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Plymouth — Undergraduate medicine

Figures are on the current UCAT scale of 2700 unless a cell says otherwise.

Plymouth (Peninsula) - Medicine

BMBS 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?	Yes. The university publishes a number, further down this page. Miss it and you are not shortlisted. It is reset every year, so last year’s figure is a guide, not a promise.
How to read the UCAT figures here	Only the lowest score is published. It belongs to one applicant, usually one who was strong somewhere else. Matching it is not the same as being competitive.
What else counts	GCSEs are a gate. Meeting the minimum is what counts; beating it earns nothing. The personal statement is not used to shortlist. The SJT band is a gate. Clear it; a better band earns nothing more.

Summary of the selection model

Item	Detail
Scoring approach	All UCAT sections considered alongside Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications during shortlisting. Personal statement not scored. Contextual points system requires 5+ points
UCAT - how it is used	All aspects of the UCAT are considered during shortlisting, alongside Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications
UCAT threshold	A FIXED THRESHOLD, with no ranking and no points. Meet the number and the applicant is shortlisted. 2026 entry, of 2700: 1800 widening access home, 1850 standard home, 1990 international. 2025 entry, of 3600: 2540, 2600 and 2670
UCAT lowest accepted	The thresholds ARE the lowest score shortlisted, because there is no ranking above them. A102 foundation sits at 1400 of 2700 for 2026 entry, below the 1st national decile and the lowest threshold in this workbook
UCAT average accepted	Unknown. No mean at interview, no distribution and no SJT band counts have been released, and no notice has been issued saying the information is not held
Interview format	Online MMI
Contextual offer	AAB with 5+ widening participation points; ABB via the UKWPMED scheme
Resits	Minimum ABB at first sitting; A levels completed within three years. Widening participation resit policy ABC
Data status	Thresholds complete for two cycles across three routes. Means, distributions and SJT counts outstanding, and a follow-up has been sent
UCAT threshold, A100	A fixed threshold, no ranking and no points. 2026 entry, of 2700: widening access home 1800, standard home 1850, international 1990. 2025 entry, of 3600: widening access home 2540, standard home 2600, international 2670.
Threshold in national terms, A100	2026 entry: widening access 4th decile, standard home 5th decile, international 7th decile. 2025 entry: widening access 6th decile (about 1880 on the current scale), standard home 7th decile (about 1930), international 7th decile (about 1970). The home thresholds fell by roughly two deciles between the two cycles while the international threshold barely moved. Recorded as observed; the reason is not stated by the University.
UCAT threshold, A102 foundation	2026 entry, widening access home 1400 of 2700, which is below the 1st national decile. No figure for 2025 entry. This is the lowest threshold recorded anywhere in this workbook.
Scoring approach (further detail)	No percentage or points weighting of any kind. Applicants must meet the published academic requirements and the UCAT threshold. UCAT scores are not converted into shortlisting points and no scoring matrix is held. GCSE grades are not converted into points or weighted.
Contextual offer (further detail)	A level AAB against a standard offer of A-star AA, plus the lower UCAT threshold above. No reduction in GCSE requirements and no fixed number of places reserved for the widening access route.
Volumes, A100	2025 entry home: 1101 applications, 834 interviews, 559 offers, 163 accepted. 2025 international: 349, 28, 8, 3. 2026 entry home: 1152, 457, 392, acceptances not yet available. 2026 contextual: 83, 37, 28. 2026 international: interviews 24, offers 16. Contextual figures for 2025 entry are recorded by the University as not held.
Volumes, A102 foundation	2025 entry home: 350 applications, later stages not available. 2026 entry home: 338 applications, 148 interviews, 83 offers.
GAMSAT thresholds	2026 entry: home 49 (2), international 61 (50). 2025 entry: home 48 (30), international 62 (52). The meaning of the bracketed second figure is not explained in the response.
Outstanding	Question 2 was not answered: no mean UCAT at interview, no distribution and no SJT band counts were given, and no notice was issued saying the information is not held. Question 3 was answered only to say the offer-stage analysis is not held in that format. Question 7 on places was answered "we are unable to provide this information at present", with no exemption cited and no section 17 notice. The notation "+ A-star" against the dentistry thresholds and "(S4)" against the 2025 dentistry figure are unexplained.

Source

https://www.medschools.ac.uk/courses/plymouth-medicine-a100/

FOI0174/2026, University of Plymouth, response of 16 September 2026

Entry requirements

Item	Detail
Country	England
Course (UCAS code)	BMBS Medicine (A100)
GCSE	Seven passes at grade 4 or above including English Language, Maths and two sciences. Functional Skills not accepted
A level	AAA including grade A Biology and grade A in Chemistry, Physics, Maths or Psychology, plus any third subject. General Studies not accepted
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers	Advanced Highers AAA including grade A Biology plus grade A in a second science. National 5s: seven passes at grade C including English, Maths and two sciences
IB	36-38 points with HL6 in Biology and HL6 in one further science
English language	GCSE English Language grade 4
Resits accepted?	Yes, with conditions - ABB at first sitting, within three years (widening participation ABC)

Volumes, places and competition

Item	Detail
Figures cover	Places only: Office for Students maximum fundable limit, anticipated home students, 2025-26 entry cohort. This is the provider level limit across all of that provider's programmes in this subject, not a single course code. The OfS states it also applies for 2026-27 and beyond unless government asks for changes.
Places	167

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	All aspects of the UCAT are considered during shortlisting, alongside Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications All UCAT sections considered alongside Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications during shortlisting. Personal statement not scored. Contextual points system requires 5+ points

Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table

Item	Detail
SJT - how the band is used	All UCAT sections are considered at shortlisting. No band exclusion is published.

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