Medicine
Medicine at Pembroke
Pembroke is ideally suited for those reading Medicine: the back gate of the College leads directly into the New Museums Site where most of the pre-Clinical laboratories are situated. The College has thus, not surprisingly, a strong tradition in the subject. Like all other universities, Cambridge is restricted in the number of places which can be offered in Medicine: over the last few years Pembroke has been allowed to admit eight medical students each year (Home and Overseas). As in all Colleges, Medicine is a very competitive subject.
All students are offered College accommodation for their three pre-clinical years and may continue to live in College houses during their clinical years if they wish to do so.
The programme in clinical medicine is based at the Cambridge University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) situated on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, an outstanding centre for clinical practice, medical education and biomedical research.
In addition to those primarily concerned with the pre-clinical part of the course, the College has Fellows in Clinical Medicine, including Prof Menna Clatworthy, who directs studies for the College’s clinical students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. She also contributes clinical elements to the course for pre-clinical students and provides a link with clinical activities at Addenbrooke’s.
Pembroke Medicine Teaching Staff
Prof Menna Clatworthy - Director of Studies (clinical)
Prof Dan Tucker - Director of Studies (pre-clinical)
Further Information
Gap Year
We are happy to offer one or two deferred places in medicine each year to candidates who wish to take a gap year.
Your age
Students under the age of 18 cannot undertake any clinical elements of the Medicine course. Therefore, students must have reached the age of 18 by 1st November in the year in which they matriculate.
Students with disabilities
Whilst we welcome applications to Pembroke from students with disabilities, it is important to realise that, in being admitted for medicine, you are entering the medical profession. You will need to be assessed as to whether you will be eligible for registration by the General Medical Council on graduation as being ‘fit to practice’. We encourage any student with a disability who may be considering applying for medicine to consult us at an early stage.
See also page about Medicine on the University website.