Welcome to the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, the faculty which prepares medical/dental students for their clinical practice by training them on the scientific basis of medicine and dentistry. The faculty has eight (8) departments namely: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Medical Microbiology, Histopathology, Chemical Pathology, Haematology, and Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and runs the first and second MBChB professional programmes.
This faculty also runs a number of post graduate research degrees (special MSc with thesis and PhDs) in both the Basic Medical Sciences and Para-Clinical Sciences. The requirement for admission into the first MBChB professional programme in the faculty is as follows: • Successful completion of the College's Pre-medical 2 programme • Advanced A-Level Examination with at least 3Cs in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Mathematics • At least second class lower Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in the sciences. Admission however into the Premed 1 programme is a minimum of five credits at WASSCE, C5 or better in the following subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language, and Mathematics or Further Mathematics with a maximum aggregate of eighteen (18) in not more than two (2) sittings, Or its equivalent; and for Premed 2 it is five credit at WASSCE, C4 or better in the same subjects with a maximum aggregate of twelve (12) in not more than two sitting, or its equivalent.
"Basic Medical Sciences are the silent architects of healing, where every discovery becomes the foundation of tomorrow’s cures"