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Southampton — Graduate entry medicine
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
Southampton - Medicine
BMBS Medicine Graduate Entry BM4 (A101)
How this university scores applications, with the figures it publishes.
High level summary
Simple summary. Excruciating detail below.
| Question | Answer |
|---|
| Is there a score to clear? | No. Applicants are put in order by UCAT score and the university works down the list until the interview places run out. The line moves with the field each year. Any contextual adjustment is below. |
| How to read the UCAT figures here | A lowest score and an average are both published. Judge yourself against the average. The lowest is one person. |
| What else counts | Degree subject and class are a requirement in their own right. Details below.
GCSEs are a gate. Meeting the minimum is what counts; beating it earns nothing.
The SJT band does not affect shortlisting. |
| The odds | Of every 100 who applied, about 35 were interviewed and about 19 were offered a place.
(2026 entry, from FOI F-26-0266.) |
| Where it is decided | Before interview. Most applicants never get one, so the score does most of the work here.
Of those interviewed, about 55 in 100 were offered a place. |
Summary of the selection model
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Scoring approach | Ranked on the total UCAT score alone. GCSEs and A levels are a minimum requirement only and are not converted into points. The SJT is not used at all. Contextual school leavers are ranked in a separate stream. Offers are decided on the selection day, not the UCAT |
| Admissions test - how it is used | Applicants who meet the minimum entry requirements are ranked on their total UCAT score and the top ranked fill a fixed number of interview places. Southampton states the cut-off "is simply last person invited to interview", so the published cut-off is the lowest score interviewed. There is no weighting and no scoring matrix. The SJT is not used, and deciles are not used. UCAT plays no part at offer stage: offers are made on interview performance alone |
| GAMSAT requirement | Unknown |
| UCAT threshold | No fixed threshold set in advance. The cut-off is the score of the last person invited to interview: 1820 of 2700 for 2026 entry, 2570 of 3600 for 2025 entry, which restates to about 1900 on the current scale |
| Interview format | Selection day with traditional panel interviews and group exercises |
| Data status | Cut-offs, volumes and places complete for 2025 and 2026 entry from FOI F-26-0266. Mean, distribution and SJT counts are not held |
Source
Southampton FOI response F-26-0266, 18 September 2026; https://www.southampton.ac.uk/ ; Office for Students, medical and dental maximum fundable limits, 2025-26 entry cohort
BM4 volumes and places, from the FOI response
| Measure | 2025 entry | 2026 entry |
|---|
| Applications received | 476 | 657 |
| Invited to interview | 218 | 231 |
| Offers made | 124 | 128 |
| Places | 60 | 60 |
| UCAT cut-off | 2570 of 3600, about 1900 restated | 1820 of 2700 |
What Southampton says it does not hold
| Item | Position |
|---|
| Mean, distribution and SJT counts | Southampton states it holds no mean, no decile or quartile distribution and no SJT band counts, because it uses only the combined total score. It also states it cannot break the application stage down by fee status or contextual route, because it reviews only as many applications as it needs to fill interviews and never looks at the rest |
Entry requirements
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Country | England |
| Course (UCAS code) | BMBS Medicine Graduate Entry BM4 (A101) |
| Degree requirement | Upper second class (2:1) in a first degree equivalent to a UK honours degree, in any subject |
| GCSE | Four GCSEs at grade 4 or above including English Language, Maths and either Biology and Chemistry, combined science, or science and additional science |
| A level | Not scored |
| Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | Not applicable - not scored on this route |
| English language | Covered by the GCSE requirement |
| Resits accepted? | Not applicable - entry assessed on the degree, not A levels |
Volumes, places and competition
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Figures cover | 2026 entry, from FOI F-26-0266 |
| Applications | 657 |
| Interviewed | 231 |
| Offers | 128 |
| Interviews per place | 3.85 |
| Offers per interview | 0.55 |
| Previous years - application year and UCAT or GAMSAT figure | 2025 entry: cut-off 2570 of 3600, about 1900 restated. 476 applications, 218 interviews, 124 offers, 60 places Approximate current-scale equivalents, out of 2700: 2570 is about 1900. |
Further detail
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Admissions test accepted | UCAT |
| UCAT lowest accepted | 1820 of 2700 for 2026 entry. The cut-off and the lowest score interviewed are the same figure here |
| UCAT average accepted | Not held. Southampton states it does not hold a mean |
How the UCAT is turned into a score
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Is a UCAT points conversion published? | No points conversion has been published. What the University does say about the UCAT is in the row below. |
| How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words | Applicants who meet the minimum entry requirements are ranked on their total UCAT score and the top ranked fill a fixed number of interview places. Southampton states the cut-off "is simply last person invited to interview", so the published cut-off is the lowest score interviewed. There is no weighting and no scoring matrix. The SJT is not used, and deciles are not used. UCAT plays no part at offer stage: offers are made on interview performance alone Ranked on the total UCAT score alone. GCSEs and A levels are a minimum requirement only and are not converted into points. The SJT is not used at all. Contextual school leavers are ranked in a separate stream. Offers are decided on the selection day, not the UCAT |
Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Places - provider total | 260 (Office for Students maximum fundable limit, anticipated home students, 2025-26 entry cohort. This is the provider total across A100, BM6 and BM4 and is not split between them) |
| SJT - how the band is used | Not used at all. |
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