University of Chester Medicine: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements
University of Chester's medicine programme is graduate-entry: no standard A-level route applies. Here's how UCAT, your degree, and the interview fit together.
- 2027 UCAT cut off
- Not published
- How the UCAT is weighted
- UCAT score used in selection for graduate-entry route only.
- SJT policy
- Chester does not publish an SJT policy for its graduate-entry MBChB; SJT banding is not mentioned in its entry requirements or selection criteria, unlike its published UCAT/GAMSAT/MCAT threshold.
- A-level requirements
- Graduate-entry A101 only, not A100; A-levels not applicable. Chester requires a 2:1 or higher degree in any subject. It explicitly states that arts, humanities or language graduates are eligible to apply, unlike some other graduate-entry medicine programmes that require a science-related degree.
- Interview
Multiple Mini Interview.
Chester does not publish four of the five things a candidate needs before an interview.
Chester interview: full format, stations, dates and what is not published
- Resits
- University of Chester 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
- University of Chester does not publish how it uses the personal statement. Schools in this dataset range from scoring it to refusing to read it, so nothing can safely be assumed from silence.
What the UCAT had to be, 2026 entry
University of Chester does not publish one.
That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. Any specific number quoted for University of Chester elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction from reported scores, not a figure the medical school has confirmed. Treat it accordingly.
Chester publishes no number but does publish where the number sits: it sets a minimum threshold in whichever admissions test was taken and states that the threshold is set ABOVE the national mean. That is more actionable than most published figures, because the national mean is public and moves predictably.
University of Chester application data, checked 2026-09-01.
Applications, interviews and offers
University of Chester publishes none.
That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. We read the page below and it carries no application, interview or offer counts. Any funnel quoted for University of Chester elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction, so treat it accordingly.
University of Chester 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 Chester's own threshold, since University of Chester doesn't publish one for the current cycle.
UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2026University of Chester's medicine programme is graduate-entry only, so A-level results aren't part of the selection criteria. Graduate-entry A101 only, not A100; A-levels not applicable. Chester requires a 2:1 or higher degree in any subject. It explicitly states that arts, humanities or language graduates are eligible to apply, unlike some other graduate-entry medicine programmes that require a science-related degree. SJT policy: Chester does not publish an SJT policy for its graduate-entry MBChB; SJT banding is not mentioned in its entry requirements or selection criteria, unlike its published UCAT/GAMSAT/MCAT threshold. Worth knowing: Chester's MBChB is graduate entry only, so it is not a school-leaver route. It accepts the UCAT, GAMSAT or MCAT and sets a minimum threshold mark in whichever test was taken, stating that the thresholds fluctuate annually and are set above the national mean, which is a more useful thing to know than a number that will change. A 2:1 or higher in any subject is required, and Chester states explicitly that graduates in the arts, humanities or languages are eligible to apply; candidates with a lower second are considered only if they also hold a Master's or a doctoral qualification. It also requires at least 70 hours of work experience relevant to medicine, completed in the three years before the application is submitted, which is a firm and unusually specific bar. Chester's how-to-apply page says the MBChB deadline is in line with the UCAS medicine and dentistry deadline of 15 October. The same page also says the university accepts applications up to 30 June and will still consider them where places remain, but that is Chester's general undergraduate statement and it is not repeated for the MBChB specifically. At the point of checking, the course page said applications were closed for Home and ROI entry in September 2026. 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 Chester's own admissions page. Last checked 13 September 2026.
Every figure above is taken from that page. Where University of Chester publishes nothing, this page says so rather than quoting a number reconstructed from student reports.
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