A four-year MBBS for home fee payers with two ways in: GAMSAT with a 2:1 in any subject, or UCAT if you hold a recent biomedical-related degree. Your test score and your interview count equally at the offer stage.
By Dr Akash Gandhi · Last checked: 22 September 2026
To apply for UEA graduate entry medicine (MBBS A101, four years, 2027 entry) you need a 2:1 degree, achieved or predicted, plus either a GAMSAT result in any degree subject or a UCAT result if your degree is one of 13 listed biomedical-related subjects awarded within five years of the course start.
UEA has 30 places for 2027 entry, subject to Office for Students confirmation, and the course is open to UK (home) fee payers only. UEA sets no cut-off score: the overall GAMSAT or UCAT score ranks applicants for interview.
Interviews at UEA are a six-station multiple mini interview (MMI) on campus between February and March. After interview, UEA ranks applicants with the interview score and the GAMSAT or UCAT score weighted equally, and offers go to the top-ranking candidates.
UEA accepts either test, but the choice is not open to every applicant. The route you can use depends on your degree subject and how recently you graduated.
| GAMSAT route | UCAT route | |
|---|---|---|
| Who can use it | Graduates of any subject | Graduates of a listed biomedical-related subject only |
| Degree age limit | None: recent study is not required | Bachelor's degree awarded within 5 years of the course start |
| Valid sittings | September 2025, March 2026 or September 2026 | UCAT sat in the summer before applying (2026) |
| Cut-off score | None: the overall score ranks you for interview | None: the overall score ranks you for interview |
| Extra rule | Results from a March sitting, after the October deadline, are not accepted | SJT Band 4 is not accepted |
Biomedical graduates cannot switch tests
If you hold a biomedical-related degree and have sat GAMSAT, UEA ranks you on your GAMSAT score. You cannot choose to apply with a UCAT score instead, so decide which test you are presenting before you sit it.
UEA says a high score is advantageous and a low score does not disqualify you from consideration. If you are weighing up the two tests, our GAMSAT guide sets out how the GAMSAT is structured and scored.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
For 2027 entry, UEA will consider UCAT applicants whose bachelor's degree is in one of these subjects and was awarded within five years of the start of the course:
If your degree is not on this list, or it was awarded more than five years before September 2027, the GAMSAT route is the one open to you. The GAMSAT route has no subject requirement and no recent-study requirement.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
Which test suits you depends on your degree, your timeline and your other choices. We tutor both, and a free call is enough to work out which one to sit.
Primary screening
Every application submitted by the deadline is checked against the minimum academic criteria, and for a satisfactory personal statement and reference. You also need a valid GAMSAT result, or a valid UCAT result on the biomedical route.
Secondary screening
Where applications exceed interview places, UEA ranks applicants on their overall GAMSAT or UCAT score and invites the highest-ranking to interview. There is no fixed cut-off.
Multiple mini interview
Invitations arrive by email. The MMI takes place on campus between February and March.
Final ranking and offers
After interviews, applicants are ranked within their cohort with the interview score and the GAMSAT or UCAT score weighted equally. Offers go to the top-ranking candidates.
Because your test score counts a second time at the offer stage, a strong GAMSAT or UCAT result keeps working for you after the interview. It can help to give test preparation and interview preparation equal time in your plans.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
It helps to pick your two work experience examples early and be ready to explain what each one taught you about the role of a doctor. Five-minute stations with 90 seconds of preparation suit practice under timed conditions, for example through mock MMIs. For other schools' windows, see the interview dates table.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
UEA highlights two placements. In year one you are trained as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) and placed in a healthcare team, and completing that training lets you join the HCA staff bank and work as an HCA throughout the course. In year three you spend a 20-week longitudinal integrated clerkship embedded in a general practice, following a group of patients over time.
| Year | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1 | Foundations of medicine: core science and body systems, medical ethics and law, health psychology and sociology, HCA training and a primary care placement |
| 2 | Pathology, disease, diagnosis and management, with integrated secondary care placements across specialties |
| 3 | Children's and women's health, older people's medicine, oncology, palliative care and psychiatry, plus the longitudinal GP placement and a quality improvement project |
| 4 | Psychiatry, emergency medicine, acute surgery, anaesthetics and intensive care, a student assistantship, and the Medical Licensing Assessment |
Teaching mixes small-group case-based learning, lectures, online material, simulation and patient-led consultation skills sessions. Placements are based at three hubs across Norfolk and Waveney: Norwich, Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn. UEA envisages year one mainly on campus and then a year at each hub, and says it will work with you on hub allocation according to your personal needs.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
If you have gaps in your education, UEA asks you to explain in your personal statement what you did or plan to do during them. The course page does not list a fee: it links to UEA's general tuition fees page and to the NHS guidance on funding for accelerated courses.
Source: University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
Summer 2026
UCAT sitting for the biomedical route
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
September 2026
Last GAMSAT sitting valid for 2027 entry (September 2025 and March 2026 also accepted)
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
15 October 2026
Errors or omissions notified after 15 October may mean UEA does not consider the application further
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
February to March 2027
Multiple mini interviews on campus
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
1 September 2027
Official evidence of any current degree award due
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
September 2027
Course starts
University of East Anglia, MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) course page (2027/28 entry)
Surrey GEM
Also accepts GAMSAT for any degree and UCAT only for certain science degrees.
Swansea GEM
Also accepts GAMSAT or UCAT, but without limiting the UCAT route to certain degree subjects.
Liverpool GEM
Another home-only course with up to 30 places expected, but GAMSAT only, with a minimum of 50 overall and in each section.
St George's GEM
Also home fee payers only and open to any degree, with GAMSAT the only test.
See every UK course side by side in the graduate entry medicine comparison table, or read the full UEA medical school profile for the five-year course, rankings and admissions statistics.
Graduate entry guides
Help with a graduate application
Practise in the format this school uses, with mock MMI and panel interviews and written feedback after every session.
Yes, but only if your bachelor's degree is in one of UEA's 13 biomedical-related subjects, such as Biomedical Science, Physiology, Pharmacology or Pharmacy, and was awarded within five years of the course start. Everyone else applies with GAMSAT.
No. UEA does not have a cut-off score. The overall GAMSAT or UCAT score is used to rank applicants for interview, and it counts again, equally with the interview, when offers are made. UEA does not accept a UCAT SJT Band 4.
Yes, on the GAMSAT route. UEA has no subject requirement for applicants sitting the GAMSAT, as long as you have or are predicted a 2:1.
No. The UEA graduate entry course is open to UK (home) fee payers only.
It is a multiple mini interview on campus with six stations, each with a different interviewer. You have 1.5 minutes to prepare and 5 minutes at each station, and questions are written from the Medical Schools Council statement on core values and attributes. Interviews run between February and March.
UEA has 30 places for 2027 entry, subject to confirmation by the Office for Students.
No. UEA states that applicants with a biomedical-related degree who have taken the GAMSAT cannot opt to apply using a UCAT score instead.
Last checked: 22 September 2026. Universities update entry requirements during the cycle, so confirm on UEA's own pages before you apply.
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