FOI_26-205 MB BS Medicine A100 2026 entry

Date of response: 21 September 2026

We have now considered your request of 31 August 2026 for the following information:

I would like to request some information regarding the 2025 to 2026 application cycle for your Medicine 5 Year Undergraduate Course. By this I am referring to the students who applied in 2025 for entry in 2026.

I would appreciate if you could send me the following information:

Question 1. The number of candidates that applied

Our response:

1202.

Question 2. The number of candidates that were invited to interview

Our response:

876.

Question 3. The total number of offers given out post interview

Our response:

581.

Question 4. The average UCAT score and Band of the candidates that were invited to interview

Our response:

2012.

Band 2.

Question 5. The cutoff UCAT score and Band for interview, and any variations that exist, for example for widening participation students

Our response:

There is no UCAT Cut off score.

Question 6. The minimum UCAT score and Band of the candidates that were invited to interview

Our response:

1670.

Band 4.

Question 7. How will you change your UCAT cutoff for interview (if you have one) or the way you use UCAT in your selection process now based on the new UCAT exam without the Abstract Reasoning section

Our response:

There will be no change – see https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/mbbs-medicine#entry_requirements

Question 8. What UCAT score do you think will be competitive to get an interview from yourselves now based on the new UCAT exam?

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 which UCAT score will be competitive to receive an interview based on the new UCAT exams. There is no UCAT cut-off score and other factors are countered when selecting applicants for interview.