All candidates are considered on an individual basis and we accept a broad range of qualifications. The entrance requirements below apply to 2022 entry.
UK entry requirements |
A level |
N/A
Please note: Applicants whose backgrounds or personal circumstances have impacted their academic performance may receive a reduced offer. Please see our contextual admissions policy for more information.
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IB score |
N/A |
International entry requirements |
IB score |
N/A |
IELTS |
7.5 (no less than 7.0 in any element) |
High school qualifications |
Check our country-specific information for guidance on qualifications from your country |
A level |
N/A |
English language requirements
As well as IELTS (listed above), we also accept other English language qualifications. This includes TOEFL iBT, Pearson PTE, GCSE, IB and O level English. Check our English language policies and equivalencies for further details.
For presessional English or one-year foundation courses, you must take IELTS for UKVI to meet visa regulations.
If you need support to meet the required level, you may be able to attend a Presessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP) course. Our Centre for English Language Education is accredited by the British Council for the teaching of English in the UK.
If you successfully complete your presessional course to the required level, you can then progress to your degree course. This means that you won't need to retake IELTS or equivalent.
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.
Degree offer
Minimum of a 2:2 degree in any discipline
Additional information
If you have applied for Medicine previously (or you have been interviewed for Medicine at Nottingham on only one occasion previously), we will usually be able to consider your application.
If you’ve successfully completed or are due to complete a postgraduate masters or PhD degree, we will consider your application even if you achieved a third class degree at undergraduate level.
Offer conditions
You must also be able to provide us with ratified evidence of your completed degree by 20 July of your year of entry, this is usually a copy of your final degree transcript or your certificate.
If you are not going to be able to submit the transcript for your undergraduate degree by 20 July, we strongly recommend you apply for the following year.
Similarly, if you are not going to be able to submit the transcript for a postgraduate degree by 20 July (and this qualification is required in order to meet the academic entrance requirements) we advise you to apply the following year.
It is not possible to defer applications.
Please note that students cannot be registered on two full-time degrees at once. If you are currently attending an undergraduate or postgraduate course, this needs to be completed prior to the beginning of term (usually late August or early September).
English language
If English is not your first language, you will need to have proof of your fluency with one of the following:
- IELTS 7.5 (no less than 7.0 in any element)
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) 79 (minimum 76)
- Cambridge Proficiency/Advanced test (from January 2015) 191 with no element below 185
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 an additional questionnaire to complete for you to provide evidence of your relevant work experience from the previous 36 months. This may include a description of the experience, dates for when it took place, and a reference contact.
Please note, we are not expecting any significant work experience to have taken place between March 2020 and May 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Your application for 2022 entry will not be negatively affected if you’ve not been able to complete as much work experience as you originally planned. We will however be looking for some experiences, knowledge of the profession and an understanding of the scope of the role which we may ask you about if you are interviewed. For more help, you may wish to visit the resource provided by the Medical Schools Council.
If possible we'd advise that you speak to someone working in the NHS 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.
Test
You must also complete the Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT).
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 test results are valid for two years.
Find out more about the GAMSAT.
To be considered for an interview, you must achieve 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 score in the GAMSAT.
Find out more about how we use the GAMSAT in the Graduate Entry Medicine selection process webpage.
Interview
You will be required to have an interview.
This usually takes the form of Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI). For 2022 entry, interviews may be face-to-face or online using Microsoft Teams. We will provide more details as they become available.
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 practise. We may also ask if you have encountered professionalism issues with other professional bodies such as the Pharmacy Council or the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
If either we or another medical school have terminated your studies, your details are shared with regulatory bodies and other medical schools through this database.
Offers
All offers are made subject to being successful at interview, and having an occupational health assessment, DBS clearance, and no fitness to practise issues.
If you are still studying for the required qualifications and your predicted grades meet the entry requirements, offers will be conditional on you achieving those grades.
If you have already met the offer requirements, offers will be unconditional subject to having an occupational health assessment, DBS clearance, and no fitness to practise issues.
Find out more about the Graduate Entry Medicine selection process web pages.
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.