UCAT Cut Off Scores for All UK Medical Schools (2027 Entry)

There is no single answer, because every school sets its own threshold. Ranking schools such as Imperial, Bristol and UCL interviewed nobody below roughly 2200 last cycle, while schools that weight GCSEs or A-Levels alongside the UCAT, like Cardiff and Aberdeen, went as low as 1500 to 1700. The table on this page shows the figure for every school; a score of 2100 or more keeps most doors open, and below 1900 you should target schools that do not rank on the UCAT.

No. At schools that rank applicants on UCAT, the cut-off is simply where the interview list stopped, so it rises and falls with each year's applicant pool. It is usually within 50 to 100 points of the previous year, but not always. Treat last year's figure as a guide to how competitive a school is, not as a guarantee.

The lowest interview thresholds are at schools that combine the UCAT with academics or use it only as a minimum: Cardiff, Dundee, UEA, St Andrews, Nottingham, Sunderland and Aberdeen have all interviewed applicants in the 1400 to 1700 range. Keele and Leicester publish minimums of 1700 and 1680 but score other things heavily above that.

Imperial (2320), Bristol (2240), UCL (2190), Sheffield (2120) and Manchester (2060) had the highest Home cut-offs for 2026 entry. All five rank applicants mainly on UCAT total, so their thresholds move with the cohort each year.

At around twenty medical schools, yes: Imperial, Manchester, Edinburgh, KCL, Lancaster, Liverpool (Home applicants), Anglia Ruskin, Edge Hill and others reject Band 4 before looking at anything else, and Manchester also rejects Band 3. Most of the rest either ignore the SJT or accept any band. The SJT column in the table shows each school's policy.

Usually not. Most schools run a separate ranking for international applicants, and the threshold can be higher (Manchester, UCL) or lower (City St George's, Bristol dentistry) than the Home figure. The table shows Home cut-offs; each school's own page lists the international figure where it is published.