Kent and Medway Medicine: how it selects
KMMS does selection differently. The UCAT is a threshold, not a ranking: last cycle the 47th centile with SJT Band 3 or better. Above it, your achieved grades are compared with your own school’s average, and that relative attainment decides the shortlist. Predicted grades are never used, and the offer is AAA or AAB depending on your school. It has released no admissions statistics beyond two competition ratios, so this page sets out its rules.
Offers, contextual offers and resits
A-level offer, 2027 entry
AAA
Chemistry and/or Biology; without both, one of Physics, Maths, Psychology or Computer Science
Contextual offer
AAB
Where your school's average A-level results are lower; KMMS makes no offer below AAB.
Resits
Only with extenuating circumstances
KMMS does not accept A-level resits except through its extenuating circumstances process, used where something affected the first sitting; submitting one does not guarantee acceptance. GCSE resits count towards the minimums if the results are in before you apply.
From Kent and Medway (KMMS)’s own admissions pages for 2027 entry, checked 1 October 2026. Where a box says not stated, the school’s pages do not mention it.
1. Minimum requirements, applied strictly
2a. The UCAT threshold
2b. Your grades against your school's
3 and 4. MMI, then offers in batches
The UCAT threshold, on today's scale
KMMS's quoted figure, the centile it names, and where that centile sits on the final decile boundaries, out of 2,700. The last row is our conversion.
| What | Figure |
|---|---|
| As quoted, old scale /3,600 | 2,490 |
| Centile named | 47th |
| SJT band | 3 or better |
| 47th centile, 2026 deciles | about 1,900 |
The 47th centile sits between the 4th and 5th decile boundaries (1,850 and 1,920), so a score a little under halfway up the scale clears it. The finder reads a total under about 1,900 as a real risk here and anything above as clearing the UCAT stage.
Which route you are on
KMMS sorts every applicant into one of five groups, each with its own minimums and second stage.
Group A
Still at school, sitting A-levels or the IB for the first time, with GCSEs from an English school that publishes data.
Stage 1: Minimum GCSEs. Stage 2: UCAT threshold, then GCSEs against your school's average.
Group B
A-levels or the IB already done (a gap year), or in the final year of a relevant degree.
Stage 1: Minimum GCSEs and A-levels. Stage 2: UCAT threshold (may differ from group A), then A-levels against your school's average.
Group C
No usable school data: home-educated, Scottish and some Northern Irish schools, international qualifications, Access to Medicine.
Stage 1: Minimum entry requirements. Stage 2: UCAT threshold, then scoring, which may include an online assessment (Casper in 2026-27).
Group D
Graduates with a 2:1 in a relevant subject.
Stage 1: Minimum degree requirements. Stage 2: UCAT threshold (may differ), then scoring of the UCAT, the SJT, the degree and evidence favouring NHS service in Kent.
Group E
International applicants with overseas fee status.
Stage 1: Minimum entry requirements. Stage 2: UCAT threshold, then scoring, which may include an online assessment.
How competitive it is
The only figures KMMS has published, through the Medical Schools Council. The cycle they cover is not stated.
Home applicants per interview
4.1
About 1 in 4 interviewed; international 4.6
Report an error in Home applicants per interviewPreviously 6 stations of 7 minutes with 3-minute gaps (data handling, problem analysis, situational judgement, role play, task, values-based), then a 40-minute group station in which each applicant is assessed individually, all in person. KMMS warns that coaching for other schools’ MMIs has sometimes been a disadvantage here, and every interviewee signs a non-disclosure agreement. It does not commit to the same stations again.
- A-levels
- AAA: Chemistry and/or Biology; without both, one of Physics, Maths, Psychology or Computer Science. AAA or AAB, set by your school's average A-level results; AAB if you have already finished your A-levels. Three A-levels in one sitting within two years; no predicted grades are used at any point. You must be 18 by the first clinical placement, usually early November.
- GCSEs
- Five GCSEs at 6, including English Language, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics (or Double Science and one other subject). GCSE resits count if the results are in before you apply.
- UCAT
- A threshold, not a ranking: last cycle a total at the 47th centile (KMMS quotes it as 2,490, which is on the old 3,600 scale) and SJT Band 3 or better. On the final 2026 deciles the 47th centile is about 1,900. Above it, the UCAT stops counting and your grades against your school's average decide the shortlist.
- SJT band
- Band 3 or better was part of last cycle's threshold, so Band 4 is not considered; above the threshold the band plays no further part.
- Personal statement
- Tie-breaker only. Read, with the reference, for borderline applicants at every stage, and only positively: to find achievements or circumstances that would move you up.
- Interview
- MMI, six stations and a group station. Previously six 7-minute stations (data handling, problem analysis, situational judgement, role play, a task, values) and a 40-minute group station, in person. Applicants sign a non-disclosure agreement.
- Contextual applicants
- KMMS contextualises everyone: your achieved GCSEs (or A-levels, if you have them) are compared with your school's average, and that relative attainment shortlists you, not the grades themselves. Your offer is AAA or AAB depending on your school's average A-level results. It uses no postcode, free school meals or other self-reported criteria, and makes no offer below AAB.
- Resits
- Only with extenuating circumstances. KMMS does not accept A-level resits except through its extenuating circumstances process, used where something affected the first sitting; submitting one does not guarantee acceptance. GCSE resits count towards the minimums if the results are in before you apply.
Where this comes from
- Kent and Medway Medical School's Entry Requirements 2027 page (kmms.ac.uk/entry-requirements-2027): the five groups, the minimums, the UCAT threshold, contextualisation, the MMI and offers.
- The Medical Schools Council's course page for KMMS A100: subject requirements, the personal statement, resits and the competition ratios.
- The final 2026 UCAT decile boundaries, for the conversion of the 47th centile.
Compiled 1 October 2026. The figures are reproduced as tables and charts so nothing has to be downloaded. Check KMMS’s current pages before you apply; they win if anything here differs.
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