UCAT 2,250 to 2,290: where can you apply for Medicine?
Every total in this band reads the same way at all 42 schools that use the UCAT, which is why it is one page: it is in the top 20% on the final 2026 boundaries, it clears the confirmed line at 15 of the schools that publish one and misses it at 1. The rest rank by decile or blend the UCAT with GCSEs and grades, so the score alone does not decide them. Every verdict is about getting an interview, not an offer, and comes from the same rules as the school finder, which adds your grades, GCSEs, SJT band and contextual indicators.
This band, across all 42 schools that use the UCAT
Read at 2,250, the bottom of the band, for a standard rest-of-UK applicant
- competitive
- 37
- possible
- 3
- unlikely or ruled out
- 2
22 of the 42 publish no UCAT line, so they are read against what they did release. Buckingham and Greater Manchester (formerly Bolton) do not use the UCAT for 2027 entry, so they are not counted here. Hertfordshire and St Mary's, Twickenham are counted but marked international only: they take only international students for 2027 entry, so a UK applicant cannot apply there this cycle.
The counts include 2 international-only schools, read for the international applicants they take: Hertfordshire (competitive) and St Mary's, Twickenham (competitive).
Competitive37
The score clears these schools' confirmed line, or sits in a decile they treat as competitive.
Our reading: possible from 2,200, competitive from 2,250
At or above the 2,250 competitive figure. Cambridge reads the UCAT with your GCSEs: on our rough baseline, from 2,250 it is competitive with 7 or more grade 9s, while 6 (with 8 at 8 or 9) want 2,300 and 5 (with 7 at 8 or 9) 2,350. A guide, not a promise of an interview.
Competition (2026 entry, all applicants): 75–85% interviewed · about 21–24% of those interviewed
Confirmed line 2,190 · the band sits 60 to 100 over it, a thin clear
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,230, where we expect this cycle's line: the 2,190 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 66% interviewed · 67% of those offered
Barts and The London (Queen Mary)
Top 20% usually 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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,110 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2023 entry, Home applicants): 53% interviewed · 57% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,120 · the band sits 130 to 170 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,170, where we expect this cycle's line: the 2,120 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles and towards where its line sat in earlier cycles.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 55% interviewed · 65% of those offered
Minimum 1,850 (confirmed), competitive from 2,100 · the band sits 150 to 190 over the competitive figure
At or above the 2,100 competitive figure.
Competition (2024 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 45% interviewed · 68% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,060 · the band sits 190 to 230 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,110, where we expect this cycle's line: the 2,060 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 64% interviewed · 59% of those offered
Our reading: possible from 1,900, competitive from 2,060
At or above the 2,060 competitive figure. Newcastle adds the UCAT (up to 60 points) to your best eight GCSEs (up to 40) and interviewed from 50 points for 2025 entry. From 2,060 the UCAT reaches that with eight grade 7s, so with any stronger GCSEs too, though the line moves with each cohort.
Competition (2025 entry, Home non-contextual applicants): 70% interviewed · 74% of those offered
Top 30% usually 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 between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
Competition (2023 entry, all applicants): interviews not published · 43% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,010 · the band sits 240 to 280 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,050, where we expect this cycle's line: the 2,010 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Confirmed line 1,990 · the band sits 260 to 300 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,030, where we expect this cycle's line: the 1,990 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 54% interviewed · 84% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,990 · the band sits 260 to 300 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,050, where we expect this cycle's line: the 1,990 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles and towards where its line sat in earlier cycles.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 71% interviewed · 35% of those offered
Top 40% usually 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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,017 the typical interviewee works out at, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2026 entry, all applicants): 41% interviewed · 76% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,960 · the band sits 290 to 330 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 2,000, where we expect this cycle's line: the 1,960 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 95% interviewed · 37% of those offered
Top 50% usually 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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,051 the typical interviewee works out at, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2026 entry, Home school leavers with predicted grades): 77% interviewed · 53% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,920 · the band sits 330 to 370 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 1,960, where we expect this cycle's line: the 1,920 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles.
Competition (2025 entry, UK applicants): 63% interviewed · 56% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,900 · the band sits 350 to 390 over it
Clears 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 · the band sits 350 to 390 over the low end
At or above the top of the 1,900 to 2,000 range.
Competition (2024 entry, all applicants): 64% interviewed · 69% of those offered
City St George's, University of London
Confirmed line 1,880 · the band sits 370 to 410 over it
2,250 to 2,290 clears about 1,950, where we expect this cycle's line: the 1,880 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles and towards where its line sat in earlier cycles.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 60% interviewed · 74% of those offered
Top 60% usually competitive
KMMS uses the UCAT as a threshold only (last cycle the 47th centile, with SJT Band 3 or better) and then shortlists on your grades against your school's average. Its page quotes that threshold as 2,490 on the old 3,600 scale, and for 2025 entry its lowest Home interviewee had 2,500; on the final 2026 deciles the 47th centile is about 1,900, and that conversion is ours.
2,250 to 2,290 clears the 1,900 those conversions give, so the threshold is not the problem here. A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 29% interviewed · 73% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,720 · the band sits 530 to 570 over it
Clears 1,720, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
Competition (2026 entry, rest-of-UK school leavers): 74% interviewed · 83% of those offered
Top 80% usually 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.
2,250 to 2,290 clears the 1,690 those conversions give, so the threshold is not the problem here. A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 66% interviewed · 63% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,700 · the band sits 550 to 590 over it
Clears the 1,700 minimum published for 2027 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 42% interviewed · 53% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,640 · the band sits 610 to 650 over it
Clears 1,640, the lowest score invited for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 36% interviewed
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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,110 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Bangor (North Wales Medical School)
No published figure
Bangor ranks everyone who meets its academic requirements on the UCAT total and interviews from the top until its slots are filled. It has published no scores, and says the scores it considers change from year to year with the applicants.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
No published figure
Brunel ranks its Home applicants on the UCAT, with a 5% uplift for widening access applicants, and interviews from the top down until it has made enough offers. It withheld the scores that reached interview under FOI; it interviewed 460 of 1,052 Home applicants for 2026 entry, for 53 Home places.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 44% interviewed
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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 1,963 the typical interviewee works out at, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2026 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 38% interviewed · 69% of those offered
No published figure
Edge Hill ranks everyone who meets its academic minimums on the UCAT total and sets the threshold by how many interviews it holds. It refused an FOI request for its applications, interviews, offers and places as commercially sensitive.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
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 between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
HertfordshireInternational only
No published figure
International only: it takes only international students for 2027 entry, so a UK applicant cannot apply this cycle. The reading below is for the international applicants it takes.
Hertfordshire ranks its applicants, international only for now, on the UCAT for interview once they meet its academic requirements, with no cut-off and no use of the SJT. Its first students started in September 2026, so it has no admissions figures yet.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
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 between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 57% interviewed · 87% of those offered
No published figure
Lancashire chooses Home applicants who meet its academic minimums for interview on the UCAT, with a 10% uplift for widening participation applicants and no weighting of grades. For 2025 entry its lowest non-contextual Home interviewee had 2,400 out of 3,600 and they averaged 2,545, with only 56 Home places.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 1,940 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 36% interviewed · 39% of those offered
Ranked by decile
Lincoln turns the UCAT total into up to 15 points, in bands set to the deciles, and the SJT band into up to 15, against 30 for six GCSEs. It publishes its points table but not the scores that reached interview; 2,300 or more earns the full 15.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,100 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 1,990 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 76% interviewed · 67% of those offered
St Mary's, TwickenhamInternational only
No published figure
International only: it takes only international students for 2027 entry, so a UK applicant cannot apply this cycle. The reading below is for the international applicants it takes.
St Mary's, international only for now, scores applications on academics and the UCAT and ranks them for interview, considering only SJT Band 1 to 3 with every subtest at 500 or above. It is a new school and has released no admissions figures.
A score between the 80th and 90th percentiles is at the top of any ranking, so on the UCAT alone we would read this as safe here.
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.
2,250 to 2,290 is at or above the 2,110 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 69% interviewed · 86% of those offered
Possible3
In reach but not comfortable: inside a caution zone, under a competitive figure or decile where the rest of the application has to carry the score, or on a figure that is last cycle's rather than confirmed.
Confirmed line 2,240 · the band sits 10 to 50 over it
Clears the 2,240 cutoff for 2026 entry. The final 2026 UCAT deciles came out about 30 higher than 2025's at this point of the scale, which moves last cycle's line to about 2,270, and in earlier cycles its line sat higher, at about the 93rd percentile on average against the 92nd last time, so we would expect about 2,280 this year. That is our reading, not a published figure. You can still apply, but a score under about 2,280 is a real risk here; if you want four interviews from four choices, we would not spend one here.
From 2,280 in this band it becomes competitive. Clears about 2,280, where we expect this cycle's line: the 2,240 cutoff for 2026 entry, moved up with the final 2026 deciles and towards where its line sat in earlier cycles.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 59% interviewed · 90% of those offered
Top 30% usually 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.
2,250 to 2,290 is above the 2,050 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 2,260 of the typical one, so we would call this an element of risk rather than safe.
From 2,260 in this band: 2,260 is at or above the 2,260 the typical interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, so our reading is that the UCAT would not be what stops you here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 71% interviewed · 80% 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.
2,250 to 2,290 is above the 1,760 the lowest interviewee works out at on our conversion of those figures to the current scale, but below the 2,330 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
Unlikely2
Under the line, or so far under a decile rule that only a shift in the final deciles would help.
Shortlisted applicants averaged 2,377 and offer holders 2,407 for 2026 entry · our reading: possible from 2,320, competitive from 2,400
2,250 to 2,290 is under 2,320, well under the 2,377 that shortlisted applicants averaged for 2026 entry. The UCAT is one part of Oxford's shortlisting, 50% against 50% for GCSEs, so a lower UCAT must come with an exceptional academic profile to stay competitive, and even then it is a long shot.
Competition (2026 entry, eligible applicants): 41% interviewed · 41% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,320 · the band sits 30 to 70 under it
2,250 to 2,290 is below the 2,320 cutoff for 2026 entry. It meets the 2,170 contextual line, which applies only if you are a contextual applicant.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): interviews not published · 37% of applicants offered
Last updated 2 October 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.