2:1 with a minimum transcript average of 65%.
Where degree is in a Biological, Biomedical or Health Science Subject: BBB including any two of Biology, Chemistry or Psychology.
Where degree is in any other subject: AAB including any two of Biology, Chemistry or Psychology.
AAA including two from Biology, Chemistry and Psychology or AAB in three A Levels (including core subjects) plus an EPQ, 4th AS-level or 4th A Level subject at grade B.
General Studies, Critical Thinking and native languages are only considered as the 4th subject. Only one of Maths or Further Maths will be considered.
AAA including two from Biology, Chemistry and Psychology or AAB in three A Levels (including core subjects) plus an EPQ, 4th AS-level or 4th A Level subject at grade B.
General Studies, Critical Thinking and native languages are only considered as the 4th subject. Only one of Maths or Further Maths will be considered.
36 points overall after two years of study, to include:
Standard Level: three subjects, all at a minimum of 5 points
Higher Level: three subjects, all at a minimum of 6 points, including any two of Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.
Eight subjects achieved by the end of year 11. A minimum score of 13 points taken from highest scoring eight subjects (including core subjects as below), where an A*/A or 7-9 is equivalent to two points, and a B/6 is equivalent to one point.
Must include the following core subjects at grade B/6: Maths, English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics (or Combined Science: Trilogy).
Where Biology and Chemistry are not studied at A Level, the equivalent GCSE subject must be at least grade A/7
Highers: AAAAB in five subjects taken at one sitting after one year of study, including grade A in Biology and Chemistry.
Advanced Highers: AA in Biology and Chemistry taken at one sitting after one year of study.
We are able to consider Access to HE: Medicine courses which comply with the QAA National Framework and subject descriptors for Medicine.
Required grades: 45 Level 3 credits at Distinction.
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.
We require predicted grades for all applicants and these will be used to determine whether an applicant meets our academic requirements. No advantage is given to applicants with higher predicted grades, as long as our minimum requirements are met.
We are able to consider predicted grades at one grade below the entry requirements.
We do not accept GCSE resits unless with evidence of exceptional circumstances that impacted performance. Exceptional circumstances will be reviewed post-application by a panel to determine whether resits can be considered.
We will consider resit applicants who achieve the required grades within three years of study, dependent on grades achieved. All applicants should reflect on their circumstances in their personal statement. Our typical resit offer of study is A*AA.
ABB or above at first attempt: eligible to apply as a resit applicant
BBB-CCC at first attempt: evidence of exceptional circumstances required to apply during your resit year of study
Applicants who have achieved A*AA within three years of study are eligible to apply regardless of initial grades, if they are applying with their achieved resit results.
Applicants should be prepared to discuss their work experience at interview. Insight is more important than the specific work and voluntary experience undertaken. Placements in hospices, nursing and residential homes etc., where there is interaction with vulnerable people, is just as valuable as shadowing doctors. After interview, we aim to verify work and voluntary experiences discussed in the applicant’s personal statement.
Not used in selection process and interviewers will not have had access to personal statement. Applicants may wish to reference their personal statement at interview.
Following interview, we may contact work experience references mentioned in the personal statement to verify any experiences.
Applicants who meet our academic entry requirements will be ranked according to their UCAT score. Invitations to interview will be made based on this UCAT ranking alone.
Contextual information will be considered in cases where an applicant’s UCAT score is borderline for invitation to interview.
Online multiple mini interviews.
As part of our commitment to widening access to medicine, we take a holistic approach to reviewing applications and aim to understand as much as possible about our applicants and their potential.
The Lancaster Access Programme offers Year 12 and Year 13 students the opportunity to participate in a variety of activities and experiences, and to develop skills to help with their studies. Students who successfully complete the programme will typically be eligible for a lower offer if they apply for undergraduate study at Lancaster University. More information on this programme can be found on our Lancaster Access Programme pages.
Realising Opportunities is a national collaboration of research-intensive universities, working together to promote fair access and social mobility of students from groups underrepresented in higher education. Over the two year programme Year 12 students from partner schools across Lancashire and Cumbria, take part in a student conference, an academic element and have the opportunity to visit universities around the country.
Students who successfully complete the programme will typically be eligible for a lower offer if they apply for undergraduate study at Lancaster University. More information on the programme can be found on the Realising Opportunities website.
If you are applying for MBChB Medicine and Surgery, and you meet two or more of our widening participation criteria, you may be eligible for a contextually lowered offer. This applies to applicants with home fee status only.
Alternatively, you may be eligible for our MBChB Medicine and Surgery with a Gateway Year, which offers an accessible entryway into studying Medicine for those who have the potential to become excellent doctors, but who may not otherwise have had the opportunity.
We will take into account additional contextual information when reviewing applications from UK students, if either:
Eligible students, who apply through the main UCAS cycle, will qualify for the Contextual Offer Scheme, that is two A level grades (or equivalent) below our published entry grades.
There is no additional application process. Once we receive your application from UCAS, we will automatically make an adjusted offer to all qualifying students and this will appear in UCAS.
If you meet two or more of our widening participation criteria, meet the academic entry requirements and are successful at interview, you may be considered for a contextually lowered offer of ABB.
We are proud to remain one of the UK’s smaller medical schools, even after the recent increase in the number of MBChB places available. Our size allows us to offer you a student-focused learning environment within a highly supportive community.
A modern medical school, Lancaster utilises new technologies in its anatomy teaching, including an Anatomage table for virtual dissection. The School’s Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre has also invested significantly in ultrasound teaching, enabling you to learn anatomy, ultrasonography and clinical interpretation together.
