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UCAT score - who is in reach
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
UCAT score: who is in reach
Find your score, then read the universities listed at or below it. Every figure on this page is on the current UCAT scale out of 2700.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
1. Find the band your score falls in. The bands run in fifties. Each band says where it sits on the 2026 national decile table.
2. The universities listed under a band are the ones whose published figure falls IN that band. Everything listed in the bands ABOVE it is also in reach, so read from the top down to your score.
3. Read the "What the figure is" column before you rely on anything. Some schools publish the lowest score they INTERVIEWED, some the lowest they made an OFFER to, and a few publish a MEAN. A mean is not a floor: half the people were below it.
4. A figure marked "converted" started life on the old 3600 scale. It is a guide to where that score stood among that year’s candidates, not an official number.
5. Contextual and widening participation figures are listed separately and marked. If you have a flag, read those rows: the bar is often far lower and at some schools there is none at all.
6. Thresholds move every year with the strength of the field. A score above a published figure is not an offer and a score below it is not a refusal. It tells you where to spend your four choices.
7. The universities at the bottom of each section publish no usable number. That is not the same as having no bar. Several of them are among the hardest to get into.
2026 national decile boundaries used on this page (interim table, out of 2700)
| Decile | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary | 1630 | 1750 | 1840 | 1910 | 1980 |
| Decile | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary | 2040 | 2110 | 2190 | 2300 |
These are interim boundaries, published while the 2026 cycle is still running. They usually fall by about fifty points when the full table comes out, which moves in the candidate’s favour.
UNDERGRADUATE MEDICINE
| Score band | Course | Figure (of 2700) | What the figure is | Which applicants | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1400 to 1449 — below the 1st decile | 1 course at or below this score | ||||
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | A102 Medicine with Foundation Year | 1400 | Published widening access threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | The whole course is a widening access route |
| 1450 to 1499 — below the 1st decile | 3 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Brighton and Sussex | A100 | 1460 | Lowest score OFFERED a place, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | Contextual applicants are all invited to interview, with no threshold |
| Anglia Ruskin | A100 | 1490 | Lowest score OFFERED a place, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | WAMS applicants also get a 5 per cent uplift and an ABB offer |
| 1500 to 1549 — below the 1st decile | 3 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1550 to 1599 — below the 1st decile | 7 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Anglia Ruskin | A100 | 1560 | Lowest score OFFERED a place, 2026 entry | Standard | Ranked on total UCAT alone. No GCSE or A level ranking at all |
| Aston | A100 | 1560 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | Below the 1st national decile |
| Cardiff | A100 | 1570 | Lowest score OFFERED a place, 2026 entry | Standard | All groups combined. Cardiff does not look at the SJT at all |
| Aston | A100 | 1580 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2026 entry | Standard | No threshold at any stage. All four SJT bands accepted |
| 1600 to 1649 — below the 1st decile | 9 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Lancashire (UCLan) | A100 | 1600 | Lowest contextual score, 2025 entry, converted | Contextual or widening participation | 10 per cent is added to the UCAT total itself |
| Leeds | I900 Gateway Year to Medicine | 1610 | Lowest score SHORTLISTED, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | The whole course is a widening participation route |
| 1650 to 1699 — 1st decile or above | 13 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Edinburgh | A100 | 1650 | Published cut-off, 2026 entry | Standard | A Plus Flag applicants are exempt from the cut-off entirely |
| St Andrews | A100 | 1650 | Lowest home score, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | Academic screen first, then a straight UCAT ranking |
| Aberdeen | A100 | 1680 | Lowest contextual home score, 2025 entry | Contextual or widening participation | SIMD20 applicants get a 10 per cent uplift, SIMD40 five per cent |
| Sunderland | A100 | 1680 | Top eight deciles only, so about this figure | Standard | SJT bands 1 to 3 required |
| 1700 to 1749 — 1st decile or above | 16 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Aberdeen | A100 | 1700 | Lowest score INVITED to interview, 2026 entry, Scottish applicants | Standard | 1720 for the rest of the UK, 1730 international |
| Keele | A100 | 1700 | Published cut-off, 2026 entry | Standard | 1950 for international applicants. SJT band 3 or better |
| Liverpool | A100 | 1740 | Lowest contextual score, converted | Contextual or widening participation | No published reduction. Contextual mean at interview about 1920 |
| 1750 to 1799 — 2nd decile or above | 18 courses at or below this score | ||||
| King’s College London | A100 | 1780 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2020 and 2023 entry, converted | Standard | No figure has been published for 2025 or 2026 entry |
| Lancashire (UCLan) | A100 | 1780 | Lowest home score, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | The UCAT is the whole of the pre-interview ranking |
| 1800 to 1849 — 2nd decile or above | 24 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Birmingham | A100 | 1800 | Lowest contextual home score INTERVIEWED, 2025 entry, converted | Contextual or widening participation | Weighted 45 per cent academic, 40 per cent UCAT, 15 per cent contextual |
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | A100 | 1800 | Published contextual threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | Five or more widening participation points required |
| Cambridge | A100 | 1810 | Lowest home OFFER holder, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | No cut-off and no weighting. Contextual applicants get an adjusted GCSE score instead |
| Queen Mary (Barts) | A100 | 1820 | Anything below the 4th national decile is rejected, which is about this score | Standard | SJT band 4 is also rejected |
| Lancaster | A100 | 1830 | Contextual cut-off, 2025 entry, converted | Contextual or widening participation | No scoring matrix. Ranked on total UCAT |
| Kent and Medway | A100 | 1840 | Cut-off, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | Every applicant is contextualised, so there is no separate contextual figure |
| 1850 to 1899 — 3rd decile or above | 27 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | A100 | 1850 | Published threshold, 2026 entry | Standard | The UCAT is not converted into points |
| Glasgow | A100 | 1860 | Lowest score CONSIDERED for interview, 2025 entry, Scottish applicants, converted | Standard | Nothing is scored or weighted. Published after the cycle, not during it |
| UEA (Norwich) | A100 | 1890 | LOWER QUARTILE at interview, 2026 entry. A quarter of those interviewed were below it | Standard | Ranked on the UCAT alone with no threshold and no other component, so the bar is wherever interview places run out. Lower quartile at offer 1950. No lowest score is published |
| 1900 to 1949 — 3rd decile or above | 30 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Leeds | A100 | 1900 | Lowest score SHORTLISTED, 2026 entry | Standard | 2020 for international applicants. A-star is not rated above A |
| Lancaster | A100 | 1920 | Cut-off, 2026 entry | Standard | SJT band 4 not considered for A100 |
| Southampton | A100 | 1920 | Contextual cut-off, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | A 30 point concession against the standard figure |
| 1950 to 1999 — 4th decile or above | 35 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Southampton | A100 | 1950 | Cut-off, 2026 entry, which Southampton states is the last person invited to interview | Standard | 2020 for international applicants |
| Liverpool | A100 | 1960 | Published threshold, 2026 entry | Standard | 2080 for international applicants. A nine GCSE points gate applies first |
| Manchester | A106 | 1960 | Widening participation threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | SJT bands 3 and 4 are excluded on both routes |
| Birmingham | A100 | 1980 | Lowest home score INTERVIEWED, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | The SJT is excluded from the UCAT score |
| Brighton and Sussex | A100 | 1990 | Threshold, 2026 entry, home and international | Standard | Ranked from the top down until interview places are full |
| 2000 to 2049 — 5th decile or above | 35 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 2050 to 2099 — 6th decile or above | 37 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Manchester | A106 | 2060 | Published threshold, 2026 entry | Standard | 2250 for overseas. 63 per cent of home applicants were interviewed for 2026 entry |
| UCL | A100 | 2080 | Access UCL threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | A 110 point reduction against the standard figure |
| 2100 to 2149 — 6th decile or above | 38 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Sheffield | A100 | 2120 | Where the cut actually fell, 2025-26 cycle | Standard | The stated minimum is 1800. The cut point moves every year |
| 2150 to 2199 — 7th decile or above | 40 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Imperial College London | A100 | 2170 | Contextual threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | A 150 point reduction against the standard figure |
| UCL | A100 | 2190 | Published threshold, 2026 entry, home applicants | Standard | 2300 overseas. The SJT separates candidates on the same total |
| 2200 to 2249 — 8th decile or above | 41 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Bristol | A100 | 2240 | Where the cut fell, 2026 entry, home applicants | Standard | Scored on the UCAT alone, with the SJT excluded entirely |
| 2250 to 2299 — 8th decile or above | 41 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 2300 to 2349 — 9th decile or above | 42 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Imperial College London | A100 | 2320 | Published threshold, 2026 entry, home applicants | Standard | 2310 overseas. SJT band 3 minimum |
Undergraduate medicine — schools that publish no usable score
| University | Course | What they do instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | A100 | Below the 1st national decile at the lowest, 2023 entry. No cut-off score at all | |
| Brunel | A100 | No cut-off. Ranked on the total UCAT. The figures were refused under section 43(2) | |
| Buckingham (private) | 71A8 | The UCAT is not used | |
| City St George’s, London | A100 | A minimum of 500 in EACH subtest, not a total | |
| Edge Hill | A100 | Threshold set each year and not published. SJT band 4 rejected | |
| Exeter | A100 | Reported by decile, not by score. The UCAT is worth 4 points per decile against 10 per A level grade | |
| Greater Manchester | A100 | The UCAT is not used until September 2028 entry. International applicants only for 2026 and 2027 | |
| Hertfordshire | A100 | No cut-off published. Ranked by UCAT. International only for 2026 | |
| Hull York | A100 | No cut-off. The decile is scored up to 35 points. Decile 4 or above opens a fast-track interview route | |
| Leicester | A100 | Scored into points and combined with an academic score. The threshold is the combined total, not a raw score | |
| Leicester (Foundation Year) | A199 | Scored into points. 15 of the 38 places are reserved for the East Midlands | |
| Lincoln | A100 | No cut-off. Scored out of 15: below 1580 scores nothing, above 2300 scores the maximum | |
| Newcastle | A100 | No cut-off. Scored out of 60: 1810 and below scores 1 point, 2400 and above scores 60 | |
| Nottingham | A100 | No fixed threshold, and Nottingham states in terms that it will not share previous years’ figures | |
| Oxford | A100 | No minimum. The UCAT is combined 50:50 with a contextualised GCSE score. Applicant mean 2217 | |
| St Mary’s, Twickenham | A100 | New school. International applicants only at present and nothing published | |
| Bangor (North Wales) | A100 | Ranked by UCAT with no threshold. The SJT is not currently used | |
| Queen’s University Belfast | A100 | No score published. The decile is converted into 0 to 9 points out of 45 before interview | |
| Lancaster (Gateway Year) | A104 | Ranked on overall UCAT from the top down. Preference to SJT bands 1 to 3 | |
| RCSI, Trinity, UCC, UCD, Galway and Limerick | CAO | These schools use the HPAT-Ireland, not the UCAT |
GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICINE
| Score band | Course | Figure (of 2700) | What the figure is | Which applicants | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1650 to 1699 — 1st decile or above | 1 course at or below this score | ||||
| Cardiff | A101 | 1690 | Lowest of the 2026 entry OFFER holders | Standard | Feeder stream route only. Cardiff does not look at the SJT |
| 1700 to 1749 — 1st decile or above | 1 course at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1750 to 1799 — 2nd decile or above | 2 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Cambridge | A101 | 1770 | Lowest home OFFER holder, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | No cut-off and no weighting |
| 1800 to 1849 — 2nd decile or above | 6 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Sheffield | A101 | 1800 | Published minimum, 2027 entry | Standard | 24 places, widening participation only, no international places |
| Queen Mary (Barts) | A101 | 1820 | Anything below the 4th national decile is rejected, which is about this score | Standard | SJT band 4 is also rejected |
| Southampton | A101 | 1820 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2026 entry | Standard | The SJT is not used at all |
| Chester | A101 | 1830 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2024 entry, converted | Standard | Two cycles refused on commercial grounds, so nothing more recent exists |
| 1850 to 1899 — 3rd decile or above | 7 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Worcester (Three Counties) | A101 | 1870 | Quoted figure | Standard | Quoted against a maximum that cannot be right, so treat it with caution |
| 1900 to 1949 — 3rd decile or above | 11 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Swansea | A101 | 1900 | Minimum considered, 2026 entry | Standard | The cut score is set annually above this figure and is not published |
| UEA (Norwich) | A101 | 1900 | LOWER QUARTILE at interview, 2026 entry. A quarter of those interviewed were below it | Standard | Ranked on the test score alone, 100 per cent. UCAT only for recent biomedical graduates, GAMSAT for everyone else. Lower quartile at offer 2005 |
| Pears Cumbria (Imperial and Cumbria) | A102 | 1910 | Contextual threshold, 2026 entry | Contextual or widening participation | GAMSAT 53 contextual against 59 standard |
| Warwick | A101 | 1910 | Lowest score INVITED, 2026 entry | Standard | Average invited 2080. The largest graduate entry cohort in the country |
| 1950 to 1999 — 4th decile or above | 12 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Pears Cumbria (Imperial and Cumbria) | A102 | 1960 | Published threshold, 2026 entry | Standard | Home applicants only. 832 applications, 279 interviews, 127 offers |
| 2000 to 2049 — 5th decile or above | 14 courses at or below this score | ||||
| King’s College London | A102 | 2020 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2024 entry, converted | Standard | Mean above the 9th decile |
| Newcastle | A101 | 2030 | Threshold, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | The UCAT alone decides who is interviewed. The threshold has fallen five years running |
| 2050 to 2099 — 6th decile or above | 15 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Manchester | A101 | 2080 | Published threshold, 2026 entry, home applicants | Standard | SJT bands 1 or 2 only, the strictest rule of any graduate entry course |
Graduate entry medicine — schools that publish no usable score
| University | Course | What they do instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ScotGEM (Dundee and St Andrews) | A101 | The UCAT is not used. GAMSAT is required for ranking with no published cut-off | |
| City St George’s, London | A101 | The UCAT is not used. GAMSAT, with a minimum of 50 in each section | |
| Liverpool | A101 | The UCAT is not used. GAMSAT, 50 minimum per section | |
| Nottingham | A101 | GAMSAT for 2026 entry, UCAT from 2027 entry. No threshold published | |
| Oxford | A101 | No score published. Ranked on UCAT decile, normally not below the top 40 per cent of Oxford applicants | |
| Surrey | A101 | GAMSAT for all subjects. UCAT only for a short list of named degree subjects | |
| Bangor (North Wales) | A101 | No minimum threshold published | |
| Ulster | A101 | The UCAT is not used. GAMSAT, 50 minimum average | |
| Republic of Ireland (national framework) | CAO | The UCAT is not used. The national framework is set by the Irish Universities Association |
DENTISTRY
| Score band | Course | Figure (of 2700) | What the figure is | Which applicants | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1550 to 1599 — below the 1st decile | 1 course at or below this score | ||||
| Leeds | A200 | 1590 | Lowest score SHORTLISTED, 2026 entry, widening participation | Contextual or widening participation | SJT bands 3 and 4 both exclude |
| 1600 to 1649 — below the 1st decile | 1 course at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1650 to 1699 — 1st decile or above | 2 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Cardiff | A200 | 1670 | LOWEST score of an offer holder, 2026-27 entry | Standard | Cardiff does not look at the SJT. Average 2090, highest 2530 |
| 1700 to 1749 — 1st decile or above | 4 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Aberdeen | A201 | 1710 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2025 entry, Scottish applicants, converted | Standard | GRADUATE ENTRY ONLY. 1830 for the rest of the UK |
| Leeds | A200 | 1720 | Lowest score SHORTLISTED, 2026 entry, UK applicants | Standard | 1740 international. SJT bands 3 and 4 both exclude |
| 1750 to 1799 — 2nd decile or above | 4 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1800 to 1849 — 2nd decile or above | 4 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1850 to 1899 — 3rd decile or above | 4 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Nothing new at this score. Everything listed above is still in reach. | |||||
| 1900 to 1949 — 3rd decile or above | 6 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Newcastle | A206 | 1900 | Standard cut-off, 2020 entry, converted | Standard | The only figure published. The SJT is not used |
| King’s College London | A205 | 1910 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2024 entry, converted | Standard | Mean about 2140. Five years of statistics published |
| 1950 to 1999 — 4th decile or above | 9 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Glasgow | A200 | 1970 | Lowest score CONSIDERED, 2025 entry, home applicants, converted | Standard | Published after the cycle. The SJT is not considered at all |
| Liverpool | A200 | 1970 | MEAN at interview, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | A mean, not a floor. UCAT and SJT together carry 40 per cent |
| Sheffield | A200 | 1990 | Cut-off, 2025 entry, converted | Standard | For 2026 entry the rule changes to the top 25 percentiles with SJT band 1 or 2 only |
| 2000 to 2049 — 5th decile or above | 10 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Manchester | A206 | 2010 | MEAN invited, 2021 entry, converted | Standard | A mean, not a floor, and five years old. SJT bands 3 and 4 both exclude |
| 2050 to 2099 — 6th decile or above | 12 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Queen Mary | A200 | 2070 | Cut-off, 2025 entry, home applicants, converted | Standard | Below the 4th decile is not considered. SJT band 4 excluded |
| Cardiff | A200 | 2090 | MEAN of offer holders, 2026-27 entry | Standard | A mean, not a floor. The lowest offer holder sat on 1670 |
| 2100 to 2149 — 6th decile or above | 13 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | A206 | 2120 | Published fixed threshold, 2026 entry, home applicants | Standard | 2100 widening access. An A-star is also required at the standard threshold |
| 2150 to 2199 — 7th decile or above | 14 courses at or below this score | ||||
| Birmingham | A200 | 2190 | Lowest score INTERVIEWED, 2026 entry | Standard | No fixed cut-off is published |
Dentistry — schools that publish no usable score
| University | Course | What they do instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | A200 | Below the 1st national decile at the lowest, 2023 entry. No minimum cut-off score | |
| Bristol | A206 and A208 | No cut-off published. Interview selection is 100 per cent UCAT with the SJT excluded | |
| Central Lancashire (UCLan) | A202 | No admissions test at all. UCLan uses its own internal entrance exam. GRADUATE ENTRY ONLY | |
| King’s College London | A202 | UCAT required but no figure published. GRADUATE ENTRY ONLY | |
| King’s College London | A204 | The UCAT is not required. GRADUATE ENTRY ONLY, for medical graduates | |
| Plymouth (Peninsula) | A205 | No admissions test at all. Integrated Foundation Year route | |
| Queen’s University Belfast | A200 | No score published. The decile is converted into 0 to 9 points | |
| Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork | CAO | The UCAT is not used |
Where these figures come from
Every figure on this page is taken from the three comparison tabs in this workbook and from each university’s own tab, which name the published page or the Freedom of Information response the figure came from. Nothing here is new data. This page only re-sorts what is already in the workbook so that it can be read by score rather than by university name.
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