Can IGCSE or A-Level Chemistry get you into medicine in Thailand? Requirements for 2027 entry

IGCSE is a Year 11 qualification. Every route into medicine needs Year 13 / Grade 12 or equivalent. Siriraj says outright that GED and IGCSE are not accepted, and the national equivalency rules (ทปอ.) count GCE A-Level, not IGCSE.

A-Level Chemistry is accepted at CICM, Thammasat (international) · KMITL (international) · Siriraj and Ramathibodi (Portfolio round). Siriraj, Ramathibodi and KMITL set a minimum of grade A in Chemistry (IB HL at least 6 · AP at least 4).

Chemistry is a real gate, and an A in A-Level Chemistry starts with solid IGCSE Chemistry.

Pick the qualification your child will finish with, then see the chemistry requirement, selection test, English requirement and application status of each programme. Every card links to the official announcement.

In TCAS, "A-Level" means Thailand's own national subject exams run by ทปอ., not the Cambridge or Edexcel GCE A-Level. The กสพท announcement for TCAS70 requires 7 of these Thai A-Level exams (physics, chemistry, biology, maths 1, English, Thai, social studies) at 70%, plus TPAT1 at 30%.

So foreign results cannot replace them on the กสพท route. International students taking it sit the same Thai-language exams as everyone else (TPAT1 on 13 February 2027 · Thai A-Level on 13–15 March 2027).

Siriraj (Portfolio, 2027 entry): A-Level Chemistry ≥ A · IB HL Chemistry ≥ 6 · AP Chemistry ≥ 4 · GPAX ≥ 3.50 · Thai nationals only.

Ramathibodi (Portfolio): A-Level Biology, Chemistry and Maths or Physics all ≥ A · IB HL ≥ 6 · AP ≥ 4 · UCAT 2026 (SJT Band 1–3) required · the announcement says students from schools that teach IGCSE can apply, but must submit A-Level, IB or AP results, not IGCSE.

KMITL international MD (2026-entry rules; 2027 not yet announced): A-Level Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Maths all at A or A* · IB at least 6 · AP at least 4 · or SAT ≥ 1300 · MD@KMITL test + MMI.

CICM, Thammasat (international, 2027 entry): results in Biology, Chemistry and Maths or Physics are required, but no minimum grade is stated · selection by UCAT (2026 cycle) and an English MMI · tuition ฿475,000 per semester for Thai students.

Chulalongkorn (English-aptitude round): accepts Year 13 / Grade 12 graduates but does not use A-Level or IB grades; selection by TBAT (chemistry 25%) + CU-AAT. CU-MEDi, Chula's international MD, is graduate entry only and uses the MCAT, so IGCSE and A-Level do not apply.

Closed: Siriraj and Ramathibodi Portfolio (10 September 2026) · Chula English-aptitude round (28 September 2026) · the UCAT 2026 testing window (13 July – 24 September 2026).

Open: CICM Inter Portfolio-1 (15 October – 30 November 2026) · Not yet announced: KMITL international MD (last year's came in October–November).

For students still in Year 10–11, the thing to do now is build solid IGCSE Chemistry, the base for an A in A-Level Chemistry, and plan the UCAT and English tests at least a year ahead.

IGCSE is not on the application, but A-Level Chemistry builds directly on it: the mole and calculations, bonding, energetics, rates and equilibrium, organic chemistry. A student who leaves IGCSE still unsure about the mole meets the same idea again, harder, at AS Level.

Boom-Tutor's IGCSE Chemistry course is built on interactives that make the ideas visible, with practice in answering to the marking points. The self-learn course is ฿4,900, paid once. The platform is expected to open around December 2026.

Everything here is from each school's official admission announcement and the กสพท announcement, checked 22 October 2026. Requirements change every year; always check the programme's latest announcement before applying. This guide does not cover every medical school in Thailand, only programmes with an official announcement we could find.