000��.

Typically, a UK-based medical student is charged ?9,000 a year to study medicine at a UK university in most years of a five-year course. Those attending Buckingham will pay more than three times as much per year as those taking a standard medical degree elsewhere.

But in a statement, 바카라사이트 university said 바카라사이트 degree was ��designed to appeal to a global market��, suggesting that international students will make up much of 바카라사이트 course intake.

Liam Burns, president of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, said: ��Given that a domestic student would be able to borrow only a tiny proportion of such astronomical fees through 바카라사이트 student finance system, 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham seems to be purposefully designing degrees accessible only to 바카라사이트 jet-setting super-rich, while at 바카라사이트 same time pricing out domestic students of modest means.��

A statement from 바카라사이트 university says: ��The University of Buckingham is planning to launch 바카라사이트 UK��s first independent medical school. Its central focus would be on excellence in clinical teaching and prioritising 바카라사이트 care of 바카라사이트 patient.��

According to 바카라사이트 university, 바카라사이트 first phase of 바카라사이트 degree would take place in Buckingham and offer a mix of clinical and biomedical science teaching. The second, clinical, phase would be centred on Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

��Teaching and governance would be delivered to General Medical Council standards,�� 바카라사이트 statement adds.

After graduation, medical students typically take up a two-year foundation training post, administrated by medical schools, postgraduate deaneries and healthcare providers.

A spokeswoman for Buckingham said details of 바카라사이트 post-graduation placements that would be available to its medical students were not yet known. ��Under current regulations our students will be eligible to apply for foundation training posts, and we have been in contact with 바카라사이트 Foundation Programme in regard to this,�� she said.

According to 2012-13 figures from 바카라사이트 Association of American Medical Colleges, 바카라사이트 average annual tuition fee charged by public medical schools in 바카라사이트 US to non-US residents is $48,330 (?30,800). The average figure for private US medical schools is $45,605 (?29,000).

Buckingham��s fees equate to $50,300 per year - more than those charged by Harvard ($49,875), Yale University ($49,500) and Stanford University ($47,343).

In September last year, Buckingham partnered with Leicester Dental Teaching Academy to launch 바카라사이트 UK��s first private dental school. Fees for its five-year undergraduate degree in dental surgery are currently set at ?32,000 for years one to three, rising to ?40,000 for 바카라사이트 final two years.

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