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Queen's Belfast — Undergraduate medicine

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

Queen's University Belfast - Medicine

MB BCh BAO 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. The UCAT is folded into one overall score along with other things, so a lower UCAT can be offset by a stronger score elsewhere, and a high one can be dragged down the same way.
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 scored. Good grades earn points here. The personal statement is not used to shortlist.

GCSE scoring, best nine subjects

Grade	Points
A* / 9	4
A / 7-8	3
B / 6	2
C* / C	1

Summary of the selection model

Item	Detail
Scoring approach	Best nine GCSEs scored on a 4/3/2/1 points scale, combined with UCAT before interview. Personal statement not scored but must explicitly state medicine as the career choice
UCAT - how it is used	Converted to centile points before interview. For 2025 entry QUB used raw score bands on the 3600 scale worth up to 6 points; from 2026 entry it uses centile bands worth up to 9. The SJT is used only to separate borderline applicants, at the shortlisting stage and again after interview. 236 home places and 36 international
UCAT threshold	No raw score published. For 2026 entry the total UCAT is converted by centile band into 0 to 9 points: 10th centile or below scores 0, rising by one point per band to 9 for above the 90th. The pre-interview score is 45 points, being 36 academic and 9 UCAT
UCAT lowest accepted	Unknown. QUB publishes historic shortlisting totals, but these are COMBINED academic and UCAT points, not UCAT scores: 2022 entry 37 and above, 2023 38 and above, 2024 38 and above or 37 with SJT bands 1 and 2, 2025 entry 30 and above
UCAT average accepted	Unknown
Interview format	MMI
Resits	Only two attempts at A levels allowed. Normally restricted to previous applicants who held a conditional firm offer and achieved AAB or better at the first attempt; repeat offer is AAA plus A in a fourth AS
Data status	Scoring scheme published in full. No score figures at any stage.

Source

https://www.medschools.ac.uk/courses/queens-university-belfast-medicine-a100/ ; QUB Admissions Policy Statement for Medicine 2026 and 2025 (qub.ac.uk), read 17 September 2026

Entry requirements

Item	Detail
Country	Northern Ireland
Course (UCAS code)	MB BCh BAO Medicine (A100)
GCSE	Minimum grade 4 in Maths and English Language; Physics grade 4 or Double Award Science 44 if not taken at AS/A level. Best nine GCSEs scored: A*/9 = 4 points, A/7-8 = 3 points, B/6 = 2 points, C = 1 point
A level	AAA plus grade A in a fourth AS including Chemistry and one of Biology/Human Biology, Maths or Physics; or AAA including Chemistry and Biology/Human Biology; or AAA including Chemistry plus Maths/Physics and AS Biology at B
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers	Contact the admissions team
IB	Contact the admissions team. Irish Leaving Certificate H1H1H1H1H2H2 including HL H1 in Biology and Chemistry
English language	GCSE English Language grade 4
Resits accepted?	Yes, with conditions - normally only previous conditional-firm holders with AAB; repeat offer AAA plus A at AS

How the UCAT is turned into a score

Item	Detail
Is a UCAT points conversion published?	Yes. The points table is set out on this tab above.
How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words	Converted to centile points before interview. For 2025 entry QUB used raw score bands on the 3600 scale worth up to 6 points; from 2026 entry it uses centile bands worth up to 9. The SJT is used only to separate borderline applicants, at the shortlisting stage and again after interview. 236 home places and 36 international Best nine GCSEs scored on a 4/3/2/1 points scale, combined with UCAT before interview. Personal statement not scored but must explicitly state medicine as the career choice

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Detail

Is a UCAT points conversion published?

Yes. The points table is set out on this tab above.

How the UCAT is used, in the University’s own words

Converted to centile points before interview. For 2025 entry QUB used raw score bands on the 3600 scale worth up to 6 points; from 2026 entry it uses centile bands worth up to 9. The SJT is used only to separate borderline applicants, at the shortlisting stage and again after interview. 236 home places and 36 international Best nine GCSEs scored on a 4/3/2/1 points scale, combined with UCAT before interview. Personal statement not scored but must explicitly state medicine as the career choice

Entry requirements and places, as shown on the comparison table

Item	Detail
Figures cover	Places only: 236 places for Home applicants and 36 for international, stated in the University's own Admission Policy Statement for Medicine for 2026 Entry. Place numbers in Northern Ireland are set by the Department of Health and the Department for the Economy, not by the Office for Students.
Places	236
SJT - how the band is used	Used only to separate borderline applicants, at shortlisting and again after interview.

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