Brighton and Sussex Medicine: the admissions numbers
Six years of applications, interviews, offers and enrolments by category, and the UCAT thresholds since BSMS moved from the BMAT to the UCAT for 2025 entry. For 2026 entry the Home non-contextual line was 1,990, every contextual applicant who met the requirements was interviewed, and 631 of 755 Home interviewees got an offer. Offer AAA, MMI, five 10-minute discussions, in person or on Zoom.
Offers, contextual offers and resits
A-level offer, 2027 entry
AAA
Biology or Chemistry, plus one of Biology, Chemistry, Maths or Physics; the third subject is free
Predicted at least AAB to be considered.
Contextual offer
AAB
If you meet one criterion from three of BSMS's sections.
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Resits
Accepts resits
BSMS ordinarily only considers resit applicants who dropped one grade in one subject, such as A*A*B, A*AB or AAB (ABB or AAC with an adjusted offer). If you apply before resitting, you must be predicted at least the required grade in the resit subject. Otherwise you can apply once you have AAA (AAB adjusted).
From Brighton and Sussex (BSMS)’s own admissions pages for 2027 entry, checked 27 September 2026. Where a box says not stated, the school’s pages do not mention it.
How many were competing, 2026 entry
Home applicants, as the school released them.
Applications
1,394
Interviews
755
Offers
631
Numbers move every cycle; this is the most recent one the school has released.
Where the UCAT line sits
On the current scale out of 2,700, against the final 2026 decile boundaries. Hover or tab to a band for its figures.
| From | To | Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed line and above | 1,990 | 2,700 | 60th to 70th percentile |
Lines are set after applications close, so this is where the ranking stopped last cycle, not a promise about the next one.
How BSMS selects, 2027 entry
SJT Band 1 to 3, then a UCAT ranking
Contextual applicants: their own pool and an AAB offer
Guaranteed interview for Sussex sixth-formers
Entry requirements
Personal statement
UCAT thresholds and ranges, 2025 and 2026 entry
BSMS used the BMAT until 2024 entry, so there is nothing earlier. 2025 is out of 3,600; 2026 is out of 2,700.
2026 entry, Home non-contextual threshold
1,990
At 1,990 the Home non-contextual line was drawn with SJT Band 1 as the tie-break.
Report an error in 2026 entry, Home non-contextual threshold2026 entry, average UCAT interviewed
2,080
median 2,080; highest Home 2,580
Report an error in 2026 entry, average UCAT interviewed2026 entry, contextual applicants
All invited
every contextual applicant who met the requirements was interviewed
Report an error in 2026 entry, contextual applicants| Entry year | Threshold, Home non-contextual | Threshold, Home contextual | Threshold, international | Lowest invited, Home | Lowest invited, contextual | Lowest invited, international | Highest invited, Home | Average invited: mean / median | Average offered: mean / median | Lowest SJT band invited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/3,600 | 2,560 | 2,420 | 2,730 | 2,040 | 2,120 | 1,680 | 3,460 | 2,720 / 2,740 | 2,740 / 2,730 | Band 4 (ignore: rejected from 2027) |
| 2026/2,700 | 1,990 | all invited | 1,990 | 1,560 | 1,340 | 1,650 | 2,580 | 2,080 / 2,080 | pending | Band 3 |
For 2026 entry the Home non-contextual line was 1,990, and at that score the SJT band decided who got in (Band 1). The average interviewee had 2,080, about 90 above the line. In 2025 the gap was similar: a threshold of 2,560 and an average of 2,720 on the old scale. Contextual applicants had a lower line in 2025 (2,420) and no line at all in 2026.
Applications, interviews, offers and enrolments, 2021 to 2026 entry
Home figures include the contextual (CD) subset, shown separately. Places were 197 Home and 10 international in 2026.
| Entry year | Applications | Interviews | Offers | Enrolled | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry year | Home | of which contextual | Intl | Home | of which contextual | Intl | Home | of which contextual | Intl | Home | of which contextual | Intl |
| 2021 | 1,671 | 418 | 364 | 506 | 177 | 69 | 344 | 77 | 24 | 191 | 51 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1,909 | 494 | 386 | 396 | 144 | 70 | 324 | 70 | 32 | 188 | 46 | 10 |
| 2023 | 1,421 | 327 | 310 | 511 | 154 | 70 | 329 | 101 | 30 | 194 | 65 | 9 |
| 2024 | 1,103 | 333 | 419 | 684 | 210 | 72 | 371 | 100 | 35 | 191 | 53 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1,042 | 205 | 242 | 737 | 205 | 72 | 394 | 139 | 27 | 193 | 65 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1,394 | 203 | 243 | 755 | 196 | 69 | 631 | 134 | 42 | pending | — | — |
| Entry year | Post-interview success rate (offers as a share of all interviews, BSMS’s figure) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 61% |
| 2024 | 53% |
| 2025 | 52% |
| 2026 | 83% |
Interviews have grown from 506 to 755 Home while applications fell, so the Home interview rate went from 30% to 54%. BSMS’s own post-interview rate ran at about half (52% to 61%) until 2026, when it was 83%: 631 of 755 Home interviewees got an offer for 197 places. Contextual applicants are about a fifth of Home applicants and a fifth to a third of Home offers.
Where this comes from
- An FOI response from BSMS: applications, interviews, offers, places and enrolments for 2021 to 2026 entry by category; UCAT thresholds, lowest and highest invited, averages and lowest SJT band for 2025 and 2026 entry; post-interview success rates.
- BSMS’s published entry requirements and selection process for 2027 entry, including the adjusted-offer criteria and the guaranteed interview scheme for Sussex students.
Compiled 17 September 2026. The figures are reproduced as tables so nothing has to be downloaded. Check BSMS’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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