UK University (Medical School) | Resit Policy for A Level Medicine Applicants (2025 Entry) |
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Aberdeen Medical School | 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 | 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 five academic years before the time of application. At the first sitting, applicants must have obtained at least AAB, or BBB for those applying through the Widening Access to Medicine (WAMS) route. |
Aston Medical School | 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 | No for A Levels – Yes for GCSEs Bangor 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 for English 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | Yes Bristol Medical School accepts applicants resitting GCSEs or A Levels for entry to medicine. A maximum of one resit is allowed in any subject. Exceptions may be made in cases of extenuating personal circumstances at the discretion of the university. |
Brunel Medical School | 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 | Yes Buckingham Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine with lower grades at their first A Level attempt and significant mitigation can apply after they have attained the required grades of ABB. Predicted grades will not be considered for such applicants. |
Cambridge Medical School | 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 | No for A Levels – Yes for GCSEs Cardiff Medical School does not accept A Level resits for medicine except in exceptional circumstances. GCSE resits are accepted within one year of the original sitting, except for English Language which can be taken at any time. |
Chester Medical School | Not Applicable Chester Medical School does not require A Levels for its medicine programme, so A Level resit policies do not apply. |
Dundee Medical School | No Dundee Medical School does not accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine. |
Edge Hill Medical School | Yes Edge Hill Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine applicants, typically allowing one resit. Applicants must still meet the required entry grades. |
Edinburgh Medical School | 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 | 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 | No Glasgow Medical School does not accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine. |
Greater Manchester (Bolton) | Yes (not clear) We may consider resits. |
Hull and York Medical School (HYMS) | Yes Hull York Medical School accepts A Level resits for entry to the A100 Medicine programme who are repeating or who have repeated Year 13 must have achieved a minimum score of BBB in their A Levels, or A Levels + Welsh Baccalaureate, in their initial sitting. We are unable to accept equivalence; a minimum score of B must have been achieved in all subjects. Advanced Scottish Higher applicants who are repeating or who have repeated S6 must have achieved a minimum score of BC in Biology and Chemistry at Advanced Higher in their initial sitting. International Baccalaureate applicants who are repeating or who have repeated Year 13 must have achieved a minimum score of 31, with 5,5,5 at Higher Level in their initial sitting. We are unable to accept equivalence; a minimum score of 5 must have been achieved in all subjects. |
Imperial Medical School | No Imperial College London does not accept A Level resits for applications to study medicine on the A100 Medicine programme (as per Med Schools Council) |
Keele Medical School | 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 sitting additional qualifications 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. 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 | 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. |
Kings College London | 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 | Yes Lancaster Medical School accepts A Level resits in certain conditions. GCSE - We do not accept GCSE resits without evidence of exceptional circumstances that impacted performance. Exceptional circumstances will be reviewed post-application by a panel to determine whether resits can be considered. A Levels: We will consider resit applicants who achieve the required grades within three years of study, dependent on grades achieved. All applicants should reflect on their circumstances in their personal statement. Our typical resit offer of study is A*AA. ABB or above at first attempt: eligible to apply as a resit applicantBBB-CCC at first attempt: evidence of exceptional circumstances required to apply during your resit year of study Applicants who have achieved A*AA within three years of study are eligible to apply regardless of initial grades, if they are applying with their achieved resit results. |
Leeds Medical School | Only in mitigating circumstances Leeds Medical School will only consider A Level resits for medicine in exceptional circumstances. Strong documentary evidence must be provided along with a rationale for resitting in the academic reference. |
Leicester Medical School | Only in mitigating circumstances Leicester Medical School accepts Year 12 resits for medicine only if approved for significant mitigating circumstances. Year 13 resits are accepted only if the applicant holds a conditional offer with them and has mitigating circumstances approved by admissions tutors. |
Lincoln Medical School | 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 | Yes Liverpool Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine if the applicant achieved at least ABB at the first sitting. Applicants declaring extenuating circumstances must have these noted in both the academic reference and the Liverpool School of Medicine Applicant Online Form. Resit offers may be higher than the standard offer, such as A*AA. |
Manchester Medical School | 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 | Yes Newcastle Medical School allows a subject to be repeated once for applications to the A100 Medicine programme. We allow a subject to be repeated once. If a subject is being undertaken for a second time after further study the expectation is of a higher level of performance, for example for a standard home student the grade requirement will increase by one grade e.g. A to A*. |
Norwich (UEA) Medical School | Yes Newcastle Medical School allows a subject to be repeated once for applications to the A100 Medicine programme. Resit applicants will be 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 will fall under our resit policy and must achieve at least one A* in the subject or subjects they are resitting, to compensate for the additional time spent studying. |
Nottingham Medical School | Yes Nottingham Medical School considers up to two A Level resits for medicine if the applicant has completed A Levels in the past 12 months, already obtained at least ABB including an A in Biology or Chemistry, and achieves AAA including Biology and Chemistry after the resit. |
Oxford Medical School | 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. |
Plymouth Medical School | Yes Plymouth Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine if ABB was achieved at the first sitting. Where ABB was not achieved, resits must be completed and the required grades achieved before applying. All qualifications must be completed within three years. 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 | Yes - if you applied the first time Queen’s University Belfast accepts A Level resits for medicine only if the applicant applied at their first attempt and held a conditional firm offer. Applicants must have achieved at least AAB plus an A at AS Level at the first attempt, and the resit offer is currently AAA plus an A in a fourth AS Level. Normally only those who had applied to study Medicine at Queen’s at the first attempt and held an offer (if made) as their conditional firm (CF) choice are considered. In addition they must have achieved AAB+a at first attempt. The offer for repeat candidates is currently AAA at A-level plus A in a fourth ASlevel. It is necessary for candidates repeating to retake all components of AS and A2 modules associated with the subject being repeated and the marks in these will be counted in determining if the applicant has fulfilled the conditions of their offer (if made). Only two attempts at A-levels are allowed. |
Sheffield Medical School | Yes Sheffield Medical School accepts A Level resits for applications to study medicine. |
Southampton Medical School | Yes Southampton Medical School allows one resit per A Level subject for up to three subjects for medicine A100 applications. They have no restrictions on GCSE re-sits. |
St Andrews Medical School | No St Andrews Medical School does not normally consider applicants who have retaken A Levels for entry to medicine. Re-sitting GCSEs (or equivalent) is allowed if the purpose is to meet a specific subject requirement. For example, GCSE English at grade C could be re-taken to achieve Grade B. |
St George's Medical School | Yes St George’s Medical School accepts A Level resits for the A100 Medicine programme, provided they are completed within one sitting across a maximum of two years. |
St Mary's Twickenham | Only in mitigating circumstances St Mary’s University considers A Level resits for medicine only in exceptional circumstances, supported by strong documentary evidence and aligned with the relevant qualification body’s special consideration process. |
Sunderland Medical School | 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.
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Surrey | Not Applicable The University of Surrey offers the A101 Graduate Entry Medicine programme and does not score A Levels for entry. |
Swansea Medical School | Yes Swansea Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine where an applicant has been awarded AAB and is resitting the B grade subject. |
UCL Medical School | No for A Levels Candidates may re-sit GCSE subjects in order to meet the GCSE requirements. Graduates who re-sat A levels before their degree will also be considered. Otherwise, we do not accept qualification re-sits, including re-starting Year 12. |
UCLAN Medical School | 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 | Only in special circumstances (graduate entry) |
Worcester Medical School | Only in mitigating circumstances Worcester Medical School accepts A Level resits for medicine where there are extenuating circumstances. |
