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UCAT Cut-Off Scores 2025/26: How Much Do You Need for Medicine?
Old scores with four sections (max 3600):
🏫 Medical School | 🎯 UCAT Cut-Off / Method | 📌 Notes |
Newcastle | 2820 | Ranked by UCAT only |
Oxford | ~3090 (avg shortlisted) | No fixed cut-off; GCSEs weighted |
Cambridge | N/A | UCAT now compulsory, no cut-off yet |
UCL | 2800 (Home); 2600 (Access) | Int’l ≈3060 |
Imperial | UCAT only | BMAT retired |
Bristol | 3010–3070 | Pure UCAT ranking |
Edinburgh | 2470 | UCAT + academics |
Glasgow | 2450–2690 | Different thresholds (Scot/RUK/Int’l) |
Birmingham | ≈2700 (lowest int’d) | Combined score method |
Liverpool | 2310 | One of the lowest |
Leicester | 2270 | UCAT 50% + academics |
Dundee | ~2600 | Lowest int’d 1940 (2023) |
St Andrews | ≈2870 avg (RUK) | No hard cut-off |
Queen Mary (Barts) | 2620–2720 | UCAT + UCAS tariff |
King’s (KCL) | No cut-off | Band 4 SJT usually rejected |
Cardiff | ~2690 | Academics > UCAT |
St George’s | ≈2630; 500 min/section | Ranked by UCAT |
Manchester | ≈2750 | UCAT + SJT weighted |
Keele | 2280 min | Band 3 SJT or higher |
Kent & Medway | ~2470 | Min UCAT + SJT ≤3 |
Hull York | Ranked by UCAT | No fixed number |
Southampton | 2500–3000 (by programme) | BM5 ≈3000; BM4 lower |
Warwick (GEM) | ≈2580 | VR must ≥ mean |
UEA (Norwich) | 2190 (lowest int’d 2024) | UCAT weighted |
Plymouth | ~2680 | Variable year to year |
Sheffield | 2850 (2022) | If academics met |
Exeter | UCAT = 25% weight | Combined with A-levels |
Bangor | No cut-off published | UCAT used |
Brunel | UCAT ranked | Newer programme |
Lancaster | UCAT from 2025 onwards | Previously BMAT |
Surrey | UCAT in later stages | No published cut-off |
Adjusted with new sections (max 2700):
NOT FORMALLY OUT
Method:
- Old UCAT max = 3600 (4 sections: VR, DM, QR, AR).
- New UCAT max = 2700 (3 sections: VR, DM, QR).
- To compare fairly: convert old score → % of total → apply to new /2700 scale.
Medical School | Old Cut-Off (/3600) | % of Max | New Equivalent (/2700) |
Oxford shortlist avg | ~3090 | 85.8% | 2320 |
Cambridge | N/A | – | N/A |
UCL | 2800 | 77.8% | 2100 |
Imperial | (UCAT only, no historic BMAT cut-off) | – | – |
Bristol | 3010 | 83.6% | 2260 |
Newcastle | 2820 | 78.3% | 2120 |
Edinburgh | 2470 | 68.6% | 1850 |
Glasgow (RUK) | 2500 | 69.4% | 1870 |
Birmingham | ~2700 | 75.0% | 2025 |
Liverpool | 2310 | 64.2% | 1735 |
Leicester | 2270 | 63.1% | 1705 |
Dundee | ~2600 | 72.2% | 1950 |
St Andrews (avg) | ~2876 | 79.9% | 2160 |
Queen Mary (Barts) | 2670 | 74.2% | 2000 |
King’s (KCL) | No fixed cut-off | – | – |
Cardiff | ~2690 | 74.7% | 2020 |
St George’s | ~2630 | 73.1% | 1970 |
Manchester | ~2750 | 76.4% | 2070 |
Keele | 2280 | 63.3% | 1710 |
Kent & Medway | 2470 | 68.6% | 1850 |
Hull York | Ranked, no cut-off | – | – |
Southampton | 2500–3000 | 69–83% | 1870–2250 |
Warwick (GEM) | ~2580 | 71.7% | 1930 |
UEA (Norwich) | 2190 | 60.8% | 1645 |
Plymouth | ~2680 | 74.4% | 2010 |
Sheffield | 2850 | 79.2% | 2140 |
Exeter | Weighted | – | – |
Bangor | No cut-off | – | – |
Brunel | No published cut-off | – | – |
Lancaster | UCAT from 2025 | – | – |
Surrey | No published cut-off | – | – |
- Safe baseline (old 2600 /3600 ≈ 72%) → ~1950 (/2700).
- Competitive range (old 2800–3000 ≈ 78–83%) → 2100–2250 (/2700).
- Top-tier shortlisting (Oxford ~3090) → 2320 (/2700).
⚠️ Note: These are equivalents, not official thresholds. Universities are still deciding how to adapt cut-offs under the new UCAT format. What matters most is percentile rank (top 20%, top 30%) rather than raw score.
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