Warwick's MBChB admits only graduates, and the university describes it as the UK's largest graduate-entry medical programme. Before your UCAT total counts, your Verbal Reasoning score has to reach the mean of every test-taker.
By Dr Akash Gandhi · Last checked: 22 September 2026
Warwick Graduate Entry Medicine (MBChB, UCAS code A101) is a four-year course for graduates with a 2:1 in any subject (or a 2:2 with a Master's or doctorate), a UCAT Verbal Reasoning score at or above the mean of all test-takers, and at least 70 hours of health or social care work experience from the last three years.
Warwick shortlists on UCAT total combined with your degree, then checks your work experience, and invites around 500 applicants to multiple mini-interviews. For 2027 entry the MMIs run in person from 15 to 18 December 2026, with an online date of 13 January 2027 for eligible international applicants.
Warwick has 203 places, up to 13 of them international. For 2026 entry it received 1,326 applications, interviewed 549 and made 311 offers; the lowest UCAT total invited was 1,910 out of 2700.
Warwick's first academic test is a single UCAT subtest. You must score at least the overall mean Verbal Reasoning score of all test-takers that year. This was 600 for 2026 entry; the 2027 figure is released at the end of the testing cycle. Warwick sets no minimum UCAT total and does not use SJT bands.
Applied on time
Through UCAS between 1 September and 15 October 2026 (18:00). Warwick does not accept deferred entry or transfers.
Verbal Reasoning at or above the mean
Below it, the application is rejected whatever your total.
Degree requirement met
A 2:1 or above (achieved or predicted), or a 2:2 with a Master's or doctorate already held.
Top-ranked on UCAT total and degree
In the first round of selection Warwick considers academic achievement and UCAT total together.
Work experience meets the requirement
Checked through a separate online survey and verification letters after the UCAS deadline.
Among the best MMI candidates
Each candidate's score profile across the stations is reviewed.
Reference acceptable, then offer
The reference is considered before an offer is made, and decisions come through UCAS.
Your personal statement is checked for plagiarism but its content is not considered. If Verbal Reasoning is your weaker subtest, UCAT tutoring can focus on it.
Source: Warwick Medical School, UCAT (2026 test dates; VR mean for 2026 entry); Warwick Medical School, Summary of MBChB admissions process (PDF) (No year stated); Warwick Medical School, Application process (No cycle stated beyond a reference to 2026 entry); Warwick Medical School, Entry requirements (No year stated); Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
The scale changed for 2026 entry
Abstract Reasoning was withdrawn from the UCAT for 2026 entry onwards, so totals are now out of 2700. Scores for 2025 entry and earlier are out of 3600. A 2,450 from 2025 entry and a 1,910 from 2026 entry cannot be compared directly.
| Entry year | Scale | Lowest | Average | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | out of 2700 | 1,910 | 2,080 | 2,610 |
| 2025 | out of 3600 | 2,450 | 2,750 | 3,490 |
| 2024 | out of 3600 | 2,450 | 2,750 | 3,400 |
| 2023 | out of 3600 | 2,580 | 2,700 | 3,400 |
| 2022 | out of 3600 | 2,660 | 2,860 | 3,280 |
Warwick says the total needed for an MMI invitation varies each year with the scores of that year's applicants, and it cannot say whether your score is high enough until all scores arrive in November. Figures are only published once a cycle is complete, so nothing is yet available for 2027 entry.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Admissions facts and figures (2022 to 2026 entry); Warwick Medical School, UCAT (2026 test dates; VR mean for 2026 entry)
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Warwick sets a measurable work experience threshold. Every applicant needs:
After the UCAS deadline you receive a link to an online survey asking for each placement's details and a named contact who can confirm what you did and for how long. You then upload verification on the organisation's official letter-headed paper showing your hours, dates and role. Warwick recommends asking for letters at the time of each placement, and says it cannot review individual work experience in advance.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Entry requirements (No year stated); Warwick Medical School, Application process (No cycle stated beyond a reference to 2026 entry); Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
Shortlisted applicants are invited in early December and choose one session on a first come, first served basis. Warwick cannot offer dates outside those published. It selects approximately 500 candidates for MMI each year.
| Detail | What Warwick publishes |
|---|---|
| In-person dates (2027 entry) | 15 to 18 December 2026 |
| Online date (2027 entry) | 13 January 2027, only for international applicants who cannot attend and meet Warwick's online interview criteria |
| Stations | Six, with the whole process taking around two hours |
| Values assessed | Team working, insight, resilience, communication, empathy, probity, respect and dignity |
| Assessors | Medical professionals, academics, current students and lay people |
| Offers | Usually within two months, around late February, through UCAS |
Station content changes every year. Warwick suggests reflecting on your work experience against the NHS Constitution and the Medical Schools Council's core values before the day. Our interview coaching and the interview dates table may help you plan the weeks before.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27); Warwick Medical School, Application process (No cycle stated beyond a reference to 2026 entry)
| Entry year | Applications | Invited to interview | Offers | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,326 | 549 | 311 | 203 |
| 2025 | 1,070 | 536 | 324 | 203 |
| 2024 | 1,258 | 483 | 253 | 193 |
| 2023 | 1,382 | 480 | 264 | 193 |
| 2022 | 1,758 | 479 | 248 | 193 |
Warwick's MBChB is graduate entry only. Year 1 is spent mostly at Gibbet Hill campus and the nearby Clinical Education Hub, with around 35 timetabled hours a week for 30 weeks; from year 2 you are on placement with partner trusts including University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Warwick Hospital, George Eliot Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital. Primary care and community placements are within about 40 miles, and you arrange your own travel.
Summative exams fall at the end of year 1, the end of year 2 and in year 4, alongside the national Medical Licensing Assessment and Prescribing Safety Assessment. Year 4 includes an elective of five to six weeks. The MBChB is unclassified, with honours awarded on criteria set by the Board of Examiners.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Admissions facts and figures (2022 to 2026 entry); University of Warwick, Medicine MB ChB (Graduate Entry) course page (2027 entry); Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
| Fee status | 2026-27 fee |
|---|---|
| Home | £9,790 (Warwick expects future fees to rise with any inflationary uplift) |
| Overseas | £32,510 for year 1, then £56,660 for each of years 2, 3 and 4 |
International applicants meet the same entry criteria and go through the same process as home applicants, and need IELTS 7.0 with no more than two components at 6.0 or 6.5. Up to 13 of the 203 places are for international students. Students from the EU, EEA and Switzerland pay the overseas rate.
Source: Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27); Warwick Medical School, Entry requirements (No year stated)
1 September 2026
UCAS applications open.
Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
24 September 2026
Last UCAT testing date.
Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
15 October 2026, 18:00
UCAS deadline for A101.
Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
Early December 2026
MMI invitations sent; choose a session.
Warwick Medical School, Application process (No cycle stated beyond a reference to 2026 entry)
15 to 18 December 2026
In-person multiple mini-interviews.
Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
13 January 2027
Online MMI for eligible international applicants.
Warwick Medical School, Applying (factfile and dates to remember) (2027 entry dates; fees for 2026-27)
Late February 2027
Offers usually made through UCAS.
Warwick Medical School, Application process (No cycle stated beyond a reference to 2026 entry)
27 September 2027
Course starts.
University of Warwick, Medicine MB ChB (Graduate Entry) course page (2027 entry)
Southampton GEM
Also UCAT and any degree subject, but home only, with an in-person interview and group task.
Sheffield GEM
Also UCAT, and publishes past cut points, but restricted to life sciences graduates from widening participation backgrounds.
Surrey GEM
Accepts any degree and international applicants, with GAMSAT for any degree (UCAT only for five science degrees) and an online MMI.
Worcester GEM
Open to international applicants and accepts a 2:2 with a Master's, with UCAT, GAMSAT or MCAT.
See every UK course side by side in the graduate entry medicine comparison table, or read the full Warwick 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 with a Master's or doctoral qualification. Otherwise Warwick requires a 2:1 or above, achieved or expected, in any subject.
Your Verbal Reasoning score must reach the mean of all test-takers (600 for 2026 entry). There is no minimum total; for 2026 entry the lowest total invited to interview was 1,910 out of 2700.
In person from 15 to 18 December 2026. International applicants who cannot attend and meet Warwick's online criteria can interview online on 13 January 2027.
At least 70 hours of health or social care work experience in the last three years, across at least two organisations and two roles. You must verify it with letters on each organisation's headed paper.
No. Warwick checks the personal statement for plagiarism, but its content is not considered in the admissions process.
Yes. Up to 13 of the 203 places are international. The 2026-27 overseas fee was £32,510 for year 1 and £56,660 for each later year.
No. Warwick states that it does not use SJT bands in its admissions process.
Last checked: 22 September 2026. Universities update entry requirements during the cycle, so confirm on Warwick's own pages before you apply.
Photo: Medical teaching centre, University of Warwick by Snowmanradio, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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