Graduate applicants will need to be predicted or have achieved an upper second-class Honours (2.1) degree from a recognised UK university. Science and non-science graduates are considered equally. Degrees awarded by universities outside the UK are not accepted.
Graduates are normally expected to have achieved grades of at least ABB in A-levels taken prior to their degree, including Chemistry and Biology.
Please see our website for details.
A*AA at A Level. Both Biology and Chemistry are required with either at grade A*.
A1,A,A at Advanced Highers (or A1,A at Advanced Higher and A,A,A at Higher), to include Chemistry and Biology at Advanced Higher with either at A1.
39 total points. A total of 19 points is required in three higher level subjects including 6 and 7 in Biology and Chemistry, in either order. No higher-level score below 5.
English Language and Maths are required at grade B or 6.
If applicants have studied qualifications other than GCSEs, we recommend that you contact the UCL admissions team for advice.
Currently, we accept applications from candidates who are studying the Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) at the College of West Anglia or an Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) conforming to the QAA subject descriptor for medicine. Candidates studying the Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) conforming to the QAA subject descriptor for medicine please confirm with the provider that the diploma meets this requirement before registering. Candidates are responsible for ensuring that their Access diploma is eligible before applying to this Medical School.
Integrated systems-based course.
This six-year programme includes an integrated BSc (except for graduate entrants with UK degrees), leading to the awards of Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
More about intercalation.
Predicted grades for qualifications not yet completed must meet our published minimum academic entry requirements.
Candidates may re-sit GCSE subjects in order to meet the GCSE requirements. Graduates who re-sat A levels before their degree will also be considered. Otherwise, we do not accept qualification re-sits, including re-starting Year 12.
Clinical experience is not required. We recommend that applicants have an understanding of what a career in medicine involves. We advise students to gain any experience that involves working with other people, building relevant skills, and reflecting on the attributes needed and if possible, gaining insight into healthcare professions, to help with their application. Your reflections on what you learnt from your work experience may be assessed at interview and we may request that a small selection of candidates provide evidence of the work experience that they have done.
UCL does not use the Personal Statement to select candidates for interview. However, Personal Statements can be used during the interview.
UCAT.
Total UCAT score is used to shortlist candidates for interview. Where candidates achieved the same UCAT score, the SJT score is used to further rank each candidate.
In person (for Home students) and online (for international students) multiple mini interviews.
UCL has one of the largest Widening Participation operations in the country. Our work is innovative, evidence-led and shapes national direction, working at all levels from primary through to mature students returning to education.
Target Medicine is UCL Medical School’s Widening Participation Initiative. The programme includes a Mentoring Scheme, Summer School and Summer Challenge.
Access UCL is our contextual offer scheme for applicants from groups that are underrepresented at UCL. Applicants that are eligible and successful in receiving an offer, will automatically receive an offer that is lower than the standard entry requirements for the programme. Only applicants with Home fee status are eligible for contextual offers.
You may be eligible for the Access UCL scheme based on:
For most people, your eligibility will be picked up automatically from information contained within your UCAS application and no separate application to the scheme is required.
More detail can be found on our website.
Eligible students will receive a reduced offer of AAB (AA to be achieved in Biology and Chemistry).
Our goal is to educate ‘The UCL Doctor’. This is a highly capable and patient-centred clinician, equipped to practise medicine in a professional, inclusive, and sustainable way grounded in science and best practice.
You will have extensive clinical contact throughout the course, with patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals, to learn all about key health problems, clinical presentations, and patient pathways.
UK graduates are exempt from the intercalated BSc and will complete the programme in five years. Other students will study the course over six years, leading to the awards of Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).