UCAT 2,300 to 2,340: 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 9th to 10th decile on the preliminary 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 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 2,300, the bottom of the band, for a standard rest-of-UK applicant
- 32
- competitive
- 0
- possible
- 2
- out of reach
- 14
- read against no published line
Competitive32
The score clears these schools' confirmed line, or sits in a decile they treat as competitive.
Confirmed line 2,240 · 60 to 100 over it, a thin clear
Clears the 2,240 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 59% interviewed · 90% of those offered
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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 1,930 to 2,040 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 2,190 · 110 to 150 over it
At or above the 2,190 competitive figure.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 66% interviewed · 67% of those offered
Competitive from 2,150 to 2,300 · 150 to 190 over the low end
At or above the top of the 2,150 to 2,300 range.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 75–85% interviewed · about 28% of those interviewed
Confirmed line 2,120 · 180 to 220 over it
Clears the 2,120 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 55% interviewed · 65% of those offered
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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 2,090 to 2,210 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
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 9th decile 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
Minimum 1,850 (confirmed), competitive from 2,100 · 200 to 240 over the competitive figure
At or above the 2,100 competitive figure.
Competition (2025 entry, rest-of-UK applicants): 45% interviewed · 68% of those offered
Confirmed line 2,060 · 240 to 280 over it
Clears 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.
2,300 to 2,340 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 2,010 · 290 to 330 over it
Clears the 2,010 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Confirmed line 1,990 · 310 to 350 over it
Clears the 1,990 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2026 entry, Home applicants): 54% interviewed · 84% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,990 · 310 to 350 over it
Clears 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.
2,300 to 2,340 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 1,960 · 340 to 380 over it
Clears the 1,960 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): 95% interviewed · 37% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,920 · 380 to 420 over it
Clears the 1,920 cutoff for 2026 entry.
Competition (2025 entry, UK applicants): 63% interviewed · 56% of those offered
Confirmed line 1,900 · 400 to 440 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 · 400 to 440 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
St George's, University of London
Confirmed line 1,880 · 420 to 460 over it
Clears 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 · 460 to 500 over the low end
At or above the top of the 1,840 to 1,870 range.
Competition (2025 entry, Home non-contextual applicants): 70% interviewed · 74% of those offered
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.
2,300 to 2,340 clears the 1,690 those conversions give, so the threshold is not the problem here. A score in the 9th decile 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 1,720 · 580 to 620 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
Confirmed line 1,700 · 600 to 640 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 · 660 to 700 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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 1,950 to 2,060 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.
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.
2,300 to 2,340 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
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 9th decile 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 in the 9th decile 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
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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 2,130 to 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 (2024 entry, Home applicants): 40% interviewed · 77% 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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 1,950 to 2,060 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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 1,850 to 1,950 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
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.
2,300 to 2,340 is at or above the 1,950 to 2,060 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
Unlikely2
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 · 77 to 37 under the low end
2,300 to 2,340 is under 2,380, the point its own figures put a realistic application at, so this is a long shot.
Competition (2025 entry, all applicants): 20–25% interviewed · about 45% of those interviewed
Confirmed line 2,320 · 20 under it at the bottom of the band, 20 over it at the top
2,300 to 2,340 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.
From 2,320 in this band it becomes possible. Clears the 2,320 cutoff for 2026 entry, but only by 0. It rose sharply last cycle. You can still apply, but lines have risen in recent cycles and a margin under 51 would not be safe if this one rises again; if you want four interviews from four choices, we would not spend one here.
Competition (2025 entry, Home applicants): interviews not published · 37% of applicants 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.