Four-Year MD Program (MD4)

You will learn through lectures, laboratory classes, early patient contact, and small group activities. These class activities will allow you to critically evaluate the disciplines that comprise the science and art of medicine. 

International SGU students taking the USMLE 1 for the first time 2018-2022 had a 90% pass rate.* 

Many classes are facilitated by junior doctors in small groups of 6-8 students. This approach ensures personalised instruction throughout your studies. Classes emphasise clinical skills, centring on case studies, practical exams, and real medical histories.

Due to medicine’s ever-developing nature, our modern teaching is evidence-based. The SGU and Northumbria University Program staff are consistently at the forefront of cutting-edge medical practice, ensuring teaching constantly evolves alongside new treatment methods and diagnostics. 

Students in the 4-Year Program will study one year of basic sciences in Newcastle before progressing to the second year of basic sciences training at SGU’s True Blue campus in Grenada. Upon completing the second year of basic sciences, students who satisfy the necessary requirements will be granted a Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci) award from Northumbria University. You can complete up to two years of clinical rotations in the US or UK, subject to local visa policies and restrictions in each location. 

To view the modules that will be studied, please click below: 

• 4 year programme

*Total results from the five calendar years 2018-2022. First-time pass rate is defined as the number of international (non-US citizen/permanent resident or Canadian) students passing USMLE Step 1 on their first attempt divided by the total number of international students taking USMLE Step 1 for the first time within the given time range. In order to be certified to take USMLE Step 1, students are required to pass all basic sciences courses.

You will be based at our City Campus in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The University has invested more than £250 million in its estate over the last decade, and our campus is continuously evolving to create an environment where you can shape your future.

Students will live together at the Trinity Square accommodation in Gateshead; a twenty-minute walk or quick Metro ride from our City Campus.

SGU has contributed over 22,000 physicians to the global physician workforce, and the University’s MD alums have practised in every state in the US and in more than 50 countries globally.*

SGU’s True Blue campus in Grenada is located on the southwest tip of the island in the Caribbean. The campus constantly expands to keep up with the latest technologies and provide students with the best learning environment.

*Based on the number of students who have completed the Doctor of Medicine program from 1981-2023.

Beyond your time in Newcastle, you will be exposed to various experiences working within different healthcare systems, enabling you to practise medicine across all specialities with a global perspective.

For the tenth year in a row, SGU secured more US residency positions than any medical school in the world.*

*As the medical school graduating the largest number of students per year, SGU places the largest number of graduates into residency programs each year, based on internal SGU graduate/expected graduate and residency placement data as of March 2024.