UK Medical Schools - Entry Requirements & Interview Formats
Browse every UK medical school. See entry requirements, UCAT cut-offs, interview formats and decision dates - updated for 2026/2027 entry.
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Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen places real weight on rural and remote care across its curriculum, with strong widening-access uplifts for Scottish-domiciled applicants.
Anglia Ruskin (ARU)
Chelmsford
Anglia Ruskin's smaller cohort and East-of-England UCAT discount make it a strong option for local applicants, with a role-play-heavy MMI.
Aston University
Birmingham
New medical school in Birmingham with focus on diverse communities.
Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
London
London medical school with strong community focus and diverse student body.
Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham was the UK's first university to offer medicine and dentistry side by side. Its selection is GCSE-heavy with longer 6-minute MMI stations.
Brighton & Sussex (BSMS)
Brighton
Partnership medical school between Brighton and Sussex universities.
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a Russell Group medical school with a distinctive on-the-spot MMI - no questions in advance, no station prep time, and a high UCAT bar.
Brunel Medical School
Uxbridge
Brunel is a newer London-based medical school whose MMI is unusually scenario-heavy, leaning on data interpretation and on-the-spot reasoning.
Buckingham
Buckingham
Buckingham is a private GMC-accredited medical school that uses its own MMA aptitude test in place of UCAT, with applications outside the UCAS system.
Cambridge
Cambridge
Cambridge takes a science-first approach to medicine, with a heavily academic interview style and a flexible college system that runs admissions in parallel.
Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is Wales's leading medical school, with the C21 spiral curriculum and the unique CARER community placement that runs through the entire course.
Chester Medical School (GEM)
Chester
Chester runs a graduate-entry course committed to serving local communities in north-west England.
Cumbria Medical School
Carlisle
Cumbria's medical school was created to address rural-healthcare access in the region, with a curriculum oriented around community placements.
Dundee
Dundee
Dundee is best known internationally for anatomy teaching, with a friendly MMI that leans heavily on personal-statement discussion.
Edge Hill
Ormskirk
New medical school with regional focus.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh combines a research-heavy curriculum with one of the UK's most distinctive interview formats - multi-panel sessions that probe depth rather than breadth.
Exeter
Exeter, Devon, England, UK
Exeter runs a short online MMI of 4 stations with notably fewer follow-up questions than peer schools - first answers carry most of the weight.
Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is among the oldest medical schools in the English-speaking world, still using a traditional panel interview that rewards reflection and clinical reasoning.
Hertfordshire
Hatfield
New international-focused medical school at the University of Hertfordshire, accepting direct applications outside UCAS in addition to the standard 4 medical choices.
Hull York (HYMS)
Hull/York
Hull York uses a points-based shortlist and an unusual 5-station MMI that includes a tutor-led PBL group exercise reflecting the course's problem-based curriculum.
Imperial College London
London
Imperial sits at the intersection of medicine, science and engineering - its London course leans into research, technology and an integrated curriculum from year one.
Keele
Staffordshire
Medical school with focus on rural and community medicine.
Kent and Medway (KMMS)
Canterbury/Medway
New medical school partnership between Kent and Medway.
King's College London (KCL)
London
One of London's premier medical schools with excellent teaching hospitals and research facilities.
Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster is a newer medical school with a regional focus on north-west England, an MMI that includes prep stations, and no use of personal statement in selection.
Leeds
Leeds
Leeds runs an 8-station MMI with strong community-medicine emphasis and one of the more thorough reading-time setups for each station.
Leicester
Leicester
Leicester combines UCAT and GCSE into a single /96 score and uses an MMI that prioritises the substance of answers over polished phrasing.
Lincoln Medical School
Lincoln
Lincoln is one of the most SJT-heavy schools in the UK, scoring SJT band /15 and rewarding high band 1 applicants even at relatively modest UCAT scores.
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is historically known for tropical medicine and global health, with a famously deadpan interview panel and tight twin GCSE/UCAT cut-offs.
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is one of the largest UK medical schools, with a five-station MMI, supportive interview style and strong clinical placements across Greater Manchester.
Newcastle
Newcastle
Newcastle pairs strong North-East clinical partnerships with a 7-station MMI scoring system that rewards high UCAT scorers more than most peer schools.
North Wales (Bangor)
Bangor
Bangor is north Wales's medical school, with non-public cut-offs and anecdotally lower UCAT thresholds, particularly for Welsh-domiciled applicants.
Norwich (UEA)
Norwich
UEA Norwich emphasises personal suitability for medicine - empathy, reflection and team working - with UCAT and SJT making up the bulk of post-interview scoring.
Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham runs an online MMI with role-play stations and an unusual emphasis on awareness of live NHS and healthcare news.
Oxford
Oxford
Oxford trains medics through its hallmark tutorial system, with strong emphasis on biomedical science in pre-clinical years and a small, research-intense cohort.
Pears Cumbria (GEM)
Carlisle
Pears Cumbria is a graduate-entry programme built around rural and community healthcare in Cumbria, with a regional workforce focus.
Peninsula (Plymouth)
Plymouth
Plymouth publishes an explicit list of competencies it tests at MMI and ignores personal statement and work experience entirely in shortlisting.
Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
Belfast
Queen's Belfast prizes reflective examples of doctor qualities over NHS-policy debate - its MMI is built around STARR-style questions.
Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield publishes its MMI station topics in advance and prizes balanced performance across all 9 sections rather than peaks in a few.
Southampton
Southampton
Southampton splits its interview into a personal-statement panel and a group-task observed-discussion, with no SJT use in selection.
St Andrews
St Andrews
St Andrews offers a 3-year BSc Honours in pre-clinical medicine before transferring students to a partner school for clinical training, with a famously casual interview.
St George's
London
UK's only specialist medical and health sciences university dedicated solely to medicine.
St Mary's Twickenham
Twickenham, London
New international medical school at St Mary's University Twickenham, accepting direct applications outside UCAS in addition to the standard 4 medical choices.
Sunderland
Sunderland
Sunderland built its interview around a structured selection tool that rewards real paid work or caring experience over generic shadowing, plus a numeracy test.
Surrey (GEM)
Guildford
Surrey's graduate-entry medical school takes a technology-forward approach to teaching, with an emphasis on innovation in healthcare delivery.
Swansea (GEM)
Swansea
Swansea's graduate entry course pairs two panel interviews with a written situational-judgement assessment on the same selection day.
UCL
London
UCL runs an integrated London medical course with a conversational MMI and unusually strong emphasis on broad scientific and social-context understanding.
Ulster University Medical School
Londonderry
Ulster's medical school serves Northern Ireland, with a regional curriculum oriented around local workforce needs.
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)
Preston
Preston-based five-year MBBS with a notably international cohort and clinical placements across Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS sites.
University of Greater Manchester
Bolton
New medical school at the University of Greater Manchester (formerly University of Bolton), serving international applicants and potentially home applicants.
Warwick (GEM)
Coventry
Warwick runs a graduate-entry programme through a selection-centre format - 2 hours of timed group and individual exercises rather than a traditional MMI.
Worcester Medical School
Worcester
Worcester partners with Swansea for degree accreditation while completing GMC accreditation. Community-focused course with West Midlands placements.
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- Aberdeen: photograph by Holger Uwe Schmitt — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Anglia Ruskin (ARU): photograph by ARU — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aston University: photograph by Tony Hisgett — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barts and The London (Queen Mary): photograph by Paul the Archivist / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Birmingham: photograph by mattbuck — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brighton & Sussex (BSMS): photograph by Hassocks5489 / Wikimedia Commons — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bristol: photograph by Suicasmo — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brunel Medical School: photograph by Matt Brown — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Buckingham: photograph by Nilo775 / Wikimedia Commons — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge: photograph by Dmitry Tonkonog (User:Heuschrecke) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cardiff: photograph by Jeremy Segrott (from Cardiff, Wales, UK) / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Medical School (GEM): photograph by secretlondon123 — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cumbria Medical School: photograph by Tom Edwards — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dundee: photograph by Ydam / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Edge Hill: photograph by Bryan Pready / geograph.org.uk — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Edinburgh: photograph by AlasdairW / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter: photograph by Benjamin Evans — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Glasgow: photograph by Clem_nat — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hertfordshire: photograph by CybJubal / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hull York (HYMS): photograph by Tadeusz Hare — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial College London: photograph by Cheller0425 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keele: photograph by Jonathan Hutchins / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kent and Medway (KMMS): photograph by St BC / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- King's College London (KCL): photograph by K Ulysses-Ono — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lancaster: photograph by SideLong / Flickr — CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leeds: photograph by Chemical Engineer / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leicester: photograph by NotFromUtrecht — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Medical School: photograph by Oliver Mills / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Liverpool: photograph by Rodhullandemu / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester: photograph by Happytree9527 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle: photograph by Sarah Cossom — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- North Wales (Bangor): photograph by Tilman2007 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich (UEA): photograph by Bryn Holmes / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nottingham: photograph by Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent (www.clemrutter.net) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford: photograph by Julian Herzog — CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pears Cumbria (GEM): photograph by Tom Edwards — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peninsula (Plymouth): photograph by Ebitart / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's University Belfast (QUB): photograph by Nick Birse — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sheffield: photograph by Chanpeter — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton: photograph by Roger Davies / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrews: photograph by Daytrick / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- St George's: photograph by Peter Trimming / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- St Mary's Twickenham: photograph by Peter Trimming / Geograph (via Wikimedia Commons) — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sunderland: photograph by Komusar — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Surrey (GEM): photograph by Geographer / Geograph Britain and Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Swansea (GEM): photograph by Vexald / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- UCL: photograph by Diliff (David Iliff) — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ulster University Medical School: photograph by Conradder / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Central Lancashire (UCLan): photograph by Adam C Snape / Geograph — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- University of Greater Manchester: photograph by BoltonUni — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Warwick (GEM): photograph by Mike1024 / Wikimedia Commons — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Worcester Medical School: photograph by Elliott Brown (Birmingham, UK) / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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