Medical degree

A medical degree is a vocational, or even technical, degree awarded for studies in fields associated with medicine and surgery.

A study conducted in 2011 that involved more than 1000 medical schools throughout the world indicated on average, 64 university exams, 130 series exams, and 174 assignments are completed over the course of 5.5 years. Students need more than 85% marks in prerequisite courses in order to get enrolled for the aptitude test for these degree programs. They then have to pass the test with 85% to 90% marks, which is high compared with all the other bachelor's degree programs.

In many jurisdictions doctors require a certain type of degrees to be able to register for a licence to legally practise medicine. This is known as a primary medical qualification, or primary qualification. Such degrees include:

Some doctors who hold a primary qualification will go on to a further academic study, involving research, such as:

other degrees might include:

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