text: is a student doing pre-medicine full time or part time student?   the title of the course is not what defines your status as a student but the amount of time spent doing that course. if you are attending lectures/lessons on a full time basis then you are a full time student. part time students usually have a job or something else they are doing at the same time hence only attend lectures/lessons for a few hours a week, say two/three days or just evenings each week or even on line. such is the ethos of the open university.