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Pears Cumbria School of Medicine: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements

Pears Cumbria School of Medicine 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
Applicants must meet a minimum threshold score in either the GAMSAT or the UCAT. Either test is accepted, and the threshold itself is not published in advance.
SJT policy
No separate SJT policy is published.
A-level requirements
Graduate entry: this four-year programme has no GCSE or A-level requirements at all. Entry is a 2:1 or above in a Biosciences or Allied Healthcare degree.
Interview format
Multiple mini interviews (MMIs), held in person in Carlisle. Stations cover commitment to medicine, potential to contribute to the school and the region, teamwork and leadership, ethics, empathy, and resilience and adaptability.
When interviews run
Pears Cumbria School of Medicine does not publish its interview dates.
Resits
Pears Cumbria School of Medicine 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
Work experience with service users is strongly recommended and is assessed at interview together with other information from the personal statement, so the statement feeds the interview rather than the shortlisting.

What the UCAT had to be,

Pears Cumbria School of Medicine does not publish one.

That is the university's own position, not a gap in our research. Any specific number quoted for Pears Cumbria School of Medicine elsewhere is somebody's reconstruction from reported scores, not a figure the medical school has confirmed. Treat it accordingly.

Cumbria accepts either the UCAT or the GAMSAT and requires a minimum threshold score in whichever is taken, but does not publish what that threshold is. A GAMSAT sat within the two years before the UCAS submission date is accepted, which is a longer window than most.

Pears Cumbria School of Medicine application data, checked .

National benchmark, for context

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+. This is a national figure, not Pears Cumbria School of Medicine's own threshold, since Pears Cumbria School of Medicine doesn't publish one for the current cycle.

UCAT Consortium, Test Statistics 2025

Standard A-level offer: Graduate entry: this four-year programme has no GCSE or A-level requirements at all. Entry is a 2:1 or above in a Biosciences or Allied Healthcare degree. SJT policy: No separate SJT policy is published. Worth knowing: A four-year graduate programme whose students graduate with an MBBS from Imperial College London. Home fee status applicants only. Admission is not restricted to Cumbria residents, and applicants from across the UK are encouraged, but candidates without local links are assessed on their understanding of and interest in health outcomes for the people of Cumbria. A score uplift is available as part of its widening access commitment. Applications for 2026 entry had closed at the point of checking. 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: Pears Cumbria School of Medicine's own admissions page. Last checked 4 September 2026.

Every figure above is taken from that page. Where Pears Cumbria School of Medicine publishes nothing, this page says so rather than quoting a number reconstructed from student reports.

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