Medicine at Hull And York Medical School: Entry Requirements & UCAT 2026

Teaching style

Hull York Medical School primarily teaches using problem-based learning in the preclinical years.

Intercalated BSc

Yes, Hull Medical School offers you the chance to intercalate between the years of 3 and 4.

A-Levels

The standard A level offer for Hull York Medical School is AAA, including both Biology and Chemistry. The third A level can be any subject except General Studies, Applied Science, Citizenship and Critical Thinking. All three must be studied and awarded concurrently, within a three year period, and taken in one sitting.

Prediction: AAB or above. AAB is the minimum prediction needed to be considered, not the offer itself. Applicants on a recognised widening participation programme who qualify for the Alternative Offer may apply with predictions of ABB.

Contextual applicants who meet the criteria receive the Reduced Offer of AAB including Biology and Chemistry, with no restriction on which subject the B falls in. There is also an EPQ offer of AAB with AA in Biology and Chemistry plus grade A in the EPQ.

Resit applicants are considered. Applicants repeating Year 13 must have achieved a minimum of BBB at their initial sitting, with at least grade B in every subject, and are then expected to meet the balance of AAA in their resits.

A separate rule covers applicants who did not take Biology and Chemistry first time round: they must have achieved AAA in the first sitting, then AA in Biology and Chemistry within one year of subsequent study.

GCSEs

Minimum GCSE grade requirements are 6 GCSES in total at A*-C (9-4)

Grade 6 (B) in both English Language and Maths

International Baccalaureate (IB)

The standard IB offer is 36 points, with 6,6,5 at Higher Level, including grade 6 in both Biology and Chemistry. To be considered on predicted grades you need a prediction of at least 35 with 6,6,5 at Higher Level, including 6 in Biology and Chemistry.

Contextual applicants eligible for the Reduced Offer receive 35 points with 6,6,5 at Higher Level, including Biology and Chemistry, with no restriction on which subject the 5 falls in.

Resit applications are welcome, provided you achieved an overall score of 31, to include at least 5, 5, 5 at Higher Level in your first sitting.

Scottish Highers

AAAAB at Higher Level if studying three Advanced Higher Levels, or AAAAA at Higher Level if studying two Advanced Higher Levels.

Scottish Advanced Highers

Applicants must study Biology and Chemistry at Advanced Higher Level. The standard offer is BBB at Advanced Higher, to include both Biology and Chemistry, plus AAAAB at Higher Level. Where only two subjects are studied at Advanced Higher, Hull York will accept AA in Biology and Chemistry plus AAAAA at Higher Level.

Applicants applying with predicted grades should have a prediction of no lower than BB in Advanced Higher Biology and Chemistry. BB is the threshold to be considered, not the offer.

The reduced offer for eligible contextual applicants is BBC at Advanced Higher, including Biology and Chemistry, plus AAAAB at Higher Level, or AB in Biology and Chemistry plus AAAAA at Higher Level where only two Advanced Highers are studied.

Applicants who are repeating or who have repeated S6 must have achieved a minimum of BC in Biology and Chemistry at Advanced Higher in their initial sitting.

Graduates (degree requirements)

2:1 or above in your degree (predicted or achieved). Applicants must also meet the GCSE requirements, and the Graduate A Level requirements.

Hull and York Medical School welcomes applicants who have proof of recent and appropriate knowledge of Biology and Chemistry via a Biomedicals Sciences degree, by studying these subjects at A Level, or by taking one of our recognised Access to Medicine courses.

English language requirements

IELTS score of 7.5 with a minimum of 7.0 in every component, obtained within the last two years

Deferred entry

No

Eligibility criteria

Entry Requirements

• A levels: BBC-ABB (needs B in biology & chemistry)
• GCSES: 9-4 (A*-C)
• IB: 29 points. 14 points at higher level
• UCAT: SJT Band 1-3

Widening Access Criteria

You will need to meet the following criteria:

• You should be aged 17 or over on 1 October in the year you start the programme
• You must have no more than three academic years between completion of mainstream education and the start of the Medicine with Gateway Year programme
• You must not be attending an independent school

In addition, you must either:

• Be a care leaver

Or:

Fulfil two of the following contextual data criteria:

• Your home postcode is in an area of low participation (your POLAR4 Young Participation quintile should be 1 or 2 to qualify). You can check your postcode on the Office for Students website
• Your parents do not have a higher education qualification, such as a certificate, diploma or degree
• You applied for and received the UCAT Bursary
  

Although applications from UK students are accepted, priority will be given to applicants living in the Hull York Medical School region:

• City of York
• East Riding of Yorkshire
• Hull
• North and North East Lincolnshire
• North Yorkshire
• Darlington, Stockton-On-Tees, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Hartlepool