Graduate Entry Medicine at Cardiff: 2027 Entry

Cardiff's policy sends other graduates to the five-year MBBCh (A100). For 2027 entry, A100 accepts graduates with a 2:1 honours degree in any subject, as long as they also meet the GCSE requirements and hold Level 3 qualifications equivalent to A level BBB or ABC, including Biology or Chemistry and a second science from Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology.

• Final-year students can apply; the degree must be awarded by 31 August of the year of entry.
• PhD graduates need Level 3 equivalent to BBC with the same subject rules, and must contact medadmissions@cardiff.ac.uk before applying.
• Transfers onto A100 or A101 are not accepted.

If you want a four-year course in Wales without a feeder degree, Swansea graduate entry medicine takes a 2:1 in any subject, and Bangor's A101 considers graduates of degrees relevant to medical studies through an assessment route. The full list of UK graduate entry courses compares the rest.

1. 1

   Meet the minimum requirements

   BBB/ABC at A level including Biology and Chemistry (or IB 32 with the stated subjects), English or Welsh language GCSE at B/6, and 8 GCSEs including B/6 in Maths, Biology and Chemistry. The 2027 policy lets feeder graduates offer the feeder stream's Foundation Year in lieu of the Level 3 requirement.

2. 2

   Sit the UCAT between July and October 2026

   Results from previous years are not accepted. There is no fixed UCAT threshold, but Cardiff says a UCAT cut-off may be applied to shortlist further.

3. 3

   Receive an academic score

   Cardiff scores your achieved Level 2 and Level 3 qualifications together with your UCAT decile ranking, and the highest-scoring applicants are invited to interview. Where more applicants share a score than there are interview places, Cardiff may use the UCAT score to separate them.

4. 4

   Personal statement and reference

   Both are assessed for insight into a career in medicine, experience and reflection in a caring environment, personal responsibility, a balanced approach to life and self-directed learning.

5. 5

   Multiple mini interview

   Cardiff makes no offer without an interview. Its MMI looks at whether you can think on your feet, have thought about issues important to the profession, can critically appraise information and can communicate ideas effectively.

Cardiff gives additional consideration in the scoring for applicants domiciled in Wales, for contextual applicants, for participants in named widening participation schemes and for its High Performance Sports Programmes; you receive consideration in one category only. The course page notes that its points-based scoring process is under review, so it helps to check the current policy before you apply.

Your UCAT decile feeds straight into the academic score, so if you are on a feeder stream it may help to plan your UCAT preparation for the summer before final year, and to practise MMI-style answers with mock interviews before invitations go out.