Medicine UCAT Cut Off Scores
How UK medical schools use the UCAT differs school to school: fixed cut-offs, decile ranking, and combined scoring all appear. Here's every medicine programme we track side by side.
Medical schools split roughly three ways in how they treat the UCAT: a handful publish a hard minimum score, most rank the applicant pool by percentile or decile without a public number, and a smaller group fold UCAT into a combined score alongside academic results. The table below shows every medicine programme in our directory with its published approach, SJT policy and interview format.
| University | 2027 cut off | Weighting | SJT policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | Not published | UCAT score used in selection process alongside academic achievement. | SJT band used in selection. |
| Aston University | Not published | UCAT score used in selection process alongside academic achievement. | SJT band not scored |
| Brighton and Sussex Medical School | Not published | BSMS does not publish a numeric UCAT cut-off. After screening for academic qualifications, UCAT total score is used to rank and select candidates for interview, but only among applicants who scored SJT band 1, 2 or 3. | 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. |
| Brunel University London | Not published | UCAT score considered in selection for new programme; first UK cohort September 2024. | SJT band used in selection. |
| Cardiff University | Not published | UCAT total score is converted into deciles and combined with GCSE points to form part of the academic score used to rank applicants for interview; a UCAT cut-off may additionally be applied to shortlist further if too many applicants tie on academic score. There is no fixed, predetermined threshold. | 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. |
| Edge Hill University | Not published | UCAT score considered in selection process. | SJT band used in selection. |
| Imperial College London | Not published | UCAT is used to help decide shortlisting for interview but is not the sole factor; the threshold varies year to year with the distribution of scores and the ratio of applicants to places. For 2026 entry (the last completed cycle), the published threshold was 2,320 for home applicants and 2,170 for contextual applicants, but Imperial does not guarantee this repeats. | 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. |
| Keele University | 1700 | UCAT score used in selection; minimum cut-off 1700 for interview consideration. | Band 4 automatic rejection |
| King's College London | Not published | King's has no fixed UCAT threshold; the overall UCAT score averaged across all four subtests is weighted more heavily than individual subtest scores, and UCAT is described as one of the most important factors in shortlisting alongside exam results. | SJT is taken into account when shortlisting candidates for interview; no band cut-off or scoring formula is published. |
| Lancaster University | Not published | UCAT score considered in selection process alongside academic achievement. | SJT band used in selection. |
| Newcastle University | Not published | UCAT score used in selection ranking alongside academic achievement and contextual factors, but no published minimum cut-off for the current cycle. | SJT band not used in selection. |
| Queen Mary University of London | Not published | UCAT is used at first shortlisting as a pass/fail floor (4th decile or above, with SJT Bands 1-3), then feeds a weighted score at second shortlisting alongside UCAS tariff (or degree score for graduates) to select interviewees, and may be weighed again post-interview alongside interview score and SJT for final offers. | 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. |
| Queen's University Belfast | Not published | No numeric UCAT cut-off is published for the current cycle. UCAT is scored and used with the GCSE score to rank for interview, with AS-level performance, additional GCSE A grades and other factors considered in borderline cases. | 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. |
| St George's, University of London | Not published | Applicants who meet minimum entry criteria are ranked by total UCAT score within four separate groups (home/overseas non-graduate, home/overseas graduate) because of number caps; interview places go to the highest scorers in each group until slots are filled. The cut-off is recalculated every year and not fixed in advance. | 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. |
| Swansea University | Not published | UCAT score used in selection for graduate-entry route. | SJT policy not specified for graduate-entry route. |
| University College London | Not published | UCL has no fixed pre-set threshold. The total UCAT score (out of 2,700, no Abstract Reasoning) is used to rank all eligible candidates, and only the top-scoring candidates are invited to interview. For 2026 entry, the last completed cycle, the minimum score actually invited was 2,190 (home), 2,300 (overseas) and 2,080 (Access UCL); UCL states past scores are not indicative of future cohorts. | 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. |
| University of Aberdeen | Not published | UCAT counts for 20% of the pre-interview score, combined with academic attainment/predictions at 30%, to determine interview invites. Post-interview, the final score is academic 30% / UCAT 20% / interview 50%. No minimum UCAT cut-off score is used. | 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. |
| University of Birmingham | Not published | No minimum UCAT cut-off score. Applicants are scored on UCAT (Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning only) alongside GCSEs and contextual factors to produce a total application score used to rank for interview. | Not used in the initial ranking score; the SJT result is used at the interview stage instead. |
| University of Bristol | Not published | Once minimum academic entry requirements are met (predicted or achieved), applications are scored with 100% weighting on the UCAT result, which is used to select candidates for interview. For 2026 entry, the last completed cycle, the final threshold actually used was 2,240 (home) and 2,270 (overseas); Bristol states this is not predictive of the current cycle. | 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. |
| University of Buckingham | Not published | Uses in-house Multiple Mini Assessment (MMA) instead of UCAT; no UCAT required. | No SJT requirement. |
| University of Cambridge | Not published | Cambridge looks at an applicant's overall UCAT cognitive subtest score; colleges use the result to help decide interview invitations. The university states explicitly that there is no minimum threshold. | Not used. Cambridge states it will not use the Situational Judgement Test score as part of its assessment for this entry cycle. |
| University of Chester | Not published | UCAT score used in selection for graduate-entry route only. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Dundee | Not published | Dundee requires all applicants to sit the UCAT and states there is no minimum cut-off score. No official page publishes an exact percentage weighting or scoring formula combining UCAT with academic scores. | UCAT Situational Judgement Test bands are not used as part of the initial selection for interview; no band cut-off is applied. |
| University of East Anglia | Not published | UCAT results used in selection process; no published minimum cut-off for the current cycle. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Edinburgh | 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. |
| University of Exeter | Not published | UCAT is not scored as a standalone pass/fail threshold. It is combined with academic grades in a 3:1 (academic to UCAT) weighted matrix that converts UCAT performance into national deciles and grades into an Exeter Score out of 90 (up to 105 with achieved-grades and widening-participation uplifts), which determines interview ranking. | 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. |
| University of Glasgow | Not published | UCAT score is used to allocate interviews among applicants who meet minimum academic requirements and have a satisfactory personal statement and reference; Glasgow states the score range it considers varies each year based on cohort performance, and no fixed cut-off is published in advance. | The SJT portion of the UCAT is explicitly not considered in Glasgow's selection process. |
| University of Hull and York Medical School | Not published | Up to 35 of a 100-point pre-interview ranking score, based on total UCAT decile | SJT band used in selection process. |
| University of Kent and Medway School of Medicine | Not published | UCAT score used in selection process alongside academic achievement. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Lancashire | Not published | UCAT score used in selection process alongside academic achievement. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Leeds | Not published | UCAT score is combined with academic criteria into a total rank score. There is no fixed pass or fail threshold; a high academic score can compensate for a lower UCAT score and vice versa. Leeds only began using the UCAT in 2024, so historical threshold data is limited. | 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. |
| University of Leicester | Not published | UCAT forms 50% of the pre-interview scoring system (worth up to 48 of 96 points for standard/graduate applicants, up to 24 of 76 for Access applicants), scored via a banded points table against total UCAT score. Candidates in the bottom 2 deciles are not considered further; the exact cut score is not disclosed in advance. | 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. |
| University of Lincoln | Not published | UCAT score used in selection process alongside academic achievement and contextual factors. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Liverpool | Not published | Non-graduate applicants are ranked in Stage 1 by their overall UCAT score (subtest scores are not used); only the top-ranked applicants progress to Stage 2 academic assessment. For 2026 entry, the last completed cycle, published cut-offs were 1,960 (home) and 2,080 (international/EU), but the university states cut-offs vary year to year. | 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. |
| University of Manchester | Not published | Threshold calculated annually after November UCAT results are released; not published in advance. If interview places are oversubscribed among otherwise-qualified candidates, the university ranks by UCAT total score and SJT band. | Only Band 1 or 2 is considered. Applicants achieving Band 3 or 4 are not considered further. |
| University of Nottingham | Not published | UCAT cognitive subtests are combined into a score out of 40, with Verbal Reasoning double-weighted based on published research evidence Nottingham cites. This combines with GCSE scores to rank applicants for interview; there is no fixed UCAT pass mark, and the university states it cannot predict this cycle's threshold. | 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. |
| University of Oxford | Not published | UCAT overall cognitive score is combined with GCSE performance into a numerical shortlisting rank, normally weighted equally. UCAT is double-weighted for applicants with fewer than 5 GCSEs, or none available. Only the cognitive subtest score is used at shortlisting; the university states there is no cut-off for either variable and it is not possible to advise on the UCAT score an applicant would need. | 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. |
| University of Plymouth | Not published | UCAT results used in selection alongside A-levels and GCSEs to select candidates for interview; threshold score applied each year but not confirmed until all applications assessed. | SJT is part of UCAT taken alongside three cognitive subtests, used within overall UCAT threshold for interview shortlisting. |
| University of Sheffield | 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 Southampton | Not published | Applicants who meet grade requirements are ranked by UCAT score and the top-ranked are invited to a Selection Day; no fixed score is published because the threshold varies year to year. UCAT is also used as a tiebreaker if Selection Day scores are tied between candidates. | Not published. No official Southampton page mentions the SJT subtest, a band requirement, or any distinct SJT-based stage. |
| University of St Andrews | Not published | St Andrews does not score applications component by component. Applicants meeting academic, reference and work-experience hurdles are ranked purely on UCAT global score, with roughly the top 650 offered interview; where interview scores tie, UCAT global score is used again as the offer tiebreaker. A 10% UCAT score uplift applies for widening-participation applicants meeting eligibility criteria. | 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. |
| University of Sunderland | Not published | Top 8 deciles of applicant cohort used in selection process. | SJT band used in selection. |
| University of Warwick | Not published | UCAT score considered in selection for graduate-entry route. | Not used in selection |
| University of Worcester | Not published | UCAT score used in selection for graduate-entry route; first intake 2023. | SJT band used in selection. |
Cut-offs move every admissions cycle. A published figure reflects the most recent cycle a school has confirmed, not a promise for the one you're applying in. Always check the school's own page (linked from its row above) before finalising your UCAS choices.