Standard entry grades: AAA
Minimum entry grades: AAB
These grades must include Chemistry and one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
Standard entry grades: AAAAB in S5. Predicted to achieve at least BBB in Highers or Advanced Highers or a mix of Highers and Advanced Highers in S6.
Minimum entry grades: AAABB in S5. Predicted to achieve at least BB in Highers or Advanced Highers or a mix of Highers and Advanced Highers in S6.
Highers must include Chemistry and one of Biology (or Human Biology), Mathematics or Physics, to be taken at the same sitting. If not passed at Higher, applicants must also have National 5 grade B in Biology (or Human Biology), Mathematics, and English.
Standard entry grades: 38 points (HL 6,6,6 plus SL 6,6,6)
Minimum entry grades: 36 points (HL 6,6,5 plus SL 6,6,5)
These grades must include HL in Chemistry and HL in one of Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
Minimum of five GCSEs at grade A or 7 to be taken at one sitting, will be required. Applicants with achieved A-Levels, may be considered with less than five A grades (grade 7 in numerical grading) at GCSE.
If not passed at Higher, applicants must also have National 5 grade B in Biology (or Human Biology), Mathematics, and English.
Students begin their training with ‘pre-clinical’ work, involving study of the basic medical sciences. This is followed by the ‘clinical’ course, during which you will work in hospital wards under the supervision of consultants.
We accept predicted grades made by a current teacher or tutor.
Applicants who re-take their advanced level studies to meet the entry requirements for Medicine will not normally be considered. Re-sitting GCSEs (or equivalent) is allowed if the purpose is to meet a specific subject requirement. For example, GCSE English at grade C could be re-taken to achieve Grade B.
Applicants must have work or shadowing experience in a caring or health environment. This experience could have been gained in hospitals, GP surgeries, nursing homes or local hospices, or by working with people who have ill health or a disability.
Used as one component in selection for interview.
UCAT, used for ranking for interview selection, after academic screening.
Online multiple mini interviews.
The University of St Andrews offers a variety of flexible entry options in order to ensure our doors remain open to all students, regardless of background or personal circumstances.
Reach Scotland is a national programme, established through support from the Scottish Funding Council, with the overall aim of widening participation in high demand professions. Five universities facilitate Reach, and each university covers a different region of Scotland. The St Andrews Reach programme offers students in Fife a taste of studying these high-demand subject areas at a Scottish university, as well as giving them the opportunity to explore the professions such degrees might lead to in depth.
We seek to ensure that no student with the potential to do well is disadvantaged when we assess their application by their social and economic background, whether this is related to their place of education, individual circumstances or residence. We do this using relevant pre-entry information, clear entry requirements and robust assessment methods, appropriate to each application cohort.
We consider you to be a widening access student if you fit into one or more of the following categories:
You can find out if we will consider you to be a widening access student on our undergraduate academic entry qualification indicator.
Through our guaranteed offer scheme we will make an offer to all applicants who declare a care-experienced background or who reside in the 20% most deprived areas of Scotland as indicated by the postcode (SIMD20) and also attend a school which has 30% or lower progression to higher education, provided that the desire to study the subject is demonstrable, the minimum asking rates within all specified required subjects are met and, if relevant, the applicant passes an external testing or interview. No other applicant will receive such a guaranteed offer.
Typically eligible WP applicants will receive an offer one grade lower than the Standard Offer (AAB).
Applicants that are flagged as IMD 20, Estranged, Care Experienced and Refugees are also entitled to a 10% boost to their global UCAT score prior to interview selection.
You can find out if you will be eligible for the guaranteed offer scheme on our undergraduate academic entry qualification indicator.
You can find more details information about the University of Aberdeen’s widening access initiatives on the university website.
More information on widening access
Over the last 600 years, the University of St Andrews has established a reputation as one of the world’s leading teaching centres.
Medicine MBChB (ScotCOM) is focused on community-based clinical teaching, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of primary care services, whilst ensuring exposure and understanding of hospital-based care. Additionally, the programme aims to produce graduates for high-demand specialties, address regional healthcare needs, and promote principles of medicine and healthcare improvement.
