Early patient contact
Placements in GP surgeries, hospitals and community settings from week two of your first year helps build your confidence, teamwork and communication skills.
Cadaveric dissection
Learn anatomy through full‑body dissection in Year 1, then prosection, living anatomy and ultrasound — insight you can’t get from textbooks alone.
Early patient contact
Placements in GP surgeries, hospitals and community settings from week two help build your confidence, teamwork and communication skills.
Cadaveric dissection
Learn anatomy through full‑body dissection in Year 1, then prosection, living anatomy and ultrasound — insight you can’t get from textbooks alone.
Systems‑based curriculum
Master each body system by integrating anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pathology and clinical skills.
Brighton & beyond
Study in an inclusive seaside city with the South Downs on your doorstep, plus rotations across regional partner hospitals.
New teaching hospital
Train within the redeveloped Royal Sussex County Hospital, with access to modern clinical environments and learning spaces.
Two university partners
You’re a student of both the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex — the best of both worlds, academically and socially.

Seth Taopo, Year 1
I also think that the dissections are very unique to BSMS. There’s very few uni’s now that do dissections so I think that’s something that really interested me for this uni.