Aberdeen Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | No Aberdeen Medical School does not normally accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine on the A100 Medicine programme. Resits are only considered in exceptional circumstances where applicants can provide clear evidence of serious disruption to their studies. |
Anglia Ruskin Medical School | AAB (ABB widening access) | Yes Anglia Ruskin Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine applicants to the A100 Medicine programme, provided the final resit grades are AAA and achieved within three academic years before the time of application. At the first sitting, applicants must have obtained at least AAB, or BBB for those eligible under the Widening Access to Medicine Scheme (WAMS), whose resit requirement is ABB. Applicants who have already achieved resit grades of AAA (or ABB under WAMS) at the point of application are not required to meet the first sitting threshold. |
Aston Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Aston Medical School accepts A Level resits for candidates applying to study medicine. Resits for GCSEs and equivalent qualifications are also accepted. All final qualifications for medicine must be completed within three academic years, with only one permitted resit year, and applicants must still meet the published medical school entry requirements. |
Bangor Medical School | Not accepted (A-levels) | No for A Levels, Yes for GCSEs Bangor Medical School (North Wales Medical School) does not accept A Level resits for entry to medicine. It does, however, accept GCSE resits if completed within 12 months of the original sitting, except English or Welsh First Language, which can be retaken at any time. Only one resit per qualification is allowed, and A Level unit retakes are permitted if the final exam has not yet been taken. |
Barts (Queen Mary's Medical School) | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Barts and The London considers A Level resits for entry to the A100 Medicine programme only where extenuating circumstances fall within the Equality Act 2010. These must be reviewed and approved by the Extenuating Circumstances Panel before the UCAS medicine application is made. |
Birmingham Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Birmingham Medical School does not accept resit grades for GCSEs, A Levels or equivalent qualifications for medicine except as outlined under their extenuating circumstances policy. |
Brighton & Sussex Medical School | AAB (one grade drop) | Yes Brighton and Sussex Medical School may accept A Level resits for medicine applicants if they dropped only one grade at first attempt, such as achieving AAB. |
Bristol Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Bristol Medical School will consider applicants who resit their GCSEs or A Levels; the three A Levels do not need to be taken in one sitting. Note that applicants applying with grades already achieved must still meet the A Level Chemistry requirement (or be resitting it). |
Brunel Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Brunel Medical School will consider applicants who have retaken their A Levels or equivalent qualifications when applying for the A100 Medicine programme. |
Buckingham Medical School | ABB + significant mitigation | Yes, in limited circumstances Applicants with lower grades at their first A Level attempt and significant mitigation can apply once they have attained the required grades of ABB (to include Chemistry or Biology). Predicted grades will not be considered for such applicants. |
Cambridge Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Cambridge Medical School generally expects candidates for the A100 Medicine programme to achieve the required grades in a single sitting. Resits are only considered in cases where applicants have been affected by serious circumstances beyond their control. |
Cardiff Medical School | Not accepted (prior Cardiff offer holders + EC only) | No for A Levels, Yes for GCSEs For 2027 entry Cardiff states that Level 3 (A Level) resits are ordinarily not permitted. They are considered only where the applicant accepted a conditional offer for Medicine at Cardiff University in the previous admissions cycle and can provide verified evidence of extenuating circumstances, reviewed by a senior panel of academic and clinical staff. Evidence must be submitted no later than 20 September. AS and A Level module resits are accepted provided the full qualification is completed within the standard two year period. GCSE (Level 2) resits are accepted only if completed within 12 months of the original sitting, except English Language which has no time limit, and all resit grades must be achieved before you apply. |
Chester Medical School | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable Chester offers only Graduate Entry Medicine (a four year MBChB, UCAS code A101, requiring a 2:1 honours degree in any subject); there is no A100 school leaver route, so A Level resit policies do not apply. |
Dundee Medical School | Not accepted | No Dundee Medical School does not accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine. |
Edge Hill Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Edge Hill Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine applicants. All A Level qualifications (or accepted equivalents) must be obtained within the two years prior to application, and applicants must still meet the required entry grades (AAA). |
Edinburgh Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Edinburgh Medical School requires all examination grades for medicine to be achieved at the first attempt. Applicants with resit qualifications will only be considered in very exceptional circumstances with verified evidence provided before the UCAS application. |
Exeter Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Exeter Medical School accepts A Level resits for entry to the A100 Medicine programme and treats them equally to first-sit grades. |
Glasgow Medical School | Not accepted | No Glasgow Medical School does not accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine. Glasgow also states that additional time to sit qualifications is not permitted: the required grades and subjects must be obtained at one sitting and at the first attempt. |
Greater Manchester (Bolton) Medical School | Mitigation only | In limited circumstances A Level resits are only considered where there is substantial mitigation that has been agreed with the admissions tutor in advance. GCSE resits are accepted in English Language or Maths. Note: the A100 is not open to Home/UK applicants. The school has no Department of Health and Social Care or NHS England allocation for home places and states that home applications are not possible for this course at present. No 2027 entry page had been published as at August 2026, so check directly before applying. |
Hertfordshire Medical School | No published policy | Not published Hertfordshire Medical School launched its five year A100 MBBS in September 2026, in partnership with City St George's, University of London, and is listed for 2027 entry. In its initial phase it admits international students only, up to 70 a year, and states that it intends to recruit UK fee paying students subject to government approval. No A Level entry requirements or resit policy had been published as at August 2026. |
Hull and York Medical School (HYMS) | BBB | Yes Hull York Medical School accepts A Level resits for entry to the A100 Medicine programme. Applicants who are repeating, or who have repeated, Year 13 must have achieved a minimum of BBB in their A Levels (or A Levels plus the Welsh Baccalaureate) at their initial sitting; equivalence is not accepted, and a minimum of grade B must have been achieved in all subjects. Advanced Higher applicants repeating S6 must have achieved a minimum of BC in Biology and Chemistry at their initial sitting. International Baccalaureate applicants repeating Year 13 must have achieved a minimum of 31 points, with 5,5,5 at Higher Level, at their initial sitting (a minimum of 5 in all subjects; equivalence not accepted). |
Imperial Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | No Imperial College London does not accept A Level resits for the A100 Medicine programme. Its 2027 entry course page states that it will not accept resit qualifications, and that all qualifications must be taken in the same sitting. Imperial's adviser guidance adds that the Faculty of Medicine does not accept resit qualifications unless the applicant has applied for mitigating circumstances, so any resit applicant would need an evidenced mitigating circumstances case. |
Keele Medical School | Only to meet a subject requirement | Yes - if additional qualification to meet subject requirement Keele Medical School does not accept applications for the A100 Medicine programme from students in their third or later year of A Level unless they have already met our grade requirements and are taking one additional designated subject to meet the subject requirements. Significant extenuating circumstances may exceptionally be taken into account for students who have had to restart a year or delay sitting of exams. Extenuating circumstances and supporting evidence must be submitted in writing no later than 31 October 2026. Other students taking more than 2 years to complete level-3 qualifications must complete these qualifications and have achieved the required grades before applying. Students taking more than 3 years to complete the required qualifications will not be considered. |
Kent Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Kent and Medway Medical School does not accept A Level resits for medicine except through the extenuating circumstances process. Submission of extenuating circumstances does not guarantee acceptance. KMMS does accept GCSE resits towards its minimum requirements, provided they are completed and the final results obtained before you apply. |
Kings College London | No set threshold | Yes - but non-resit candidates may be looked at more favourably King’s College London accepts A Level resits for entry to medicine where they consider applicants who have retaken their qualifications, however, you should bear in mind that your application for this programme will be reviewed alongside other strong applicants who might be viewed more favourably if they achieved the required grades within a standard timeframe, for example, a two year period for A-levels. We will only consider second resits if there are significant mitigating circumstances. In these situations we still cannot guarantee that your application will be considered, but you should submit a Mitigating Circumstances form so that this can be considered alongside your application. Please note, we consider taking the same subject again at the same level, even within a different qualification, to be a resit. KCL Medical School consider applicants who have recently achieved grades which are below the entry criteria, and have subsequently studied/are studying another qualification to seek entry, such as an Access to HE Diploma or a Foundation programme, to be resit applicants. |
Lancaster Medical School | ABB (or A*AA within 3 years) | Yes, in certain conditions GCSE resits are not accepted unless exceptional circumstances are clearly evidenced at the time of application. For A Levels, Lancaster will consider resit applicants who achieve the required grades within three years of study; the typical resit offer is A*AA. Applicants with ABB or above at the first attempt are eligible to apply as a resit applicant, while those with BBB-CCC at the first attempt need evidence of exceptional circumstances. Applicants who achieve A*AA within three years of study are eligible regardless of their initial grades. |
Leeds Medical School | No set threshold | Yes From 2026 entry onwards, Leeds Medical School accepts one resit attempt per A Level (and per GCSE) qualification without mitigating circumstances; a third attempt at any qualification requires evidenced mitigating circumstances. Applicants must still achieve the required grades. All Level 2 qualifications must have been achieved by the time of application. |
Leicester Medical School | Required grades at first sitting (or CF offer + approved mitigation) | Only in mitigating circumstances For 2027 entry Leicester Medical School states that applicants who did not attain the required grades at first sitting will not be considered, unless they were already holding a conditional firm offer for Medicine from Leicester and had significant mitigation, accepted by the Mitigating Circumstances Panel, that affected their results. Applicants who took three years to sit their A Levels for the first time (a repeated Year 12) will not normally be considered, with exceptions only where significant mitigation has been accepted by the Panel. GCSE resits in English Language and Maths are accepted from any applicant; resits in other GCSE subjects need very significant mitigating circumstances agreed by the Panel in writing beforehand, and all GCSE resits must be completed before you apply. The standard offer is A*AA. |
Lincoln Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Lincoln Medical School allows A Level resits for the A100 Medicine programme. Resits must achieve AAA, or AAB with one A in Biology if applying contextually, and should normally be taken within two years of the first sitting. GCSE resits are also permitted but must be completed before the application. |
Liverpool Medical School | ABB | Yes Liverpool Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine if the applicant achieved at least ABB at the first sitting. Resit applicants are expected to complete their A Level studies within three years, and every resit applicant must complete the Liverpool School of Medicine applicant online form. Any extenuating circumstances must also be ratified by referees in the academic reference. Resit offers are usually higher than the standard offer, and resit applicants would usually be expected to achieve an A* in the subjects they are resitting. |
Manchester Medical School | ABB | Yes Manchester Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine though applicants may only re-sit one of either Year 12 or Year 13. Where A-levels have been attempted in Year 13, applicants are expected to have obtained a minimum of grade ABB at the first sitting for the re-sit grades to be considered. All re-sitting applicants are required to achieve Grades A*A*A in the A-level subjects specified above, and the A*A*A is expected to be achieved in the final examinations in one of the dropped subjects at the discretion of the School. We accept GCSE resits. |
Newcastle Medical School | No set threshold (prior applicants only) | Yes Newcastle Medical School accepts resit qualifications only from students who have previously applied to Newcastle Medical School. Resits may be taken over a maximum of two exam sittings, and Newcastle asks for one grade higher than the offer the applicant would otherwise have received: a usual offer of AAA becomes A*AA, and a contextual or PARTNERS offer of ABB becomes AAB or A*BB. |
Norwich (UEA) Medical School | ABB or AAC | Yes Norwich Medical School (UEA) will consider A Level resits only where ABB (or AAC) was achieved at the first sitting. Resit applicants are expected to achieve at least one A* in the subject or subjects they are resitting, to compensate for the additional time spent studying. Applicants studying A Levels over more than two years also fall under the resit policy and must achieve at least one A*. Applicants resitting more than once will not be considered. |
Nottingham Medical School | ABB (incl. A in Biology or Chemistry) | Yes Nottingham Medical School considers resits for up to two A Levels if the applicant completed their A Levels in the past 12 months, has already obtained at least ABB including at least one A in Biology (or Human Biology) or Chemistry, and achieves AAA including Biology (or Human Biology) and Chemistry after the resit. |
Oxford Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in mitigating circumstances Oxford Medical School generally requires all conditional offer requirements for medicine to be met in a single examination sitting. Resits are only considered when serious circumstances beyond the applicant’s control can be evidenced, and all qualifications would need to be retaken. |
Pears Cumbria School of Medicine | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable Pears Cumbria School of Medicine (University of Cumbria, delivered with Imperial College London) offers only a four year A102 graduate entry MBBS. A Levels are not scored for selection, so A Level resit rules do not apply; entry is based on a 2:1 degree in a biosciences or allied healthcare subject plus the UCAT or GAMSAT. Applications are currently accepted only from students with home fee status. |
Plymouth Medical School | ABB | Yes Plymouth Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine. If you are applying with predicted grades, a minimum of ABB must be achieved at the first sitting. Where ABB was not achieved, resits must be completed and the required grades achieved before applying. A suitable qualification profile must be achieved on the first resit attempt, and all qualifications must be completed within three years of study. IB resit policy: a minimum of 34 points overall with Higher Level 5 in Biology and Higher Level 5 in another science must be achieved on first sitting. The resit policy for Widening Participation students is ABC. |
Queen's Belfast Medical School | A*AB/AAA (or AAB + A at AS) | Yes - if you applied the first time Queen's University Belfast considers A Level resits for medicine only where the applicant applied to Queen's at their first attempt and held a Conditional Firm (CF) offer. Applicants must have achieved A*AB/AAA at A Level, or AAB plus an A at AS Level, at the first attempt (two years post-GCSE). The offer for repeat candidates is currently A*AA, or AAA plus an A in a fourth AS Level. Only two attempts at A Levels are allowed. Note: this reflects Queen's published 2026 entry admissions policy statement; a 2027 entry version had not been published as at August 2026. |
Sheffield Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Sheffield Medical School accepts A Level resits. Any and all A Level resits must be taken in the same sitting, and only one resit is permitted per A Level; only those A Levels that did not meet the entry requirements need to be retaken. Resits should be taken in the year after the first sitting, and the three A Levels should be studied over no more than two years. GCSE resits are also accepted (all in the same sitting, one resit per GCSE). |
Southampton Medical School | No set threshold | Yes Southampton Medical School permits one resit attempt per A Level subject, for a maximum of three subjects, for A100 applications; if accepted, the offer is the same as the standard offer. GCSE resits are also permitted, subject to the same one-retake resit policy. |
St Andrews Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | No St Andrews Medical School states that applicants who retake their advanced level studies to meet the entry requirements for Medicine will not normally be considered. Applicants with extenuating circumstances may be considered if they achieved qualification grades that are borderline for meeting the entry requirements. Resitting GCSEs (or equivalent) is allowed if the purpose is to meet a specific subject requirement. For example, GCSE English at grade C could be retaken to achieve grade B. |
City St George's, University of London (formerly St George's) | No set threshold | Yes City St George's, University of London accepts A Level resits for the A100 Medicine programme, provided all A Levels are completed within one sitting across a maximum of two years. Resits that require a third year of study are not accepted unless a successful Extenuating Circumstances application is made. GCSE resits are also accepted. |
St Mary's Twickenham Medical School | Not accepted (EC only) | Only in exceptional circumstances St Mary's University (Twickenham) states that applicants resitting exams will only be considered in exceptional circumstances, and that applications will not normally be considered from those undertaking a third attempt at an academic entry qualification. Reapplications within the same admissions cycle are not accepted. Important: as at August 2026 the MBBS remains open to international (non-UK) applicants only, and the Medical Schools Council confirms for 2027 entry that home applications are not possible for this course at present. |
Sunderland Medical School | AAB | Yes Sunderland Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine under certain conditions. - Where an applicant has been awarded AAB, the applicant is only required to re-sit the B grade subject (one attempt only, in the same subject).
- GCSE resits are accepted and must be gained prior to application, a maximum of 2 resit attempts per subject will only be considered. The primary admissions criteria being considered, for example A Levels, must have been completed within the past five years.
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Surrey | N/A (graduate entry) | Not Applicable The University of Surrey offers the A101 Graduate Entry Medicine programme and does not score A Levels for entry. |
Swansea Medical School | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable Swansea University offers only the A101 Graduate Entry Medicine programme (MB BCh), which requires a 2:1 degree and the UCAT or GAMSAT. A Levels are not scored for entry, so A Level resit rules do not apply. |
UCL Medical School | Not accepted (graduate exception) | No for A Levels Candidates may resit GCSE subjects in order to meet the GCSE requirements. Graduates who resat A Levels, or an accepted equivalent qualification, before their degree will also be considered. Otherwise UCL does not accept qualification resits, including restarting Year 12. |
Ulster University School of Medicine | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable Ulster University School of Medicine (Magee) offers only a four year A101 graduate entry MBBS, with an August 2027 start. School leavers cannot apply and A Levels are not scored, so A Level resit rules do not apply; entry is based on a 2:1 honours degree plus the GAMSAT and an MMI. |
University of Lancashire (UCLan) Medical School | No set threshold | Yes UCLan Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine if all resit exams are taken in the same academic year, with only one attempt permitted for the same A2 subject. |
Warwick Medical School | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable Warwick offers only the four-year A101 Graduate Entry MB ChB, designed for graduates. A Levels are not scored for selection, entry is based on a 2:1 degree plus the UCAT. A Level resit rules therefore do not apply. |
Worcester Medical School | N/A (graduate entry) | Not applicable (graduate entry) Three Counties Medical School at Worcester offers a graduate entry A101 course, not an undergraduate A100 programme. A Levels are not scored for selection, so A Level resit rules do not apply; entry is based on a 2:1 degree and the UCAT or GAMSAT, with the Casper test required only of shortlisted applicants. |
