Bangor Medicine: Entry Requirements & UCAT Cutoff (2027 Entry)

Offer: AAA including Biology and a second science from Chemistry, Physics, Economics or Maths/Further Maths/Statistics (compulsory sciences at grade A). Predicted grades must meet the entry requirements to be considered, and the science practical must be passed where it is part of the course. ^[3]

General Studies, Key Skills and similar equivalent subjects are not accepted; other non-standard subjects are reviewed case-by-case and may not be accepted. ^[4]

Grade B/6 minimum in English or Welsh Language, Maths, and Double Science (or both Biology and Chemistry separately). ^[13]

Eight GCSEs at grade B/6 in total: English or Welsh Language, Maths and Double Science (or Biology + Chemistry), plus four other GCSEs at B/6. ^[14]

Scottish applicants: National 5s and Highers are accepted in lieu of GCSEs — equivalent grades and subjects, with duplicate subjects not counted twice. ^[15]

No fixed minimum UCAT score. Bangor explicitly has no UCAT cut-off — eligible applicants are simply ranked by UCAT total and the highest scores are invited to interview until all slots fill, so the effective floor moves with the applicant pool each year. ^[16]

The UCAT Situational Judgement Test is not currently used at any selection stage — there is no SJT band that excludes an applicant (Bangor notes this is subject to change). ^[17]

The UCAT must be sat in the year of application (before submitting). ^[18]

Offer: 36 points (excluding ToK/EE) including 19 at Higher Level, with grade 6 in both Biology and Chemistry. A grade 7 at Standard Level in Biology or Chemistry can replace it at Higher Level if you also have grade 6 in HL Maths, Physics or Statistics. ^[5]

Offer: AAB at Advanced Higher including Biology and Chemistry. National 5s and Highers are accepted in lieu of the GCSE requirements (equivalent grades and subjects; duplicate subjects are not counted twice). ^[6]

BTEC qualifications are not accepted for entry to A100 Medicine. ^[7]

Access to HE qualifications are not accepted for entry to A100 Medicine. ^[8]

The Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (Level 3) is accepted in lieu of one A-Level at the standard AAA grades — it cannot replace the specified subjects (Biology and the second science). ^[9]

Graduates: 2.1 (Hons) (achieved or in progress) in a non-medicine Bachelor degree plus BBB/ABC at A-Level including the subject requirements — with ABC the compulsory sciences cannot be at grade C. With a Master's or PhD: BBC, compulsory sciences at grade B+. The standard GCSE minimums still apply. ^[10]

Graduate IB equivalent: 32 points with grade 5s including Biology and Chemistry. Graduate Scottish equivalents: BBC at Advanced Higher (compulsory sciences at B), or BCC with a Master's/PhD (Biology at B). ^[11]

Candidates with medicine-related graduate qualifications should check the A101 Graduate Entry programme instead. ^[12]

A-Level (Level 3) resits are not accepted — though re-sits of A-Level *module units* are considered if the final exam has not yet been sat. GCSE (Level 2) resits are accepted if completed within 12 months of the original sitting and before application, with only one re-sit per qualification (English Language is exempt from the time limit). ^[2]

Previous study of medicine (or another professional health programme) must be declared before applying. Non-completion due to criminal convictions or academic failure needs an email before application; non-completion for health reasons goes to a confidential contact. ^[19]