How Universities use the UCAT

You will know your UCAT result well in advance of the UCAS deadline.  You should use your test result to help inform your UCAS choices and avoid wasting an application. 

Universities use UCAT results in in different ways during their admissions processes.  All our universities provide detailed information on their websites regarding how they use the UCAT in selection.  They may use the test differently for different programmes and different candidate groups.  You need to read the information they provide carefully and contact them about their selection processes if you are not clear about anything.

For some universities the UCAT score is a significant factor in their consideration of applications. For others it may be a less significant factor or only used in marginal situations.  Most universities consider total score (i.e. the score after each of the cognitive subtest scores have been added together).  However some do look at individual subtest scores and may even have a cut-off score for a particular subtest. 

Some universities have a threshold score that candidates have to achieve in order to be considered further in their selection processes. Where this is a fixed score this will be provided on their websites.  Some universities determine threshold scores each year but usually indicate on their website the scores that have been used in previous years.

In some cases, universities weight UCAT scores alongside factors such as academic achievement (e.g. GCSE scores). The weighting may be significant or may contribute a smaller amount to the final outcome.

An increasing number of universities use the SJT in selection with some excluding lower performing candidates. 

Please see the table below for links to the relevant pages of UCAT Consortium University websites: 

	University	Click on the Course Codes below for further information
A20	University of Aberdeen	A100	A201
A60	Anglia Ruskin University	A100
A80	Aston University	A100
B32	University of Birmingham	A100	A200
B78	University of Bristol	A100	A108	A206	A208
B84	Brunel University London	A100
C15	Cardiff University	A100	A200
C30	University of Central Lancashire	A100	A202
C55	University of Chester	A101
D65	University of Dundee	A100	A104	A200
E14	University of East Anglia	A100	A104
E42	Edge Hill University	A100	A110
E56	University of Edinburgh	A100
E84	University of Exeter	A100
G28	University of Glasgow	A100	A200
H75	Hull York Medical School	A100	A108
K12	Keele University	A100	A104
K31	Kent and Medway Medical School	A100
K60	King's College London	A100	A101	A102	A202	A205	A206
L23	University of Leeds	A100	A101	A200
L34	University of Leicester	A100	A199
L41	University of Liverpool	A100	A200
M20	University of Manchester	A104	A106	A204	A206	A300	A301
N21	University of Newcastle	A100	A101	A206
N84	University of Nottingham	A100	A10L	A108	A18L
P60	Plymouth University	A100	A206
Q50	Queen Mary University of London	A100	A101	A110	A200
Q75	Queen's University Belfast	A100	A200
S18	University of Sheffield	A100	A101	A200
S27	University of Southampton	A100	A101	A102
S36	University of St Andrews	A100	A990
S49	St George's, University of London	A100	BB96
S84	University of Sunderland	A100
S85	University of Surrey	A101
W20	University of Warwick	A101
W80	University of Worcester	A101

The Medical Schools Council (MSC) also publish a booklet about entry requirements (2024 entry not yet published): 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR UK MEDICAL SCHOOLS: 2023 ENTRY