We limit the number of students on pre-registration medical and dental courses that we will count towards our funding allocations.
These limits recognise the very high cost of training for doctors and dentists and help ensure that unplanned growth on these courses does not divert OfS funding away from other priority activities and courses. They also support workforce planning in the NHS, enabling consistency between the numbers graduating and the number of foundation programme training places available.
For entry in 2023-24
The expected maximum intake shows the overall limit on the numbers that we will count for funding purposes, assuming all recruitment is of OfS-fundable students. However, within this overall limit, we also specify a separate limited allowance for overseas recruitment (should a provider wish to use it). Net recruitment beyond the overall limit (whether of OfS-fundable students or others), monitored over a rolling five-year period, will lead to a reduction to the student numbers we count for funding purposes for the following year.
| |
Expected maximum intake
(home and overseas) |
Anticipated home |
Anticipated overseas |
| Institution |
Medical |
Dental |
Medical |
Dental |
Medical |
Dental |
|
Anglia Ruskin University
|
100
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Aston University
|
100
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
University of Birmingham
|
400
|
71
|
372
|
67
|
28
|
4
|
|
Universities of Brighton and Sussex
|
203
|
-
|
193
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
|
University of Bristol
|
270
|
71
|
251
|
67
|
19
|
4
|
|
University of Central Lancashire
|
15
|
29
|
15
|
28
|
-
|
1
|
|
University of Cambridge
|
313
|
-
|
291
|
-
|
22
|
-
|
|
University of East Anglia
|
208
|
-
|
195
|
-
|
13
|
-
|
|
Edge Hill University
|
30
|
-
|
30
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| University of Exeter |
218
|
-
|
208
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
|
Universities of Hull and York
|
231
|
-
|
220
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
|
Imperial College
|
345
|
-
|
321
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
|
Keele University
|
164
|
-
|
154
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
|
Universities of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church
|
100
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
King’s College London
|
430
|
148
|
400
|
141
|
30
|
7
|
|
Lancaster University
|
129
|
-
|
125
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
|
University of Leeds
|
278
|
76
|
259
|
72
|
19
|
4
|
|
University of Leicester
|
290
|
-
|
272
|
-
|
18
|
-
|
|
University of Nottingham: Lincoln Medical School (in partnership with University of Lincoln)
|
80
|
-
|
80
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
University of Liverpool
|
332
|
72
|
309
|
68
|
23
|
4
|
|
University of Manchester
|
397
|
71
|
369
|
67
|
28
|
4
|
|
University of Newcastle
|
367
|
71
|
341
|
67
|
26
|
4
|
|
University of Nottingham
|
371
|
-
|
346
|
-
|
25
|
-
|
|
University of Oxford
|
200
|
-
|
186
|
-
|
14
|
-
|
|
University of Plymouth
|
156
|
58
|
150
|
55
|
6
|
3
|
|
Queen Mary, University of London
|
371
|
71
|
347
|
67
|
24
|
4
|
|
St George’s Hospital Medical School
|
279
|
-
|
260
|
-
|
19
|
-
|
|
University of Sheffield
|
306
|
71
|
288
|
67
|
18
|
4
|
|
University of Southampton
|
261
|
-
|
243
|
-
|
18
|
-
|
|
University of Sunderland
|
100
|
-
|
100
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
University College London
|
334
|
-
|
310
|
-
|
24
|
-
|
|
University of Warwick
|
193
|
-
|
180
|
-
|
13
|
-
|
|
Total
|
7,571
|
809
|
7,115
|
766
|
456
|
43
|
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