FOI_26-255 A101 Admissions process
Date of response: 15 October 2026
We have now considered your request of 04 October 2026 for the following information:
Question 1. I would like to request the following information regarding your Graduate Entry Medicine course (A101) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
For the most recent completed admissions cycle (and for 2024/2025 where available), please provide:
Applicant Statistics
The number of places available on the course.
Our response:
2024-25 – 30
2025-26 - 30
Question 2. The total number of applicants.
Our response:
2024-25 – 326
2025-26 - 465
Question 3. The total number of applicants invited to interview.
Our response:
2024-25 – 197
2025-26 - 201
Question 4. The total number of offers made.
Our response:
2024-25 – 49
2025-26 - 70
Question 5. The total number of applicants who enrolled.
Our response:
2024-25 – 30
2025-26 - 30
Question 6. Admissions Test
The lowest UCAT (or GAMSAT, where applicable) score invited to interview.
Our response:
2024-25 – UCAT 2307 GAMSAT 51
2025-26 – UCAT 1850 GAMSAT 54
Question 7. The average UCAT (or GAMSAT) score invited to interview.
Our response:
2024-25 – UCAT 2561 GAMSAT 59
2025-26 – UCAT 1995 GAMSAT 58
Question 8. The lowest UCAT (or GAMSAT) score of applicants who received an offer.
Our response:
2024-25 – UCAT 2490 GAMSAT 55
2025-26 - UCAT 1870 GAMSAT 55
Question 9. The average UCAT (or GAMSAT) score of applicants who received an offer.
Our response:
2024-25 – UCAT 2696 GAMSAT 66
2025-26 - UCAT 2084 GAMSAT 58
Question 10. Whether the UCAT/GAMSAT is used only to determine interview selection or whether it contributes to the final ranking after interview.
Our response:
See our website: https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/undergraduate/mbbs-medicine-graduate-entry
Question 11. Do you accept a physiotherapy bsc degree under ucat or gamsat?
Our response:
GAMSAT: Yes
UCAT: No
Interview
The interview-to-offer ratio.
Our response:
2024-25 – 4.02:1
2025-26 – 2.87:1
The number of interview stations.
Our response:
6 stations + SJT ‘station’.
The duration of each interview station.
Our response:
5 minutes for each station.
Whether there is a minimum score required to pass each interview station.
Our response:
No.
Whether applicants must pass every station to remain eligible for an offer.
Our response:
No.
Whether interview performance alone determines offers, or whether any pre-interview scores contribute to post-interview ranking.
Our response:
No other scores, but UCAT/GAMSAT is used see web page.
If applicants have the same final interview score, what tie-break method is used?
Our response:
None.
Degree & Work Experience
Whether degree classification contributes to post-interview ranking.
Our response:
No.
Whether applicants currently studying their degree are assessed differently from applicants who have already graduated.
Our response:
No.
Whether predicted degree classifications are accepted.
Our response:
Yes.
Whether work experience is scored or simply assessed as meeting the minimum entry requirement.
Our response:
If you are invited to interview you are required to provide two examples of relevant work experience which have informed your decision to study Medicine. Your work experience could be discussed as part of your interview.
Whether work experience contributes to interview selection, post-interview ranking, or both.
Our response: neither. See above.
Waiting List
Whether a waiting list is used.
Our response:
No.
If so, how many applicants received offers from the waiting list.
Our response:
Not applicable.
Timeline
Approximately when interview invitations begin to be sent.
Our response:
For the 2026 cycle invites were sent out in January 2026. It is likely this will be the same.
Approximately when offers begin to be made.
Our response:
March onwards.