University of Cambridge Medicine: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements
University of Cambridge has not published a fixed UCAT cut-off for 2027 entry. Here's how UCAT, A-levels, SJT and the interview all fit together for medicine.
- 2027 UCAT cut off
- Not published
- How the UCAT is weighted
- 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.
- SJT policy
- Not used. Cambridge states it will not use the Situational Judgement Test score as part of its assessment for this entry cycle.
- A-level requirements
- Standard offer A*A*A. Chemistry is required by all colleges, plus one or two further subjects from Mathematics, Biology/Human Biology, Physics or Further Mathematics depending on college; most colleges require the A* specifically in Chemistry. No published GCSE requirement.
- Interview
Cambridge describes its interview without calling it an MMI or a panel, both, depending on the applicant.
Cambridge does not publish four of the five things a candidate needs before an interview.
Cambridge interview: full format, stations, dates and what is not published
- Resits
- University of Cambridge publishes no resit policy. That is not the same as resits being accepted, and it is worth asking admissions directly before relying on either reading.
- Personal statement
- Cambridge publishes a section headed 'How we use personal statements'. It says 'We use personal statements to help us identify applicants with the most academic potential' and 'We will read your personal statement in full', while also stating 'We don't give personal statements a formal score.' Read in full and used to judge academic potential, but never marked.
What the UCAT had to be
University of Cambridge does not publish one.
That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. Any specific number quoted for University of Cambridge elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction from reported scores, not a figure the medical school has confirmed. Treat it accordingly.
Cambridge states there is no minimum UCAT threshold. It uses the overall cognitive subtest score as part of selection for interview and may use it again when making offers, weighed alongside the academic record and the interviews rather than as a gate. The detail worth knowing is what it ignores: Cambridge does not use the situational judgement score at all for 2027 entry, so a band that would end an application at several other schools carries no weight here.
University of Cambridge application data, checked .
Your actual chances, 2025 cycle
University of Cambridge's own published figures, not an estimate.
Cambridge publishes one figure per course with no fee-status split: its table states it counts all applications, regardless of domicile, so the 1,530 is everybody. The third column is Cambridge's Acceptances, which it defines as including only those applicants who received an unconditional firm offer of a place. Cambridge publishes no per-course interview count. These figures are for Medicine, the standard course; the Medicine Graduate Course is counted separately at 172 applications and 35 offers. Cambridge labels this the 2025 cycle and defines it as applications made from September 2024 onwards for admission to courses starting in October 2025.
Offer rate is offers as a share of applications, so it already accounts for everyone cut before interview. University of Cambridge application data, checked 2026-09-23.
National benchmark, for context
For context, the UCAT Consortium's own 2026 statistics report a mean cognitive score of 1918 (out of 2,700) across 42,359 tests, with the median (5th decile) at 1920 and the top decile at 2250+. This is a national figure, not University of Cambridge's own threshold, since University of Cambridge doesn't publish one for the current cycle.
UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2026Standard A-level offer: Standard offer A*A*A. Chemistry is required by all colleges, plus one or two further subjects from Mathematics, Biology/Human Biology, Physics or Further Mathematics depending on college; most colleges require the A* specifically in Chemistry. No published GCSE requirement. SJT policy: Not used. Cambridge states it will not use the Situational Judgement Test score as part of its assessment for this entry cycle. Worth knowing: Cambridge labels this cycle as 2027 entry, with a start date of October 2027. Interview count and format are college-specific rather than centrally standardised: Cambridge states that the number or format of interviews varies by College, and that all undergraduate admissions decisions are the responsibility of the Colleges. Always confirm against the official page before applying, since this is the most recent published position rather than a guarantee for the live cycle.
Source: University of Cambridge's own admissions page. Last checked 13 September 2026.
Every figure above is taken from that page. Where University of Cambridge publishes nothing, this page says so rather than quoting a number reconstructed from student reports.
Schools worth comparing University of Cambridge against
- Dundee MedicineAlso publishes no fixed UCAT threshold and leaves the SJT out of the score it ranks on
- Glasgow MedicineAlso publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Southampton MedicineAlso publishes no fixed UCAT threshold
- Birmingham MedicineAlso publishes no fixed UCAT threshold and leaves the SJT out of the score it ranks on
- Bristol MedicineAlso leaves the SJT out of the score it ranks on
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