Science degree minimum 2:1 and A levels BBB (including Biology and Chemistry).
AAA – including Biology and Chemistry.
Pass Scottish Advanced Highers with grades AAA including Biology and Chemistry. Or pass Advanced Higher Biology and Chemistry with grades A with at least grades A in two additional Higher Subjects.
36 points overall to include both Biology and Chemistry at Higher Level 6.
Maths and English at grade 6.
Maths and English grades B.
Access courses are accepted. View the full list of recognised courses.
BSMS has an integrated curriculum designed to develop your knowledge, academic and clinical skills, and instil a professional approach throughout the degree.
Predicted grades for school leaving qualifications are accepted.
May be accepted but applicants can only have dropped one grade (AAB).
Clinical work experience is not mandatory. BSMS has developed a virtual work experience course recognised by UK medical schools.
Not scored.
We use the UCAT, after assessing academic qualifications, to select for interview. For our 2026 entry admissions cycle, you must achieve an SJT Band score of 1, 2 or 3.
We will score the UCAT out of 2700. This is broken down to 900 marks for Verbal Reasoning, 900 marks for Decision Making and 900 marks for Quantitative Reasoning. We then rank all applicants according to their total score out of 2700 and work down the rankings to fill our interview places.
UCAT may also be used as a final discriminator if needed after interview.
Multiple-mini interviews.
Greater diversity within the medical profession is a goal that benefits us all. BSMS is committed to seeking out talented people who have the potential to become tomorrow’s doctors but who may not have considered it as a possibility, thus enabling medicine to better reflect the patient population.
BrightMed identifies and supports young people from across Sussex who have the potential to become tomorrow’s doctors.
The programme will increase awareness of what it takes to study medicine and healthcare subjects, through fun, inspiring and interactive teaching focused on medicine, health and science. BrightMed works with students from Year 9 to Year 13. As a ‘BrightMedder’, young people will take part in regular Saturday sessions that involve knowledge sessions, activities, lectures and seminars. There is also an opportunity to experience life as a medical student with a Summer School at the end of Year 12.
BSMS has been working with six other medical schools across the country to look at ways to get our widening participation programmes recognised at each others’ institutions. The UKWPMED scheme is open to students in Year 13 who have successfully completed a specific widening participation programme at a medical school that is participating. If students qualify they will then receive the same consideration in the selection process as offered to graduates of the WP programme at that university.
As well as assessing your academic profile, we will also be looking to see whether you meet our adjusted offers criteria. If you identify as meeting at least one criterion from three different sections below and are classified as being a home fee paying student, you will be eligible for contextual data admissions offer and will be considered separately from the wider applicant pool.
Applicants must meet at least one criterion from three different sections:
You live in a neighbourhood that has low participation into higher education:
Applicants that have been in local authority care for a period of at least 3-months during secondary and/or post 16 education will automatically be invited for interview subject to satisfying academic criteria. More details can be found here.
We welcome applications from students with disabilities. For information about available support please visit our student support pages here. If you would like to speak to a member of our student support team, please email [email protected].
* This will be determined from the information you provide on your UCAS form.
** All applicants will be invited (via email) to upload any evidence of the above criteria after we receive your UCAS application.
If you have any queries as to whether or not you meet our contextual data criteria, you can email [email protected].
As part of our agenda to widen participation to medicine, we aim to reserve 30% of interviews for applicants with contextual data. To select for interview, applicants scoring a SJT band 1, 2 or 3 are ranked according to their UCAT score with op ranking candidates invited to interview. Applicants with adjusted offers are ranked separately from the wider applicant pool.
A-levels
For applicants taking, or who have already obtained three A-levels, we require predicted, or achieved grades of at least AAB. This must include Biology and Chemistry.
For applicants taking, or who have already obtained, two A-levels in Biology and Chemistry, as well as a Level 3 Extended BTEC Certificate, we require predicted, or obtained grades of at least AA in your A-levels and a Merit in your BTEC qualification.
For applicants taking, or who have already obtained the International Baccalaureate (IB) we require a predicted, or obtained score of 35. This must include Higher Level Biology and Chemistry, both at a grade 5.
For all applicants meeting one criterion from three different sections of our adjusted offer criteria, we require English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSEs at grade 5/C or above.
Applicants currently studying for, or who already have a degree may also be eligible for an adjusted offer. Applicants will be eligible if they meet at least one criterion from three different sections whilst they were studying GCSEs or A-levels, or who currently meet the criteria. For eligible applicants, we require English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE at grade 5/C or above. Please note we do not alter our grade requirements for degree qualifications.
Applicants currently studying for, or who already have an BSMS recognised access qualification may also be eligible for an adjusted offer. Applicants will be eligible if they meet at least one criterion from three different sections whilst they were studying GCSEs or A-levels, or who currently meet two of the criteria. For eligible applicants, we require English (Language or Literature) and Maths GCSE at grade 5/C or above. Please note we do not alter our grade requirements for access course qualifications.
You can find more details information about the Brighton and Sussex Medical School’s widening access initiatives on the university website.
More information on widening access
Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) is an equal partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton together with NHS organisations throughout the South East region. The arrangements for the school’s governance reflect this approach and students are awarded joint BM BS degrees of both universities.
Our curriculum emphasises early clinical involvement, a broad range of experience and a firm foundation in basic science.