Partner with Imperial and offer your students a world leading opportunity to gain our intercalated BSc degree
Partnering with us
Opportunities:
- Intercalated BSc degree for international medical students
- Follow-on to intercalated Imperial MSc programmes
- Potential for Clinical Electives within Imperial partner hospitals
- Bespoke summer school and short courses
- Wider professional consultancy and medical school initiatives
Enable your students to upscale their medical degree and become Clinician Scientists of the future - our intercalated pathways aim to create clinicians and academics with the ability to interpret and inform best practice, to extend the boundaries of current thinking and to advance excellence in medicine.
Undertaking one of Imperial’s unrivalled 15 iBSc pathway options gives your students:
- World class experience - Students are exposed to research at the cutting edge of their discipline and will be taught by world leaders in biomedical research.
- Opportunities to publish - Many students have obtained publications as a result of their iBSc project and some present their research at conferences.
- An Imperial BSc degree in addition to their medical qualification. Imperial College London is one of the world’s best universities and among the top-ranking Universities teaching medicine.
- To join our Imperial Alumni community upon graduation. To spend a year alongside Imperial medical students, immersed in central London – in the heart of the ‘Best Student City in the World’ (QS World University Rankings).
Imperial Partner Excellence Programme (International)
Becoming a medical school partner opens up opportunities for your students to study with us. Through our Imperial Partnership Excellence Programme (International), we provide a specialist enhanced personalised experience to your students before, during and following their year of study on our iBSc programme.
This includes a partner-oriented tailored approach to preparing your students for study with us, support with visas, accommodation, English language, academic writing, an orientation programme for adjusting to London life and ongoing welfare and academic support.
Within the Faculty of Medicine’s numerous international student societies and support channels we encourage our partner iBSc students to explore the myriad available opportunities whilst being an international student at Imperial.
Our Bespoke Partnership Arrangements
Through the Imperial Partner Excellence Programme (International), we offer dedicated support arrangements to enhance the experience of iBSc students who join us from our Partner Institutions.
We create a bespoke programme for each international partner medical school, which is designed and adapted to meet the specific needs and priorities of the partner.
Our tailored support starts from the initial set up of an iBSc partnership and includes:
Our bespoke partnership arrangements
- Evaluation of the partner’s curriculum
- Regulations and governance
- Pathway selection advice
- Applicant journey
- Preparatory course
- Ongoing student support
Evaluation of the partner’s curriculum
- To optimise successful outcomes for students, our medical education specialists will carefully review the curriculum of the partner’s medical degree to ensure there is alignment with the iBSc framework.
- This insight also equips our team with an understanding of the academic journey of the incoming iBSc students and helps to shape the tailored support we will provide in preparing them for the iBSc course.
Regulations and governance
As part of the initial set up process, our partners receive dedicated support in navigating any regulatory matters that may arise in the students’ transition from the partner’s medical degree to the iBSc at Imperial.
Pathway selection advice
- Our academic team provides tailored pathway advice, informed by the evaluation of the partner’s medical degree.
- We deliver iBSc presentations to your students to introduce them to the range of pathways on offer and students will have the opportunity to individually connect with our pathway teams to help refine their pathway preferences.
Applicant journey
Our Partner Institutions receive dedicated support from the Educational Partnerships Office through each stage of the pre-arrival process; from preparing the iBSc application through to considering student accommodation options and supporting the visa application.
Preparatory course
Prior to the start of the iBSc, students joining from our Partner Institutions will receive a bespoke preparatory course which is designed to help them adapt to the new learning and teaching environment.
Key features include:
- Study skills: Active learning, independent/self-directed learning, learning from others and critical thinking.
- Research skills: How science is designed, conducted, and communicated.
- Science Communication: Development of written and oral communication skills.
- Social and cultural aspects: Studying at Imperial and living in London.
Ongoing student support
From the very start of their iBSc course, students will receive ongoing academic and personal support to enhance their experience throughout the iBSc and to help them to succeed.