Newcastle University

Newcastle University Medical School provides the following courses that require UCAT:

  • Medicine (A100)
  • Medicine graduate entry (A101)
  • Dentistry (A206)

Academic Requirements

All applications are screened to assess whether the predicted or actual academic results meet the minimum entry requirements.

For UK home applicants, we then score all applications out of 100 based on two key factors:

  • Most recent achieved academic grades
  • UCAT results

Firstly, the applicant’s most recently achieved academic grades are given a score out of 40. For most applicants applying when leaving school, this will be GCSE grades. We look at the best eight achieved GCSEs including English Language, English Literature, Mathematics and Science subjects, if taken.

Equivalents to GCSEs will also be considered.

For applicants who have already completed A-levels, we will score the best three achieved grades including Mathematics and any Science subject studies.

For graduates applying to the A100 programme, predicted or achieved degree grades will be scored.

We then look at your UCAT results. A maximum of 60 points are available. The higher your UCAT result, the more points you’ll receive. Applicants with a Band 4 score in the Situational Judgement element will not be considered further. Only UCAT results from the current test cycle are considered.

Looking at the academic score and UCAT score in combination, we will invite the top-scoring applicants to interview.

For all international applicants and all A101 applicants, the academic scoring will be based only on UCAT results.

Widening Participation

Considered throughout the admission process. Newcastle has a PARTNERS scheme and these applicants may be shortlisted with a slightly lower UCAT score.

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