University of St Andrews Medicine Interview: Format, Stations and Dates
University of St Andrews Medicine interviews with a Multiple Mini Interview. St Andrews publishes four of the five things a candidate needs and is silent on one: no station length. Both halves are on this page.
What St Andrews does not publish about its medicine interview
- How long each station lasts
We checked St Andrews's own admissions pages rather than a third-party summary. Anything you find elsewhere on the points above has not been confirmed against a page St Andrews publishes, and should be treated that way.
Some of what St Andrews publishes still describes an earlier cycle
These sentences are St Andrews's own, and each one names a year or a cycle that is not the one you are applying in. They are printed rather than quietly dropped, and rather than rolled forward into this cycle as though the school had restated them.
- For 2026 entry St Andrews stated that Home-funded applicants attend in person at St Andrews while all other fee statuses interview online; it has not restated that split for 2027.
What St Andrews publishes about the format
- Format
- Multiple Mini Interview, a circuit of short independent stations.
- Stations
- Four stations.
- Time per station
- St Andrews does not publish how long a station lasts.
- Online or in person
- Both, depending on the applicant.
Interview format, from University of St Andrews: source (checked 2026-09-22)
University of St Andrews in its own words
Multiple Mini Interview: four stations of about six minutes each, assessing communication, critical thinking and ethical issues, with one role-play station against an actor. Home-fee applicants interview in person in St Andrews; other fee statuses interview online.
When interviews run
St Andrews publishes an interview window of December to March, in wording the school itself hedges.
St Andrews on its interview timing
Invitations are emailed at various times from November through to March, with interviews usually held in early December and then across January, February and March. The format is multiple mini interviews, usually four stations of about six minutes each. For 2026 entry St Andrews stated that Home-funded applicants attend in person at St Andrews while all other fee statuses interview online; it has not restated that split for 2027.
Interview timing, from University of St Andrews: source (checked 2026-09-13)
Everything else about St Andrews
This page covers the interview only. St Andrews's UCAT position, A-level offer, SJT policy and admissions statistics are on its main entry requirements page.
University of St Andrews Medicine: UCAT, A-levels and entry requirements