FOI_25-193 MB BS Medicine admissions

Date of response: 25 July 2025

We have now considered your request of 28 June 2025 for the following information:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (herein, “the Act”), I write to request the following information regarding admissions to your medical and dental undergraduate programs.

Unless specified otherwise, the information requested is for the most recent admissions cycle (2024/25), plus the prior two cycles (2023/24 and 2022/23).

Question 1. UCAT

What was the average (mean), lowest and highest UCAT score of applicants who received an offer?

Our response:

Question 2. What was the average (mean), lowest and highest UCAT score of applicants who received an invite to interview?

Our response:

Question 3. What was the UCAT cut-off (if any) for interview or offer?

Our response:

On this occasion it is not possible to provide any of the requested information. In line with your rights under section 1(1)(a) of the Act to be informed whether information is held, we confirm that the University does not hold any recorded information for the UCAT cut off score for interview and/or offer.

The University of East Anglia does not have a UCAT cut-off score, as noted on our website: MBBS Medicine 2026/27 | UEA

Question 4. What weighting (if any) is given to the overall UCAT score in your selection process?

Question 5. What weighting (if any) is given to the component UCAT score (e.g. verbal reasoning, quantitative) in your selection process?

Question 6. Was there a Situational Judgement band cut-off? If so, what was it?

Question 7.What weighting (if any) is given to the Situational Judgement band?

GCSEs

Question 8. Are GCSE grades considered in the selection process?

Question 9. If so, how are they used (e.g. scoring system, minimum requirements)?

Predicted A-levels

Question 10. Are predicted grades used as part of the selection criteria?

Question 11. If so, what role do they play?

Personal Statement

Question 12. Is the personal statement used in selection – either in selection for interview or offer?

Question 13. If so, how?

Interview selection

Question 14. What are the criteria and weightings used to select applicants for interview?

Our response:

For response to questions 4-14, please see our website: MBBS Medicine 2026/27 | UEA