Graduate Entry Medicine at Nottingham: 2027 Entry

Nottingham's applying page now carries two sets of guidance: GAMSAT for 2026 entry and UCAT for 2027 entry. If you are applying by 15 October 2026 for a 2027 start, the UCAT is the test that counts, and it must be taken in the year you apply.

The course itself is also changing. Nottingham states that from 2027 entry the A101 curriculum will change to align with its five-year A100 course, and the course page describes a newly redesigned programme co-created with students, staff and doctors. From September 2026 the course is taught at Nottingham-based campuses.

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   Apply through UCAS by 15 October 2026

   Graduates choose either A100 or A101 for the same year of entry, and cannot apply for both. If Nottingham cannot confirm your fee status from UCAS, a Fee Status Questionnaire must be returned by 30 November or the application is withdrawn.

2. 2

   Academic check and UCAT points

   Interview selection is typically based on meeting the minimum academic criteria and your UCAT points score.

3. 3

   Interview

   Every applicant must be interviewed in the year they apply before an offer can be made.

4. 4

   Personal statement and reference review

   The UCAS personal statement and reference are not used to select for interview. They are reviewed after interview, before offers are made.

That order matters when you write your personal statement: it is read by people deciding on offers, after they have met you. Nottingham usually expects regular work experience, which can include paid work with the general public, and says it may ask at interview about your knowledge of the profession and the scope of a doctor's role.

Graduate entry students join year two of Nottingham's five-year medicine programme, a spiral curriculum in which topics return at increasing complexity. A consolidated module, Art of Medicine for Graduate Students, covers the core learning that five-year students complete in their first year, and prepares you for the Science of Medicine module.

• Year one: Science of Medicine, with one day a week of primary care clinical teaching from the first term and around 14 to 20 contact hours a week. Most of the year is on University of Nottingham campuses and with primary care providers across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
• Year two: Practice of Medicine, with three 10-week clinical blocks in medicine, surgery and hospital specialties, followed by a research skills and critical appraisal block.
• Year three: further hospital specialties and primary care in four placement blocks; attachments are likely to include child health, women's health, mental health, primary care and long-term conditions.
• Year four: medicine, surgery and perioperative medicine, and primary care in three six-week blocks, a project module, an assistantship and a possible elective in the UK or abroad.

From year two the academic year begins in mid-August, and clinical placements average 36 hours a week, which may include shifts and weekends. Enrichment and Student Selected Modules let you study topics outside the core curriculum. Placements can take place at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital, Highbury Hospital, Royal Derby Hospital, King's Mill Hospital and Chesterfield Royal Hospital, with Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire healthcare trusts, and at GP practices across the region.