Does a low UCAT cut-off mean a school is easier to get into?

Not necessarily. A low published cut-off usually means the school weights UCAT less heavily relative to A-levels, GCSEs, the interview or contextual factors, rather than accepting a genuinely lower overall standard. Check the school's full weighting before treating it as a safety option.

Why do some schools not appear on this page?

Only courses with a published minimum for 2027 entry appear here, and that is 3 out of 68. Schools that rank applicants by percentile or decile instead of publishing a fixed number, or that haven't yet released a 2027-entry figure, aren't listed, since listing them with an assumed low bar would be a claim we can't support.

Lowest UCAT Cut Off Scores

Schools with the lowest published UCAT cut-offs for 2027 entry, ranked. There are 3 of them out of 68 courses, because almost nobody publishes a number. A low cut-off usually means UCAT is weighted less heavily against other criteria, not that the school is easier to get into overall.

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This page only includes schools that publish a fixed UCAT minimum for 2027 entry, which is 3 of the 68 courses we track. A low number here almost always reflects how a school weights UCAT within its overall scoring model, not a lower academic bar. Read each school's full entry requirements before treating one of these as a safety choice.

University	Course	2027 cut off	Weighting	SJT policy
Keele University	Medicine	1700	UCAT score used in selection; minimum cut-off 1700 for interview consideration.	Band 4 automatic rejection
University of Sheffield	Medicine	1800	Applicants who meet minimum academic and UCAT thresholds are ranked by UCAT score to determine interview invitations. Widening-participation applicants on recognised pathways who meet the minimum threshold progress without competitive ranking.	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.
University of Edinburgh	Medicine	1850	UCAT total score is ranked into deciles (10 equal groups) and converted to a score; SJT banding is also scored. Both are added to the academic score to produce a ranking used for shortlisting to an Assessment Day. No percentage weighting breakdown is published.	SJT banding contributes points to the ranking, but any applicant scoring Band 4 is automatically excluded from consideration regardless of widening-access eligibility.

A published cut-off is the floor to be considered for interview, not a guarantee of one, and not a guarantee of an offer. Cut-offs are reset every admissions cycle and can move up or down year to year.

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