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

Offer: A*AA including grade A in Biology (or Human Biology) and Chemistry. There is no fixed predicted-grade cutoff — predicted or achieved grades feed the Exeter Score ranking instead, and meeting the typical offer does not guarantee an interview. ^[8]

General Studies is not accepted — it is not included in any offer. ^[9]

Direct school leavers (entering within 2 years of finishing A-Levels) must sit the UCAT — applications are ranked on academic profile plus UCAT. ^[10]

Grade B/6 in GCSE English Language — the only specified GCSE. ^[19]

GCSEs do not feed the Exeter Score — only English Language is required, and there is no minimum GCSE count.

GCSE requirements are unaffected by contextual-offer grade reductions. ^[20]

No minimum UCAT total — Exeter does not publish a fixed cut-off; threshold is set after ranking.

No minimum UCAT section score — section minimums are not used.

SJT is not used at any stage of selection — UCAT decile feeds the Exeter Score, SJT band does not.

Offer: 38 points or 7,6,6 in three Higher Level subjects, including HL 6 in Biology and Chemistry. ^[11]

Offer: AAAAA at Higher or AAA at Advanced Higher, each including grade A in Biology and Chemistry; Highers and Advanced Highers are accepted alone or in combination. ^[12]

BTEC Extended Diploma D*DD, plus A-Level Biology and Chemistry at grade A taken alongside. ^[13]

Access to HE Diploma (QAA-approved): 30 L3 credits at Distinction and 15 at Merit, including 15 Distinction credits in a Biology-related subject and 15 in a Chemistry-related subject. ^[14]

The Welsh Baccalaureate (Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate) is accepted university-wide as equivalent to one A-Level (A*=A*, A=A, B=B, C=C), normally alongside at least two A-Levels — no medicine-specific offer is published. ^[15]

T-Levels are not accepted. ^[16]

Graduates and all non-direct school leavers (more than 2 full academic years since completing A-Levels/Level 3) sit the GAMSAT instead of UCAT — the degree does not need to be science-based — and are ranked on a GAMSAT-based Exeter Score out of 100. ^[17]

Final-year students on Exeter's own BSc Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Sports & Exercise Medical Sciences or Biomedical Sciences apply without UCAT or GAMSAT and are shortlisted for interview if predicted a 2:1 or First. ^[18]

Resits are considered equally — Exeter places no limit on the number of resits. ^[7]

Applicants must be 18 by 8 September of the first year of the programme. ^[21]

Applicants who have previously failed any part of a medical programme or been excluded under Fitness to Practise are not considered. ^[22]

Transfers from another UK medical school are considered for Year 1–4 entry — Home applicants only; international transfers not eligible. ^[23]