Aberdeen Medicine: the interview
A multiple mini interview (about 7 stations). For 2026 entry, 83% of interviewees got an offer. Below: the numbers, what the interview looks for, your personal statement and SJT band, and questions to practise.
- interviewed
- 124
- 2026 entry
- offers
- 103
- rest-of-UK school leavers
- of interviewees offered
- 83%
- 2026 entry
- international, offered
- 59%
- 2026 entry
- Format
- Multiple mini interview (MMI) · About 7 stations
- When
- Aberdeen interviews between December and March and invites by email to book a slot; check your spam folder, as missed emails do not get new slots. For 2026 entry, Medicine interviews ran 15 to 19 December 2025 in person at the Suttie Centre, Foresterhill, and Gateway2Medicine on 7 April 2026.
- In detail
- A modified MMI of about an hour. At each station two selectors explore one area with you for five minutes and score you against set criteria. There is no reading. Bring photo ID.
- How it is scored
- Each station scores how clearly you express ideas, how you use what you know on unfamiliar ground, how you follow an argument to an opinion, how prepared you are, whether you weigh both sides, and the motivation, commitment, reflection and sensitivity you show. Communication and interpersonal skills are scored separately at every station. It does not test academic knowledge, and everyone is tested on the same areas, though not always with the same questions.
- From interview to offer
- Academic achievement or predictions (30%) and the UCAT (20%) are scored and added, and the highest-scoring applicants are invited to interview. The interview score (50%) is then added to what has already been scored.
Share of interviewees offered a place, 2023 to 2026 entry
Offers divided by interviews each year, rest-of-UK school leavers. Hover or tab to a year for the counts.
| Value | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 entry | 54% | 56 offers from 104 interviews |
| 2024 entry | 48% | 72 offers from 149 interviews |
| 2025 entry | 45% | 61 offers from 137 interviews |
| 2026 entry | 83% | 103 offers from 124 interviews |
Offers outnumber places, because not everyone offered accepts or meets the conditions; this is the share offered, not the share who get a place.
| Entry year | Applications | Interviewed | Share interviewed | Offers | Offers per interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 246 | 104 | 42% | 56 | 54% |
| 2024 | 237 | 149 | 63% | 72 | 48% |
| 2025 | 278 | 137 | 49% | 61 | 45% |
| 2026 | 168 | 124 | 74% | 103 | 83% |
For 2026 entry 83% of interviewees were offered a place, 39 points up on 2025. Across the 4 years shown, 57% of interviewees were offered. International applicants: 77 offers from 130 interviews for 2026 entry, 59%.
- Motivation to study medicine
- Core qualities
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Teamwork
- Professionalism
Not stated
It does not count at the interview. Aberdeen has published no rule using the SJT band; its 20% UCAT weighting is the cognitive total.
Questions to practise
Written by MedOffr in the style of MMI stations. None is taken from Aberdeen or claimed to have been asked there.
01 · Motivation
Why medicine, rather than nursing, pharmacy or becoming a physician associate?
02 · Ethics
A 15-year-old asks a GP for contraception and does not want her parents told. What should the GP weigh up?
03 · Role play
You borrowed a friend's laptop and it has stopped working. The actor is your friend: tell them.
04 · Data
This table shows A&E waiting times at two hospitals over a year. What can and can't you conclude from it?
05 · Teamwork
Tell us about a time a group you were part of was not working well. What did you do, and what would you change?
06 · Work experience
What did you see on your work experience that surprised you about a doctor's job?
07 · The NHS
What is one pressure on the NHS at the moment, and what would you do about it?
Where this comes from
- Aberdeen's interview pages for 2026 entry, supplied by the site owner on 9 October 2026.
Compiled 9 October 2026. The figures are reproduced as tables and charts so nothing has to be downloaded. Check Aberdeen’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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