All candidates are considered on an individual basis and we accept a broad range of qualifications. The entrance requirements below apply to 2025 entry.
This course is only open to students who are living in the UK and have UK home status, indefinite leave to remain or refugee status (with a letter from the home office as evidence) at the time you make your application.
You must also meet the following criteria:
- the university's contextual admissions criteria - this means you will not receive a further reduced offer from the required A levels of BBC, or equivalent, as stated in the entrance requirements. The contextual offer has already been applied to the grade reductions and entrance requirements
- you do not meet the standard or contextual entry requirement grades for our five-year Medicine course
- have not previously studied at a University
You cannot apply for both this course and the five-year (A100) Medicine BMedSci and BMBS course or Medicine at Lincoln BMedSci and BMBS (A10L) course..
You should apply for Medicine BMedSci and BMBS (A100/A10L) course if you:
- meet the entry requirements for the five-year course
- achieve ABB at A Level, and choose to resit one or both of your B grades and then achieve all standard or contextual entry requirement grades for our five-year course.
Additional entry requirements
We do not usually accept applicants who have studied Medicine before.
Minimum entry requirements
GCSEs/ UCAT
You must meet the minimum GCSE requirements and undertake the UCAT in the same year you are applying to study medicine.
Full details can be found on our undergraduate selection webpage.
Competition for places information can be found on our applying to Nottingham webpage.
If your home country is not the UK, but you moved to the UK (with indefinite leave to remain) after the start of school Year 10, from an international country where you were not studying the full curriculum (i.e. all subjects) in the English language then we may accept one of the alternative qualifications.
Please contact us to find out if we accept your alternative qualification.
Offer requirements
A level offer
Predicted A level grades, A levels, AS levels, or equivalent are not scored as part of the selection process. However, any offers made will be conditional on meeting the A level grades or equivalent required to meet the academic conditions of any offers. Please visit our undergraduate selection process page to read more about our selection process.
BBC: must include a B in both biology (or human biology) and chemistry.
A pass is required in science practical tests, where these are assessed separately. We do not accept citizenship studies, critical thinking, general studies, or global perspectives.
We do not accept A Level resits for this course.
IB offer
26 points overall including HL5 in biology, HL5 in chemistry or 5,5,4 in three Higher Level (HL) Certificates with HL 5 in biology, HL5 in chemistry and GCSE requirements (or equivalent).
We’ll accept either of the Maths qualifications for the IB at standard level (SL) or higher level (HL).
We don’t score the IB and we don’t require predicted IB grades as part of the selection process. However, you’ll still need to achieve the IB grades required to meet your offer.
Minimum entry requirements
GCSEs
A minimum of five GCSEs at Level 6 (B). This must include:
Maths and English Language
Chemistry and Biology or double science, if you haven’t taken the individual science subjects.
They need to have been studied over a two year period and the required grades normally achieved at one sitting.
We will consider one GCSE subject resit in Maths, English Language, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Double Science qualifications.
The achieved overall resit grade must be a minimum of Level 6 (B) in Maths, English Language, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Double Science (6,6) qualifications.
UCAT
All applicants must sit the UCAT in the same year as the application is made for the course. Applicants who achieve a UCAT SJT grade of Band 4 will not be considered for this course.
Mature Students
At the University of Nottingham, we have a valuable community of mature students and we appreciate their contribution to the wider student population. You can find lots of useful information on the mature students webpage.
Alternative qualifications
We will consider applicants who have undertaken an Access to Medicine Diploma on an individual basis:
Applicants wishing to apply with the Access to Medicine Diploma for A108 Medicine with Foundation Year for 2025 entry must achieve or have achieved
And must also meet the GCSE requirements of the A108 Course i.e.:
A minimum of five GCSEs at Level 6 (B). This must include:
Maths, English Language, Chemistry and Biology or Human Biology, or Double Science (6,6)
We will consider one GCSE Subject resit in Maths, English Language, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Double Science qualifications.
The achieved overall resit grade must be a minimum of Level 6 (B) in Maths, English Language, Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry or Double Science qualifications (6,6).
Unfortunately, BTEC Nationals/Extended Diploma are not accepted for entry on to this course.
Interview
You will be required to have an interview.
Interviews will be held online using Microsoft Teams. Further details will be available.
Find out more about the Undergraduate Selection Process
Fitness to practise
We must be confident in your conduct, health and ability to be professional and interact safely with patients.
As part of your application, you'll be required to have an occupational health assessment and a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
We cannot accept pre-existing DBS checks. More information about this will be sent to you closer to your start date.
If we have any serious concerns we will not offer you a place, and reserve the right to revoke offers should serious concerns arise before starting the course.
Find out more about fitness to practise.
Excluded students database
When offering places to students we check the MSC Excluded Students Database as part of our commitment to professionalism and fitness to practice.