Visa restrictions
International students must have valid UK immigration permissions for any courses or study period where teaching takes place in the UK. Student route visas can be issued for eligible students studying full-time courses. The University of Nottingham does not sponsor a student visa for students studying part-time courses. The Standard Visitor visa route is not appropriate in all cases. Please contact the university’s Visa and Immigration team if you need advice about your visa options.
GMSAT Test
You must also take the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) before submitting your UCAS application.
GAMSAT can be taken in March or September prior to the UCAS submission date and results are valid for two consecutive years.
This is to ensure you have the knowledge and reasoning skills needed to study medicine. You can sit the GAMSAT as many times as you wish, but we will only use your highest results obtained during the last two years. You must have taken the GAMSAT before you apply. The GAMSAT test results are valid for two years.
Find out more about the GAMSAT on their website.
To be considered for interview we usually require a minimum score of:
- 55 in Section 2
- 55 in either Section 1 or 3
- 50 in the remaining section
Interviews are offered to those who achieve the highest total scores in GAMSAT. If a large number of applicants obtain the same total score, the section scores may also be used as a ‘tie breaker’.
Find out more about how we use the GAMSAT in the Graduate Entry Medicine selection process web page.
We do not usually accept applicants who have studied medicine before.
Interview
Applicants must have an interview in the same year you apply before receiving an offer for the course.
Interviews are likely to be held online using Microsoft Teams. Further details can be found on our applying to Nottingham webpage.
Work experience
Applicants are usually expected to complete regular work experience when applying for medicine. This can be:
- volunteering in a care related setting
- volunteering with disadvantaged groups
- paid employment in a job working with the general public
As part of our application process, we usually send you a questionnaire in which we ask you to provide details of relevant work or volunteering experience from the previous 36 months. This may include a description of the experience, dates for when it took place, and a reference contact.
We will be looking for knowledge of the profession and an understanding of the scope of the role of a doctor, and we may ask about this during your interview.
If possible, we'd advise that you speak to someone working in the medicine to ensure you are making an informed choice about your career in medicine.
We expect you to demonstrate a commitment to caring for people and a realistic idea of what working as a doctor entails.
Degrees
You must also be able to provide us with ratified evidence of your completed degree by the 20th July of your year of entry, this is usually a copy of your final degree transcript or your certificate.
If you are unable to submit your undergraduate transcript by July 20th, we recommend withdrawing your application before the interview stage and reapplying the following year.
Similarly, if you cannot submit your postgraduate transcript by this date (and it is required to meet the academic entry requirements), we encourage you to apply the next year instead. It is not possible to defer applications.
Please note that you cannot be registered in two full-time degree programs simultaneously. If you are currently studying for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, you must complete it before the start of term, which typically begins in early September.
Fitness to practice
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 practice.
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.
Non-academic conditions of offer
All applicants are required to have an occupational health assessment and a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
All offers are subject to satisfactory occupational health clearance.
Where criminal convictions or professional misconduct are revealed at any point during the selection process, any offer will be subject to review by the Fitness to Practise and Professionalism Leads in the School of Medicine and may be withdrawn.
Full details can be found on our Fitness to Study webpage.
Previous study of medicine
We do not accept applications from students who, for whatever reason, have started and failed to complete the study of a medicine degree at another institution in the UK.
If a potential applicant has been studying medicine abroad and their course of study has been interrupted due to a non-academic reason, e.g., war, we may consider an application through the normal UCAS application process. You must meet the usual academic entry requirements of the course and have taken the GAMSAT test in the year of your application. The application will be assessed using our normal selection process including an interview. If you are successful at interview, you would be made an offer to start on year 1 i.e., the start of the medicine course.
UCAS personal statement and reference
All applicants are required to apply via UCAS by 15 October 2026. The UCAS personal statement and reference are not used as part of the selection process for interview. The personal statement and reference will be reviewed after interview before offers are made.
Deferred applications
It is not possible to defer applications
Transfers
Requests to transfer onto the University of Nottingham Medicine course from another course at the University of Nottingham or from a course at another university are not considered.
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.
Find out more about the undergraduate selection process.
Elite athletes
We welcome applications from elite athletes for this course. Please visit our sports scholarships webpage for more information and full eligibility criteria.
To ensure your elite athlete status is recognised, please fill out the expression of interest in UoN Sport form before the UCAS deadline. This must be identified and confirmed to the Admissions Team by the UoN Sports Team.
Content note
The medicine BMBS degree programme at the University of Nottingham includes core modules that cover topics which may be distressing to some students. These topics include, but are not limited to:
- Case studies and discussions of severe illnesses, medical and mental health conditions
- Clinical placements involving exposure to patients in critical and end-of-life care situations
- Discussions and examinations of medical ethics, including scenarios involving life and death decisions
- Exposure to patients who have been through distressing life experiences including abuse and violence
Applicants are advised to consider these aspects carefully when making their decision to apply. For more information or support, please contact our admissions team.
