UCAT 1,700 to 1,740: where can you apply for Medicine?
Every total in this band reads the same way at all 34 schools, which is why it is one page: it is the 2nd decile on the preliminary 2026 boundaries, it clears the confirmed line at 2 of the schools that publish one and misses it at 14. The rest rank by decile or blend the UCAT with GCSEs and grades, so the score alone does not decide them. Every verdict comes from the same rules as the school finder, which adds your grades, GCSEs, SJT band and contextual indicators.
This band, across all 34 schools
Read at 1,700, the bottom of the band, for a standard rest-of-UK applicant
- 3
- competitive
- 4
- possible
- 27
- out of reach
- 14
- read against no published line
Competitive3
The score clears these schools' confirmed line, or sits in a decile they treat as competitive.
3rd decile and above competitive
Sunderland uses the UCAT as a threshold only — the top eight deciles, with SJT Band 1 to 3 — and does not rank on it at all; a 14-point work-experience tool decides who is interviewed. Its own conversions of its past minimums to the current scale were 1,650 to 1,690.
1,700 to 1,740 clears the 1,690 those conversions give, so the threshold is not the problem here. A score in the 2nd decile is near the bottom of the ranking, so chances here are slim whatever the rest of the application looks like.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 66% interviewed · 63% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,700 · from exactly it, a thin clear
Clears the 1,700 minimum published for 2027 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 42% interviewed · 53% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,640 · 60 to 100 over it, a thin clear
Clears 1,640, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 36% interviewed
Possible4
In reach but not comfortable: inside a caution zone, under a competitive decile, or on a figure that is last cycle's rather than confirmed.
Ranked by decile
Dundee weighs academics 60% and the UCAT decile 40%, with no minimum. For 2026 entry, already on the current scale, its lowest rest-of-UK applicant interviewed had 1,610 and they averaged 1,963.
1,700 to 1,740 is above the 1,610 the lowest interviewee works out at, but below the 1,963 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
Competition (2026 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 38% interviewed · 69% of those offered
No published figure
Nottingham bands each UCAT subtest into points (Verbal doubled) for 50 points against 32 for GCSEs, and says it cannot predict where the line will fall. For 2025 entry its Home applicants ranged from 2,200 to 3,460 out of 3,600 with a median of 2,740, and 844 of 1,216 were interviewed.
1,700 to 1,740 is above the 1,560 to 1,650 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 1,950 to 2,060 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 69% interviewed · 75% of those offered
No published figure
Peninsula sets a threshold once applications are in and will not confirm it in advance. Its published Home cut-offs were 2,680, 2,210 and 2,600 out of 3,600 for 2023, 2024 and 2025 entry, a swing of 470 in three years.
1,700 to 1,740 is above the 1,570 to 1,660 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 1,850 to 1,950 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 76% interviewed · 67% of those offered
University of East Anglia (UEA)
No published figure
UEA has no cut-off and ranks on the total twice: once for the interview, then again with the interview score for the offer. For 2025 entry the lowest non-contextual Home applicant interviewed had 2,080 out of 3,600 and interviewees averaged 2,743.
1,700 to 1,740 is above the 1,480 to 1,560 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 1,950 to 2,060 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 69% interviewed · 86% of those offered
Unlikely24
Under the line, or so far under a decile rule that only a shift in the final deciles would help.
Competitive from 2,377 to 2,407 · 677 to 637 under the low end
1,700 to 1,740 is below anything this school's own figures show reaching an interview (nothing under 2,000). That is not a published rule, but it is a very long shot.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 20–25% interviewed · about 45% of those interviewed
Confirmed line 2,320 · 620 to 580 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 2,320 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): interviews not published · 37% of applicants offered
Confirmed line 2,240 · 540 to 500 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 2,240 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 59% interviewed · 90% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,190 · 490 to 450 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 2,190 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 66% interviewed · 67% of those offered
Competitive from 2,150 to 2,300 · 450 to 410 under the low end
Below the 2,150 low end of the typical range.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 75–85% interviewed · about 28% of those interviewed
8th decile and above competitive
Birmingham scores the UCAT decile out of 4.0 against GCSEs out of 4.5 and a contextual score, then ranks the total. For 2025 entry its standard interviewees ranged from 2,680 to 3,460 out of 3,600 with a median of 2,940; contextual interviewees went down to 2,430.
1,700 to 1,740 is below even the 1,900 to 2,010 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that chances here are slim.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 71% interviewed · 80% of those offered
8th decile and above competitive
Queen's scores the UCAT centile band out of 9 against nine GCSEs out of 36, so the GCSEs carry four times the weight. It has never published applicants' UCAT scores, only the points threshold, which ran from 30 to 38 out of the old 42 between 2015 and 2025.
A score in the 2nd decile is near the bottom of the ranking, so chances here are slim whatever the rest of the application looks like.
Competition (2023 entry, all applicants): interviews not published · 43% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,060 · 360 to 320 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 2,060 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 64% interviewed · 59% of those offered
7th decile and above competitive
Cardiff scores eight GCSEs out of 24 and adds only 1 to 3 points for the UCAT decile, so GCSEs decide and the 7th decile already earns full marks. For 2026 entry, already on the current scale, its Home interviewees ranged from 1,880 to 2,630 and averaged 2,017.
1,700 to 1,740 is below even the 1,880 the lowest interviewee works out at, so our reading is that chances here are slim.
Competition (2026 entry, all applicants): 41% interviewed · 76% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,010 · 310 to 270 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 2,010 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Confirmed line 1,990 · 290 to 250 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,990 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 54% interviewed · 84% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,990 · 290 to 250 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,990 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 21% interviewed · 64% of those offered
6th decile and above competitive
Leicester rejects the bottom two deciles, then scores the UCAT out of 48 against eight GCSEs out of 48. For 2026 entry, already on the current scale, its lowest Home interviewee had 1,820 and they averaged 2,051; the score that guaranteed an interview was 79 of 96.
1,700 to 1,740 is below even the 1,820 the lowest interviewee works out at, so our reading is that chances here are slim.
Competition (2026 entry, Home school leavers with predicted grades): 77% interviewed · 53% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,960 · 260 to 220 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,960 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 95% interviewed · 37% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,920 · 220 to 180 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,920 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, UK applicants): 63% interviewed · 56% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,900 · 200 to 160 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below 1,900, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
Competition (2024 entry, Home applicants): 35% interviewed · 40% of those offered
Competitive from 1,900 to 2,000 · 200 to 160 under the low end
Below the 1,900 low end of the typical range.
Competition (2024 entry, all applicants): 64% interviewed · 69% of those offered
St George's, University of London
Confirmed line 1,880 · 180 to 140 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,880 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 60% interviewed · 74% of those offered
Competitive from 1,840 to 1,870 · 140 to 100 under the low end
Below the 1,840 low end of the typical range.
Competition (2025 entry, Home non-contextual applicants): 70% interviewed · 74% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,720 · 20 under it at the bottom of the band, 20 over it at the top
1,700 to 1,740 is below 1,720, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
From 1,720 in this band it becomes competitive. Clears 1,720, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
Competition (2026 entry, rest-of-UK school leavers): 74% interviewed · 83% of those offered
No published figure
Aston scores the UCAT out of 12 against six GCSEs out of 24, so the GCSEs decide and the UCAT cannot make up for them. For 2025 entry its Home interviewees ranged from 2,460 to 3,500 out of 3,600 and averaged 2,743, but none of them scored under 22 of 24 on GCSEs.
1,700 to 1,740 is below even the 1,750 to 1,850 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that chances here are slim.
Ranked by decile
Exeter's score moves 4 points per UCAT decile against 10 points per A-level grade, out of 90. It has released no applications, interviews, offers or cut-off score at all, so there is nothing to compare a score against.
A score in the 2nd decile is near the bottom of the ranking, so chances here are slim whatever the rest of the application looks like.
Ranked by decile
HYMS awards 35 of its 100 selection points for the UCAT decile, with 35 for GCSEs, 15 for the SJT band and 15 contextual. It records only your decile, never your score, and says historical scores are of no relevance; the score that reached interview for 2025 entry was 62.67 of 100.
A score in the 2nd decile is near the bottom of the ranking, so chances here are slim whatever the rest of the application looks like.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 57% interviewed · 87% of those offered
Ranked by decile
King's scores the UCAT as a percentile among its own applicants, worth 100 of its 150 points, so the score does most of the work but there is no line. In the 2024 cycle its UK interviewees ranged from 2,340 to 3,510 out of 3,600 and averaged 3,007, against 2,759 for all UK applicants.
1,700 to 1,740 is above the 1,660 to 1,760 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 2,130 to 2,260 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
Competition (2024 entry, Home applicants): 40% interviewed · 77% of those offered
Impossible3
Far enough under a published line that the school would not consider the application.
Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
9th decile and above competitive
Queen Mary rejects anything below the fourth national decile, then adds the UCAT to the UCAS tariff for your predicted grades and ranks the sum 50/50, so a strong prediction can carry a lower score. Its 2023-cycle Home line was 2,720 out of 3,600, and its example pairs show a tariff of 260 getting an interview on 2,410 while a tariff of 166 needed 3,050.
Below the 4th decile is not considered here, and 1,700 to 1,740 is 141 under the 4th-decile boundary (1,841).
Competition (2023 entry, Home applicants): 53% interviewed · 57% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,120 · 420 to 380 under it
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,800 minimum published for 2027 entry. Applications under it are not considered.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 55% interviewed · 65% of those offered
Minimum 1,850 (confirmed), competitive from 2,100 · 400 to 360 under the competitive figure
1,700 to 1,740 is below the 1,850 minimum published for 2027 entry. Applications under it are not considered.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 45% interviewed · 68% of those offered
Compiled 17 September 2026 from the universities’ published statistics and Freedom of Information responses; each school’s page says when its figures were last confirmed. Check the school’s own admissions page before you apply. If a figure here is out of date, tell me and I will fix it.