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UK Medicine · 2027 Entry
Buckingham Medical School2027 Entry Requirements & Interview Format
Location Buckingham, UKEstablished 1976Interviews December - MarchDecisions March onwards
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About 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.
What makes it different
UCAT not used in selection - the MMA computer-based test replaces it. Private university with £40k tuition fees. Apply directly outside UCAS rather than via the standard route.
Course & teaching
Integrated curriculum. Four-and-a-half-year accelerated MB ChB (no UCAT required). Clinical placements at Milton Keynes, Stoke Mandeville and partner NHS sites.
Research strengths
Buckingham has notable research strength in Translational research, Public health, Cardiovascular medicine.
Intercalation
Not standard (accelerated programme).
Interview
Buckingham interviews via Traditional Panel Interview. Panel-style interview with multiple interviewers. Selection also involves the MMA computer-based test that judges personal attributes for medical practice - exceptionally high MMA scorers may receive offers without progressing to MMI.
Intake
~70 home + significant international places per year (UK's only private medical school).
At a glance
Founded in 1976, based in Buckingham. Programmes offered: Medicine, Accelerated Medicine.
Entry requirements
What you need to apply to Buckingham
A-Level requirements
AAB at A-level including Chemistry and Biology (4.5-year MBChB)
Required A-Level subjects
Chemistry and Biology required
GCSE requirements
Five GCSEs at grade B/6 or above including English Language and Mathematics
International Baccalaureate
34 points overall, 6,5,5 at Higher Level including Chemistry and Biology at Higher Level
Graduate-entry degree requirement
2:1 (Upper-second-class Honours) in any discipline plus required science background
Alternative qualifications
Private GMC-accredited medical school. Apply directly to Buckingham (not via UCAS). UCAT/GAMSAT not used - Buckingham uses its own MMA (Multiple Mini Assessment) computer-based test instead.
UCAT Selection at Buckingham
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UCAT not used - uses MMA computer-based test instead
UCAT not used. Selection by computer-based MMA (Multiple Mini Assessment) test. Private university, £40,000/year fees. Apply directly outside UCAS.
SJT Band
UCAT not used - uses MMA computer-based test instead
Specialities offered
Medicine, Accelerated Medicine
Interview
How Buckingham interviews applicants
Format
Traditional Panel Interview
Interview window
December - March
Decision date
March onwards
Post-interview chances
Refused to state
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AAA including Chemistry and Biology
Traditional Panel Interview. Panel-style interview with multiple interviewers. Selection also involves the MMA computer-based test that judges personal attributes for medical practice - exceptionally high MMA scorers may receive offers without progressing to MMI.
Buckingham typically interviews in December - March.
Decisions are released March onwards.
UCAT not used in selection - the MMA computer-based test replaces it. Private university with £40k tuition fees. Apply directly outside UCAS rather than via the standard route.
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