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The UCAT score for medicine and dentistry

There isn't one number. Each university decides what UCAT score for medicine or dentistry it wants, and not all of them set a minimum. Some use a threshold, which they publish on their own websites, some weight the score with your grades, and some only look at it in close cases. As of October 2026, 51 UK universities and 7 partner universities abroad use the UCAT, and universities in Australia and New Zealand use UCAT ANZ.

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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

How do universities use your UCAT score for medicine?

  • A threshold: a minimum score to be considered further. A fixed threshold is published on the university's website. Others set it each year and usually show the scores they used before.
  • Weighting: the UCAT is combined with things like GCSE results, and its weight can be large or small.
  • Borderline cases: for some, the score only matters when applicants are otherwise close.
  • Total or subtests: most look at the total score, and some look at subtest scores too.
  • The SJT: an increasing number use it, and some exclude lower-performing candidates.

The Consortium's advice is to read each university's information carefully and contact it if anything is unclear.

Is there a UCAT cut-off score?

Not a general one. Cut-offs belong to individual universities and change from year to year, so a figure from one medical school tells you nothing about another. Check each university's UCAT page, which the Consortium links to from its How Universities Use the UCAT page. The same Consortium page also points to entry requirement summaries from the Medical Schools Council and the Dental Schools Council.

UCAT Consortium: How universities use the UCAT ↗

UK universities that use the UCAT

Some applicants to a few courses have alternative requirements, so check the course itself. The Consortium's advice is to check every course's entry requirements before you book a test.

CoursesUniversities
Medicine and dentistryAberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dundee, East Anglia, Glasgow, King's College London, Lancashire, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Queen Mary University of London, Queen's University Belfast, Sheffield
Dentistry onlyPortsmouth
Medicine onlyAnglia Ruskin, Aston, Bangor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brunel, Cambridge, Chester, City St George's, Edge Hill, Edinburgh, Exeter, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire, Hull York Medical School, Imperial College London, Keele, Kent and Medway, Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Oxford, Pears Cumbria School of Medicine, St Andrews, St Mary's Twickenham, Southampton, Sunderland, Surrey, Swansea, University College London, Warwick, Wolverhampton, Worcester
Partner universitiesAmerican University of the Caribbean, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, University of Nicosia (medicine); Thammasat University (medicine and dentistry)

Do you need the UCAT for dentistry?

At 18 UK universities, yes: the 17 that use it for medicine and dentistry, plus Portsmouth for dentistry only. In Australia, dental courses on the UCAT ANZ list include Adelaide, Charles Sturt, Griffith (Dental Health Science), Queensland and Western Australia. UCAT ANZ says some pathways into medicine, dentistry or clinical sciences don't need the test, but there are no general exemptions.

Universities that use UCAT ANZ

  • Adelaide University: Medicine, Dental Surgery, Oral Health
  • Central Queensland University: Medical Science (Regional Medical Pathway to UQ)
  • Charles Sturt University: Dental Science, Medicine
  • Curtin University: Medicine
  • Flinders University: Clinical Sciences / Medicine
  • Griffith University: Dental Health Science (compulsory), Medical Science (optional)
  • Monash University: Medicine
  • University of Newcastle / University of New England: Joint Medical Program
  • UNSW: Medicine
  • University of Queensland: Medicine (provisional entry), Dental Science
  • University of Southern Queensland: Medicine Pathway to UQ
  • University of the Sunshine Coast: Medical Science (optional), pathway to Griffith
  • University of Tasmania: Medicine
  • University of Western Australia: Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Dental Medicine pathways
  • Western Sydney University: Medicine
  • New Zealand: University of Auckland and University of Otago, Medicine

What is the UCAT Consortium?

It's the group of UK medical and dental schools that came together to develop the test, and it runs the UCAT today. Its formal name is the UKCAT Consortium. Over 50 Consortium and partner universities use the test, and Pearson delivers it on the Consortium's behalf.

Sources: UCAT Consortium · UCAT ANZ and 3 more. Checked October 2026.

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