To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12986 by Jamie Hepburn on 20 December 2022, how many students have taken up a medical school place at the University of (a) Glasgow, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Aberdeen, (d) St Andrews and (e) Dundee, in each year since 2020-21. The numbers of entrants to first degree pre-clinical medicine courses, by university, have been provided in the following table.The tables only cover those entering ‘pre-clinical medicine’ and do not include other students entering medical schools on ‘clinical medicine’ or students in continuing years of study.First degree entrants to pre-clinical medicine at Scottish Providers 2020-212021-222022-232023-24The University of Aberdeen215220280300The University of Dundee185185195230The University of Edinburgh235255285275The University of Glasgow335325295335The University of St Andrews175250190190Total1,1451,2301,2401,335Source: HESA student dataPre-clinical medicine as defined by HECOS subject classification '100276'Entrants covers new students onlyFigures have been rounded to the nearest 5Includes all domiciles of entrants S6W-39892