King's College London Medicine: UCAT, A-Levels & Interview Requirements

2027 UCAT cut off

Not published

How the UCAT is weighted

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 policy

SJT is taken into account when shortlisting candidates for interview; no band cut-off or scoring formula is published.

A-level requirements

A*AA including grade A in Biology and Chemistry (General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives not accepted). GCSE grade 6/B required in English Language and Mathematics.

Interview

King's publishes no interview format at all. We read its own admissions pages and they do not say.

King's does not publish four of the five things a candidate needs before an interview.

King's interview: full format, stations, dates and what is not published

Resits

Retaken qualifications are considered, but King's says candidates will be reviewed alongside strong applicants who may be viewed more favourably for achieving the grades within a standard two-year timeframe, so a resit is a disadvantage rather than a bar. A second resit is considered only where there are significant mitigating circumstances.

Personal statement

Named as a shortlisting factor, though not a score of its own. King's says the selectors deciding who is shortlisted for interview consider GCSEs, predicted or achieved A-level grades, the personal statement, the reference and the UCAT, that these contribute to shortlisting and are assessed holistically, but that examination results and the UCAT score are perhaps the most important factors. In the statement itself it looks particularly for evidence of appropriate commitment to, and a realistic appreciation of, the academic, physical and emotional demands of medicine.

Standard A-level offer: A*AA including grade A in Biology and Chemistry (General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives not accepted). GCSE grade 6/B required in English Language and Mathematics. SJT policy: SJT is taken into account when shortlisting candidates for interview; no band cut-off or scoring formula is published. Worth knowing: King's states it has no threshold UCAT score in any particular year. What it publishes instead is the shape of the funnel: around 5,500 applications a year for roughly 410 medicine places across all programmes, of which around 4,000 applications are for A100 against around 300 A100 places, with 1,200 to 1,400 applicants selected for interview across all medicine programmes. Interviews run from November to May. A King's admissions FAQ dated July 2023 puts the proportion of applicants who reach interview at approximately 30 per cent and says approximately 1,100 students were interviewed the previous year, but King's does not repeat that figure on its current requirements page, so treat it as historical rather than a current cycle statistic. Always confirm against the official page before applying, since this is the most recent published position rather than a guarantee for the live cycle.