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Brunel — Undergraduate medicine
Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.
Brunel - Medicine
MBBS Medicine (A100)
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 | Neither a lowest score nor an average is published, so there is nothing here to measure against. |
| What else counts | GCSEs are a gate. Meeting the minimum is what counts; beating it earns nothing.
The SJT band is a gate, and band 4 ends the application whatever else you have. |
| The odds | Of every 100 who applied, about 41 were interviewed and about 20 were offered a place.
(Application figures: 2025 entry, A100, from FOI 4309. Places: 53 home funded, and an international target of 115 for 2026.) |
| Where it is decided | Before interview. Most applicants never get one, so the score does most of the work here.
Of those interviewed, about 49 in 100 were offered a place. |
Summary of the selection model
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Scoring approach | Ranked on the total UCAT score with no cut-off and no weighting. GCSE grades are not considered at all. Only SJT band 4 is excluded. Contextual applicants who notify Brunel receive a 5 per cent uplift on their UCAT score. Brunel states the offer itself does not depend on the UCAT score but on performance at the asynchronous MMI |
| UCAT - how it is used | Used to rank for interview only. Highest scores are invited first and Brunel works down the list until the agreed number of offers is made, so the effective cut-off moves each cycle. No weighting is applied and the score is the overall UCAT total. Brunel states the offer is decided on the MMI, not the UCAT |
| UCAT threshold | No cut-off score is set. Brunel says selection for interview is competitive and based on overall UCAT performance relative to other applicants in the same year, and separately that "the UCAT cut off score varies year-on-year" |
| UCAT lowest accepted | Unknown. Refused under section 43 in response 4309 of 18 September 2026. Internal review requested 19 September 2026 |
| UCAT average accepted | Unknown. Refused under section 43 in response 4309 of 18 September 2026. Internal review requested 19 September 2026 |
| Interview format | Asynchronous MMI, six stations |
| Resits | Applicants who have retaken A levels are considered |
| Data status | Application figures for 2025 entry received 18 September 2026 under reference 4309. UCAT score figures refused under section 43 and under internal review. 2026 entry figures stated by Brunel to be not yet finalised |
Source
Brunel FOI response reference 4309, 18 September 2026; https://www.brunel.ac.uk/study/courses/medicine-mbbs ; Office for Students, medical and dental maximum fundable limits, 2025-26 entry cohort
Application figures published in response to a request, 2025 entry (A100)
| Stage | Home | International |
|---|
| Applications received | 1057 | 1115 |
| Invited to interview | 360 | 540 |
| Offers made | 84 | 359 |
| Offers accepted and enrolled | 53 | 107 |
| Interviewed as a share of applications | 0.34 | 0.48 |
| Offers as a share of those interviewed | 0.23 | 0.66 |
| Group | Number |
|---|
| Home funded places | 53 |
| International, 2026 target | 115 |
| Note | Brunel states it is a hybrid school and so not subject to the 7.5 per cent international cap |
What is still not published
| Item | Position |
|---|
| Mean UCAT at interview and offer | Refused under section 43. Internal review requested 19 September 2026 |
| Distribution of UCAT scores | Refused under section 43. Internal review requested 19 September 2026 |
| Count of applicants in each SJT band | Refused under section 43, although the rule that band 4 is excluded has been published |
| 2026 entry application figures | Brunel says the data has yet to be finalised. No exemption was claimed over it |
| Contextual breakdown of 2025 entry | Brunel says no contextual admissions process was in place for 2025 entry, so the data is not held |
Entry requirements
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Country | England |
| Course (UCAS code) | MBBS Medicine (A100) |
| GCSE | Five GCSEs at grade 6, Maths at 5, and 66 in at least two of Double Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics |
| A level | AAA-AAB including grade A in Biology or Chemistry, grade A in a second science, grade A/B in a third subject |
| Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers | AAA-AAB including grade A in Biology or Chemistry plus a second science |
| IB | 36 overall with 6 and 5 at HL in Biology or Chemistry and one of Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Maths |
| English language | IELTS 7.0 overall with 7.0 in all areas; Pearson 64 overall with 64 in all subscores; BrunELT 7.0 with 7.0 in all areas. Taken within two years before the CAS is issued |
| Resits accepted? | Yes - offer level not stated |
Volumes, places and competition
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Figures cover | Application figures: 2025 entry, A100, from FOI 4309. Places: 53 home funded, and an international target of 115 for 2026 |
| Applications | 2172 |
| Interviewed | 900 |
| Offers | 443 |
| Interviews per place | 16.98 |
| Offers per interview | 0.49 |
| Previous years - application year and UCAT figure | 2025 entry, A100: home 1,057 applications, 360 interviews, 84 offers, 53 enrolled. International 1,115 applications, 540 interviews, 359 offers, 107 enrolled |
Further detail
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| Contextual offer | Yes. A 5 per cent uplift on the UCAT score for applicants who notify Brunel that they are eligible for a contextual offer. No fixed number of places is set aside. No contextual process was in place for 2025 entry |
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 | Used to rank for interview only. Highest scores are invited first and Brunel works down the list until the agreed number of offers is made, so the effective cut-off moves each cycle. No weighting is applied and the score is the overall UCAT total. Brunel states the offer is decided on the MMI, not the UCAT Ranked on the total UCAT score with no cut-off and no weighting. GCSE grades are not considered at all. Only SJT band 4 is excluded. Contextual applicants who notify Brunel receive a 5 per cent uplift on their UCAT score. Brunel states the offer itself does not depend on the UCAT score but on performance at the asynchronous MMI |
Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table
| Item | Detail |
|---|
| SJT - how the band is used | Band 4 excluded. No other use. |
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