Graduate Entry Medicine at Cambridge: 2027 Entry

Cambridge sets school-grade requirements for graduate applicants. For entry in 2027 or deferred entry in 2028, the minimum offer level combines your degree class with your A-level (or equivalent) grades, and the higher your degree class, the lower the A-level grades required.

• Subject requirements: A-level Chemistry at grade A or above, and at least one of Biology, Physics or Mathematics at A or AS level. IB Higher Level subjects or Scottish Highers in relevant subjects also satisfy this.
• You do not need to meet the subject requirements to apply, and you can apply with pending qualifications.
• Wolfson expects science study to be relatively recent: with no high-level study of these subjects in the last 7 years or so, it may include an A-level in a conditional offer. If you lack recent science A-levels but think your degree covers them, the University asks you to contact a College.
• Wolfson states that entry requirements are based on your first bachelor's degree and do not include postgraduate qualifications, so a Masters does not make up for a 2:2.
• The degree itself can be in any subject.

1. 1

   Sit the UCAT by 24 September 2026

   UCAT registration for 2027 entry closed on 16 September 2026, and the test must be taken by 24 September 2026. BMAT and GAMSAT are not accepted in its place.

2. 2

   Apply through UCAS by 15 October 2026

   Choose Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's or Wolfson. St Edmund's notes that it accepts graduate medicine applications only in the October round.

3. 3

   Complete the Graduate Course in Medicine form by 22 October 2026

   Cambridge emails it after your UCAS application arrives. It collects academic transcripts, a second referee (someone other than your UCAS referee), residency and citizenship information, contextual information such as free school meals eligibility, and a document detailing your healthcare work experience. Graduate medicine applicants do not complete My Cambridge Application.

4. 4

   Shortlisting

   Cambridge assesses applicants through a mixture of academic record, UCAT and interviews. St Edmund's describes applicants who meet the academic requirements being scored on the duration and variety of their work experience, their reflection and their references, by at least two assessors, with the top-scoring 90 or so invited to interview.

For 2027 entry the University looks at the UCAT overall cognitive subtest score, does not use the situational judgement score, and sets no minimum UCAT threshold. Results are used to select for interview and may be used when making offers. Our UCAT tutoring covers the cognitive subtests.

The University says work experience plays a large role in selection and that competitive candidates typically have a variety of paid or voluntary work in health or social care built up over several years. Wolfson adds that applicants whose experience is largely shadowing are unlikely to be competitive, and that qualified healthcare workers need experience outside their own discipline.

• Teaching runs to 20 to 25 hours a week, including dissection, plus at least 20 hours of independent study. A Graduate Clinical Tutor runs weekly small-group sessions.
• The course runs outside term time: expect around 9 extra weeks of accommodation in the first two years, and more in Years 3 and 4.
• The School of Clinical Medicine pays for accommodation near placement hospitals and one return trip per placement.
• The course is too intense to combine with another degree, optional study or an exchange. An MB/PhD route exists for those interested in research careers.
• Funding: the NHS Bursary and the Cambridge Bursary Scheme may be available. The course page does not state a tuition fee figure.