Applicants must meet the essential entry requirements for all applicants.
Applicants must complete three A Levels, studied and awarded concurrently, to include both Biology and Chemistry.
All third subjects are accepted excluding General Studies, Applied Science, Citizenship, and Critical Thinking, but must be distinct.
We do not consider Biology and Human Biology to be distinct subjects. A Levels must be achieved within a three year period.*
Applicants may repeat or restart Year 12 a single time with no restrictions.
A Level + Welsh Baccalaureate Entry:
We will accept the Welsh Baccalaureate as equivalent to a third A Level. Applicants must complete three A Levels, or two A Levels plus the Welsh Baccalaureate, studied concurrently, to include both Biology and Chemistry at A Level.
All third subjects are accepted excluding General Studies, Applied Science, Citizenship, and Critical Thinking, but must be distinct. We do not consider Biology and Human Biology to be distinct subjects.
Applicants may repeat or restart Year 12 a single time with no restrictions
Applicants must study Biology and Chemistry at Advanced Higher Level.
Applicants must have achieved BBBCC at Higher Level if studying three Advanced Higher Levels, or BBBBC at Higher Level if studying two Advanced Higher Levels Highers and Advanced Highers must be completed within a three year period.
Applicants may repeat or restart S5 a single time with no restrictions.
Applicants must complete the International Baccalaureate with Biology and Chemistry at Higher Level. All third subjects are accepted.
Applicants who did not complete a GCSE equivalent will be required to achieve Grade 5 in English Language A or English Lang/Lit A, and Maths at either Standard or Higher Level. The International Baccalaureate must be completed within a three year period. Applicants may repeat or restart Year 12 a single time with no restrictions.
See our detailed entry criteria.
The main emphasis of problem-based learning (PBL) is on small group working, centred around a ‘problem’ or scenario. These scenarios are hypothetical patient cases.
This integrated approach, centred on PBL, and grounded in a robust scientific understanding, strong clinical knowledge and highly developed communication and clinical reasoning skills, allows you to develop life-long skills that will be crucial to your success as a doctor.
A Level : Applicants predicted below BBC, or predicted a C in either Biology or Chemistry will be rejected. Applicants predicted AAB or above will be rejected.
Advanced Highers: Applicants applying with predicted grades should have a prediction of no lower than CC in Biology and Chemistry.
International Baccalaureate : Applicants applying with predicted grades should have a prediction of no lower than 30 points overall (with 14 predicted at higher level, including 5 in both Biology and Chemistry) and no higher than 34 points overall.
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Applied Science (Biomedical Science) pathway: Applicants applying with predicted grades should have a prediction of no lower than Distinction, Distinction, Distinction (DDD).
A Level :Applicants who are repeating or who have repeated Year 13 must have achieved a minimum score of CCD in their A Levels, with C in Biology and Chemistry in their initial sitting. We are unable to accept equivalence; the minimum score must have been achieved in all subjects. Applicants applying with achieved grades must have either met the offer requirement, or be resitting to achieve the offer requirement.
Advanced Highers: Applicants must have achieved BBBCC at Higher Level if studying three Advanced Higher Levels, or BBBBC at Higher Level if studying two Advanced Higher Levels. Applicants applying with achieved grades must have either met the offer requirement, or be resitting to achieve the offer requirement.
International Baccalaureate: Applicants who are repeating or who have repeated Year 13 must have achieved a minimum score of 27 points overall in their International Baccalaureate, with 4 in Biology and Chemistry in their initial sitting. We are unable to accept equivalence; the minimum score must have been achieved in all subjects.
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Applied Science (Biomedical Science) pathway: Applicants who are repeating or who have repeated Year 13 must have achieved a minimum score of DMM in their BTEC Extended National Diploma in their initial sitting. We are unable to accept equivalence; the minimum score must have been achieved in all subjects.
Clinical experience is not required. We recommend that applicants have a range of relevant work experiences in health or social care settings or in areas that provide person facing interactions.
Work experience will allow you to demonstrate at interview that you have a realistic understanding of Medicine, including the challenges of a medical career, the importance of teamwork and will help you to better understand some of the values, attitudes and behaviours essential to becoming a doctor.
Checked after the interview before offers are made.
UCAT decile and Situational Judgement Test Band performance are scored for selection for interview.
In person multiple mini-interview
The Medicine with a Gateway Year programme is open to applicants who meet the UK (Home) fee status and the contextual data eligibility criteria detailed below.
Applicants are eligible for this programme if you meet two or more of the following:
OR, you meet one of the following:
OR, you have completed one of the following widening participation programmes within the year of application:
OR, you have completed one of the following widening participation programmes within two years of application:
All applicants must also:
**GCSE resits to achieve the entry requirement are accepted
Applications from anywhere within the UK are accepted.
Applicants from within the Hull York Medical School region will receive priority at all stages of the application process.
Applicants are considered to be within the Hull York Medical School region if their permanent address as stated on their UCAS application is in one of the following Local Education Authorities:
Applicants applying from within these areas will be eligible for 2 additional points in the selection for interview process. These points are separate from the Contextual Admissions criteria, and applicants must meet all Contextual Admissions eligibility requirements in order to be eligible to apply to this intake point.
Hull York Medical School, a partnership between the Universities of Hull and York, provides a unique undergraduate medicine programme, designed to equip the doctors of tomorrow with the skills they need to deliver exceptional healthcare. The programme prepares students for real life as a junior doctor, through a combination of high quality, patient-centred teaching, clinician-led problem-based learning and sustained clinical experience from the very start of the programme.
As a partnership between the two universities, the school provides access to the very best facilities and academic expertise that each institution has to offer, as well as a unique breadth of clinical experience in both primary and secondary care, incorporating rural and coastal locations as well as densely populated urban environments.
