Non-academic clearance checks for clinical and professional courses

If we offer you a place on one of our clinical or professional courses, you'll need to meet a number of non-academic clearance requirements in order to study with us.

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Your academic school will contact you to arrange the relevant checks indicated in the table below. You'll need to complete the actions they set out by the deadlines specified or you won't be able to register at the University and/or continue on your course.

Please visit school webpages for more information specific to your degree.

Undergraduate courses

Course code Course title Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Occupational Health Excluded Student Database Clinical/professional student entry agreement
A100/A101 MBChB Medicine Yes Yes Yes Yes
A200 BDS Dental Surgery Yes Yes Yes Yes
B230 MPharm Pharmacy Yes Yes No No
B250 BMedSci Orthoptics Yes Yes No Yes
B251 BMedSci Orthoptics with a Foundation Year Yes Yes No Yes
B621 BMedSci Speech and Language Therapy Yes Yes No No
B631 BMedSci Speech and Language Therapy with a Foundation Year Yes Yes No No
B740 BMedSci Nursing (Adult) Yes Yes No Yes
B741 BMedSci Nursing (Adult) with a Foundation Year Yes Yes No Yes

Postgraduate courses administered through UCAS

Course code Course title Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Occupational Health Excluded Student Database Clinical/professional student entry agreement
BB96 MMedSci Physician Associate Studies Yes Yes Yes Yes
L508 MA Social Work Yes Yes No Yes

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