FOI_26-201 A100 admissions 2025 and 2026 entry

Date of response: 21 September 2026

We have now considered your request of 28 August 2026 and clarification of 03 September 2026 for the following information:

’id like to request the following information regarding your Graduate entry medicine programme for 2025 & 2026 entry years.

Question 1. Number of eligible applications received in each entry year, which passed the primary screening (i.e., applications of Home fee status applicants who met the minimum entry requirements with satisfactory personal statement and reference etc.); This number for 2025 entry may be different to the ‘312’ provided in previous FOI response

Clarification received 03 September:

For the avoidance of confusion/doubt, I want to clarify that the first question in my request (UEA ref: FOI_26-201) should read '1) Number of eligible applications received FOR each entry year, which passed the primary screening (i.e., applications of Home fee status applicants who met the minimum entry requirements with satisfactory personal statement and reference etc.); This number for 2025 entry may be different to the “312" provided in previous FOI response'

Our response:

2025 - 247

2026 - 403

Question 2. Total number of interview invites sent out for 2026 entry year; and how many of them were to contextual/widening-participation applicants

Our response:

2026 – 201 (contextual information not applied)

Question 3. Total number of offers made for 2026 entry year; and how many of them were to contextual/widening-participation applicants

Our response:

2026 – 70 (contextual information not applied)

Question 4. Number of Home applicants placed on the waiting list for each entry year & how many of them were given final offer eventually

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 number of home applicants placed on waiting list for each entry year and how many were eventually offered a place. The University do not record this information, therefore the information is not held .

Question 5. A list or table of (anonymised) overall GAMSAT scores of ALL applicants invited to interview for each entry year. [if this is not possible, please instead provide the median of, the mode of, and the Lowest & Highest, overall GAMSAT scores of ALL applicants invited to interview for each entry year]. If applicable, please also indicate in the same list/table which GAMSAT scores were of contextual/widening-participation applicants

Our response:

Please see accompanying document, our ref: FOI_26-201 Appendix A.