UCAT Cut Off Scores 2027
A UCAT cut-off is the minimum score a school needs to invite you to interview, not a guarantee of an offer. Search, filter and sort all 60 schools below.
Only schools that publish a fixed minimum show a number here. "Not published" means the school ranks applicants by percentile, decile or a combined score instead, or simply hasn't released a 2027-entry figure yet. Every figure links through to the school's own page with its source and last-checked date.
What "Not published" actually means
For context, the UCAT Consortium's own 2025 statistics report a mean cognitive score of 1891 (out of 2,700) across 41,354 tests, with the median (5th decile) at 1880 and the top decile at 2220+. There's no single official "score you need to get interviewed" published by the UCAT Consortium itself, since interview thresholds are set by each university, not centrally. Use this national distribution to sanity-check where your score sits, then read the specific school's page for how it actually uses UCAT.
UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2025Published cut-offs vs. the national distribution
Deciles and mean: UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2025, 2025. Only schools with a genuinely published, current-cycle minimum are plotted — most schools use UCAT without a fixed public number, so their absence here isn't a gap in this chart.
| Course | SJT policy | Interview | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| Aston University | Medicine | Not published | SJT band not scored | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Medicine | Not published | The SJT subsection is used as a hard gate before interview selection: candidates scoring Band 4 are rejected. Candidates with Band 1 to 3 proceed to be ranked by UCAT score. | Multiple Mini Interview: five stations each lasting 10 minutes with a short break between stations, roughly one hour total. Applicants choose in person (early December or early January) or virtual via Zoom (late January or early February); interviews run December to February. |
| Brunel University London | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Virtual, asynchronous Multiple Mini Interview (vMMI), online only |
| Cardiff University | Dentistry | Not published | Not mentioned anywhere in Cardiff's official BDS admissions materials for either the 2026 or 2027 cycle. Does not appear to be used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format, a series of short, timed stations that applicants rotate through. In person for home fee status applicants; online interviews offered only to overseas applicants. Exact number of stations is not published. |
| Cardiff University | Medicine | Not published | Not published as a separate scored component. No Cardiff admissions document mentions a distinct SJT band or SJT-specific cut-off; only the overall UCAT decile score is used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview: several individual stations with themed questions covering ethics, motivation, teamwork, communication and understanding of a medical career; exact station count not published. In person for home fee status applicants, online for overseas fee status applicants. |
| Edge Hill University | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| Imperial College London | Medicine | Not published | For 2026 entry, a minimum SJT Band 3 was required alongside the UCAT threshold, with Band 4 discounted, for both home and contextual applicants. Not confirmed for the current cycle. | Multiple Mini Interview, typically held throughout January and February. Each station allows 5 minutes to answer, marked out of 6 for content and 4 for communication. Total number of stations and online versus in-person delivery are not stated on the official pages checked. |
| Keele University | Medicine | 1700 | Band 4 automatic rejection | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| King's College London | Dentistry | Not published | Taken into account when shortlisting alongside the overall UCAT average, but no specific SJT band or numerical cut-off is published. | Currently conducted remotely with a panel of two interviewers, assessing communication skills, ethical and social issues, and suitability for dentistry. In previous years the format was in-person Multiple Mini Interviews with six interviewers. Interview period runs December to March, with at least two weeks' notice given. |
| King's College London | Medicine | Not published | SJT is taken into account when shortlisting candidates for interview; no band cut-off or scoring formula is published. | Format (MMI vs panel), station count, and online/in-person delivery are not specified on King's official page. King's confirms only that no offers are made without an interview, and interviews run November to May. |
| Lancaster University | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Online via Microsoft Teams |
| Newcastle University | Dentistry | Not published | Not used or mentioned anywhere in Newcastle's admissions materials for either the 2026 or 2027 cycle. | Semi-structured panel interview, not MMI, conducted by two admissions selectors, lasting approximately 20 minutes, held online via Zoom, usually in February or March. Scored across six domains: motivation, learning skills, teamwork, resilience, communication and empathy/professionalism. |
| Newcastle University | Medicine | Not published | SJT band not used in selection. | Home A100/A101 applicants: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) on campus |
| Queen Mary University of London | Medicine | Not published | SJT Band 4 results in automatic rejection at first shortlisting; Bands 1 to 3 are required to proceed, and the SJT score may be reconsidered again at the final offer-decision stage. | QMUL's two official sources disagree on format: its Admissions Policy document says the university may use either MMI or panel interviews, in person or virtually, usually January to March; a separate selection-criteria page describes online-only panel interviews of two senior academic/clinical staff, January to February. |
| Queen Mary University of London | Dentistry | Not published | SJT is scored alongside UCAT at first shortlisting: applicants must score Band 1 to 3 to proceed; a Band 4 SJT score results in the application not being considered further. | Panel interview, not MMI, conducted online, taking place in January and February. Panels typically consist of two senior academic or clinical staff members, a dental student, and sometimes a lay selector. |
| Queen's University Belfast | Medicine | Not published | Not described as a separate banded cut-off on QUB's live pages. Used only as a tie-breaker: if two candidates have the same rank order but there is only one place, the offer goes to the candidate with the higher SJT score. | Multiple Mini Interview. QUB's MMI candidate information describes a 12-station circuit with 9 interview stations and 3 rest stations, 4 stations including a role player. Held December to March, in person in Belfast for home fee-paying applicants, online for international fee-paying applicants. |
| Queen's University Belfast | Dentistry | Not published | The SJT is not scored directly into the ranking. It can be used to inform decisions on borderline applicants who have achieved a similar combined academic and UCAT score, or a similar score at interview. No specific SJT band cut-off is published. | Home/RoI fee applicants are ranked on academic plus UCAT score, then shortlisted for an in-person interview in Belfast; offers are made solely on interview performance. International/EU (non-RoI) applicants are ranked holistically and interviewed online. QUB's Dentistry-specific materials do not confirm MMI terminology or a station count for this course. |
| St George's, University of London | Medicine | Not published | SJT and MMI scores are ranked together post-interview, with offers going to the highest performers within each applicant group. No specific SJT band cut-off is published. | Multiple Mini Interview, primarily in person at the Tooting campus. Overseas applicants (or those unable to travel) may be offered a Remote MMI via SAMMI-Select software. Official pages do not publish a specific station count. |
| Swansea University | Medicine | Not published | SJT policy not specified for graduate-entry route. | Interview format for graduate-entry applicants specified by university. |
| University College London | Medicine | Not published | Used only as a tiebreaker: where candidates have identical total UCAT scores, the SJT score is used to further rank them. No separate published SJT band cut-off. | Multiple Mini Interview with up to 8 stations, each 5 minutes plus 1 minute of reading time beforehand, roughly 50 minutes in total. Home fee-paying candidates interview in person in London; overseas candidates interview online. Interviews run on a rolling basis from December to the end of March. |
| University of Aberdeen | Medicine | Not published | SJT is one of four UCAT subtests factored into the overall UCAT score used in selection; Aberdeen's official pages do not publish a separate SJT band cut-off or distinct SJT weighting policy. | Modified Multiple Mini Interview, in person at the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, approximately 1 hour per candidate across 5 stations (motivation, core qualities, critical thinking, teamwork, professionalism). This format is confirmed on a page still labelled for the prior admissions cycle; no distinct current-cycle interview page was found. |
| University of Aberdeen | Dentistry | Not published | The SJT subtest is not formally scored as part of the ranking, but may be used in offer-making when candidates have similar scores. | Multiple Mini Interview, in person at the Dental School, with candidates rotating around a number of question stations, each lasting 7 minutes, roughly 90 minutes total. Around the top 60 candidates are interviewed each cycle, running November to March. |
| University of Birmingham | Dentistry | Not published | Not used in the ranking score at this stage. Only Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning count. | Not published on the university's dentistry admissions pages at the time of writing. |
| University of Birmingham | Medicine | Not published | Not used in the initial ranking score; the SJT result is used at the interview stage instead. | Multiple Mini Interview: six or seven stations, each 8 minutes including 2 minutes of preparation time. In person at the Medical School in Birmingham for home applicants, online via Zoom for international applicants. Mix of interview, role-play and calculation stations, plus the SJT result, all weighted equally in the interview score. |
| University of Bristol | Medicine | Not published | The Situational Judgement subtest is excluded from the combined score used to select applicants for interview; all other subtests are treated equally. No SJT band or cut-off is published. | Online, formal structured interview via a remote interview system (Zoom in the last confirmed cycle). Bristol confirms interviews stay online for this cycle but has not restated station count or duration on the current admissions statement; the most recently confirmed format (on a page not yet refreshed for this cycle) was six stations, three assessors per group, about 30 minutes. |
| University of Bristol | Dentistry | Not published | UCAT Situational Judgement Test must be sat but is explicitly excluded from the score used to select applicants for interview; no separate SJT band cut-off is published. | Single structured panel interview, not MMI, with four assessors, lasting approximately 45-60 minutes, held online via Zoom. Candidates also prepare and present two set tasks in advance. Interviews run late December through March. |
| University of Buckingham | Medicine | Not published | No SJT requirement. | Multiple Mini Assessment (MMA), in-house assessment tool specific to Buckingham. |
| University of Cambridge | Medicine | Not published | Not used. Cambridge states it will not use the Situational Judgement Test score as part of its assessment for this entry cycle. | College-based interviews, typically one or two interviews totalling 35 minutes to an hour, conducted by academics. Format (online or in person) varies by college and, for some colleges, by applicant location. No written admissions assessment is required for Medicine. |
| University of Chester | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Interview format for graduate-entry applicants specified by university. |
| University of Dundee | Medicine | Not published | UCAT Situational Judgement Test bands are not used as part of the initial selection for interview; no band cut-off is applied. | Not a Multiple Mini Interview. Two-stage format: a roughly 30-minute observed group discussion with six applicants, followed by a one-to-one assessor-led discussion, about 1 hour 40 minutes in total including registration. In person at Ninewells campus for UK applicants, online via Blackboard Collaborate for international applicants. Held in January. |
| University of Dundee | Dentistry | Not published | No standalone SJT requirement or SJT band cut-off is published on Dundee's official entry-requirements or interview pages for Dentistry. | Multiple Mini Interview with 7 stations, lasting approximately 60 minutes. Held in person in Dundee for UK applicants, with a remote option via Blackboard Collaborate for international applicants, typically between December and January. |
| University of East Anglia | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| University of Edinburgh | Medicine | 1850 | SJT banding contributes points to the ranking, but any applicant scoring Band 4 is automatically excluded from consideration regardless of widening-access eligibility. | Multiple Mini Interview format, delivered as an assessment half-day with a series of short interview stations. Scottish and rest-of-UK/Republic of Ireland fee-rate applicants are required to attend in person; exact station count and timing for the current cycle are not published. |
| University of Exeter | Medicine | Not published | Not addressed anywhere in Exeter's official current-cycle admissions policy. No separate SJT band, cut-off, or usage stage is published; only the overall UCAT decile feeds the selection matrix. | Multiple Mini Interview, held December to March. Exeter expects to interview approximately 800 applicants in total. Station count is not disclosed in the official policy document; a separate FAQ page states interviews run either in person or online, without further detail. |
| University of Glasgow | Dentistry | Not published | Not used. Glasgow states explicitly that it does not take SJT banding into account in its decision making. | Multiple Mini Interview with 7 stations of around 6 minutes each, including 1 minute of reading time, roughly 45 minutes in total, covering role-play, discussion and practical station types. Invites sent in December, interviews held on a weekend in February. |
| University of Glasgow | Medicine | Not published | The SJT portion of the UCAT is explicitly not considered in Glasgow's selection process. | Traditional two-panel interview, not MMI, 30 minutes total, held online. One panel assesses motivation and teamwork, the other communication and an ethical scenario. Interviews run late November to March. |
| University of Hull and York Medical School | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection process. | Structured interview format using questions exploring motivation, experience, and communication. |
| University of Kent and Medway School of Medicine | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| University of Lancashire | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| University of Lancashire | Dentistry | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Interview format for graduate-entry applicants specified by university. |
| University of Leeds | Medicine | Not published | The SJT is one of the four UCAT subtests taken, but Leeds does not publish a separate SJT band cut-off or distinct use of the SJT score in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview with 8 stations, 6 minutes per station plus 2 minutes of reading and preparation time outside each station, one interviewer per station. In person on campus for UK applicants, online for overseas applicants. Assesses communication, ethical reasoning and problem solving, not clinical or scientific knowledge. |
| University of Leeds | Dentistry | Not published | Not addressed on the official course page for the current cycle; no mention of the SJT, any band, or a cut-off. Third-party sites claim SJT is not used, but this is unconfirmed by the university itself. | Multiple Mini Interview: candidates rotate through a series of stations, each with a task or short questions that is scored. Typically held in February. The delivery method (online vs in person) for the current cycle had not been announced as of this check. |
| University of Leicester | Medicine | Not published | Applicants with SJT Band 4 are automatically rejected pre-interview. Guaranteed-interview widening-access routes additionally require SJT Band 1 to 3 combined with a UCAT score in the top 7 deciles. | Multiple Mini Interview. Leicester is currently planning face-to-face interviews for home applicants and online interviews for international applicants; exact station count is not fixed. Interviews normally run December to January, released in batches. |
| University of Lincoln | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| University of Liverpool | Medicine | Not published | SJT is checked at Stage 1 alongside UCAT. Home applicants must score Band 1 to 3 for their application to be processed; International/EU applicants may offer any of the 4 SJT bands. | Multiple Mini Interview. UK applicants interview face to face on campus; international applicants are invited to an equivalent online MMI. Station count is not published. Interviews expected January/February, with none offered after early March. |
| University of Liverpool | Dentistry | Not published | SJT is used at the shortlisting stage combined with the UCAT score. A Band 4 SJT score is explicitly stated as not competitive enough to be considered for the programme; no other band cut-offs are published. | Multiple Mini Interviews, held mid-January through to the end of February. Station count and whether interviews are online or in person are not stated on the official pages checked. |
| University of Manchester | Medicine | Not published | Only Band 1 or 2 is considered. Applicants achieving Band 3 or 4 are not considered further. | Multiple Mini Interview: 5 stations, 8 minutes each with a 2-minute gap between stations. Starting station assigned randomly; no advance information given, and no reading or writing component. Available online via Zoom or in person in Manchester, assessed identically either way. |
| University of Manchester | Dentistry | Not published | Manchester does not consider applicants who achieve Band 3 or 4 in the SJT section of the UCAT; there is no further numeric band cut-off beyond this rule. | Five-station Multiple Mini Interview, each interviewer marking one station, 7 minutes per station with a 2-minute or longer gap between stations. Held in person in Manchester between January and March; only overseas-fee-status applicants may interview remotely via Zoom. |
| University of Nottingham | Medicine | Not published | Used at initial screening. A Band 4 SJT result means the applicant is not accepted for interview consideration. Bands 1 to 3 score 10, 6 and 2 points respectively toward the ranking score. | Six scenario stations including at least one role-play, lasting up to one hour in total. For the current cycle, home applicants interview in person and international applicants interview online via Microsoft Teams. Interviews run mid-December to late January. |
| University of Oxford | Medicine | Not published | Not used at the shortlisting stage. The SJT band is reintroduced later, alongside the UCAT score, when colleges review candidate rankings after interviews. No published band cut-off. | Panel style, not MMI. Shortlisted candidates are interviewed at two colleges, each panel including at least two academics and at least one practising clinician. Format can vary slightly by college; online versus in-person delivery and exact dates are not stated on the official requirements pages. |
| University of Plymouth | Dentistry | Not published | SJT is part of the UCAT taken alongside the three cognitive subtests, used within the overall UCAT threshold for interview shortlisting; no separate SJT band cut-off is published. | Multiple Mini Interviews, described as OSCE-style stations with unseen cases exploring attitudes and outlook rather than medical knowledge. The only station-count detail found (five stations, four interviewers, about 55 minutes, delivered online) was labelled for an older cycle and should not be assumed current. |
| University of Plymouth | Medicine | Not published | SJT is part of UCAT taken alongside three cognitive subtests, used within overall UCAT threshold for interview shortlisting. | Multiple Mini Interviews, OSCE-style stations exploring attitudes and outlook rather than medical knowledge. |
| University of Sheffield | Medicine | 1800 | SJT performance is reviewed only for applicants invited to interview, not used pre-interview. At interview stage, the SJT quartile converts to a score out of 5, added to the interview score for a combined total out of 45. | Multiple Mini Interview, typically 8 stations, in person for home applicants; online panel interview for international applicants. Interviews run December to January. |
| University of Sheffield | Dentistry | Not published | SJT is used at Phase 1 screening. Applicants must achieve Bands 1 or 2 in the UCAT Situational Judgement Test to progress. | Semi-structured panel interview, not MMI, lasting up to 15 minutes, with a panel usually of two academic staff and a senior dental student. All selection days are on campus; no online selection days are offered. A separate group task assessing respect, teamwork and communication also takes place. |
| University of Southampton | Medicine | Not published | Not published. No official Southampton page mentions the SJT subtest, a band requirement, or any distinct SJT-based stage. | In-person only Selection Day consisting of an interview plus a group task; no online alternative is offered. Southampton does not label the format as MMI or panel, and no station count or per-station timing is published. |
| University of St Andrews | Medicine | Not published | St Andrews' official pages do not name the Situational Judgement Test or state any SJT band cut-off; only the UCAT global score is described as used for ranking. | Multiple Mini Interview: four stations of about six minutes each, assessing communication, critical thinking and ethical issues, with one role-play station against an actor. Home-fee applicants interview in person in St Andrews; other fee statuses interview online. |
| University of Sunderland | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Multiple Mini Interview format. |
| University of Warwick | Medicine | Not published | Not used in selection | Interview format for graduate-entry applicants specified by university. |
| University of Worcester | Medicine | Not published | SJT band used in selection. | Interview format for graduate-entry applicants. |
Every figure is checked directly against the university's own admissions page, not a third-party aggregator. Click through to a school's page for its source link and the date it was last verified.