All candidates are considered on an individual basis.
If your qualifications are not listed here, please see our additional entry requirements web pages to find out which other qualifications are considered.
Additional entry information beyond specific grades for this programme is provided under ‘Important Information for All Students' below.
Important information on the MBBS Admissions Policy 2013 (PDF: 799KB).
All applicants will be expected to show evidence of sustained academic endeavour within the last 3 years.
You may apply for Stage 1 entry to either/both Newcastle or Durham University (Queen's Campus) but please be aware that each will be considered as a separate choice of the four allowed for medicine. It is important that you indicate, in section 3(d) of your UCAS application, your preferred place of study:
Every effort will be made to accommodate your preference, but your first choice cannot be guaranteed.
Approximately 1,000 prospective students will be invited for interview. Of these, 327 will be offered a place (there are currently 225 places at Newcastle University and 102 places at Durham University). The number of applications varies from year to year.
Whilst we do not impose an upper or lower age limit, applicants will be expected to have an insight into a career in medicine.
Applicants must have achieved, or expect to achieve, an honours degree in any discipline to at least an upper second class or first class Honours or Integrated Master's degree.
All applicants applying to study the 5 year A100 programme at Newcastle or Durham Universities or the 4 year A101 Medicine programme at Newcastle University will be required to take the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT).
The UKCAT threshold may differ in each admissions cycle as it is dependent on the scores achieved by those applicants who apply to our Medical School in the current cycle. Therefore information on what the threshold is, is not available to prospective students.
All students are required to comply with the Department of Health’s guidance on health clearance for healthcare workers. Early clinical contact at Newcastle means that students will be asked to provide proof of their immunisation status on entry.
Please note: Immunity against the following is required:
Newcastle University follows the Medical Schools Council protocol on blood-borne viruses. During the course students will be requested to be tested for Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C and HIV. All aspects of a student’s medical record will be bound by the same duty of confidentiality as for any doctor-patient interaction and informed by the same ethical guidance.
The status of any individual in respect of blood-borne viruses will not be a factor in the admissions selection process and will not prevent them completing medical training. For further information see MSC Guidance.
All medical schools are required to ensure that their students, who will have a high level of unsupervised contact with children or vulnerable adults undergo a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) enhanced disclosure check to ensure students are ‘fit to practise.’ The Medical School reserves the right to discontinue your studies on receipt of an unsatisfactory disclosure.
The University is aware that the Independent Safeguarding Authority requirement has been halted and is presently under review by the government. This position may change at any time, please see the Independent Safeguarding Authority's website for updates.
AAA including Chemistry and/or Biology at A or AS level and excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking. If only one of Biology and/or Chemistry is offered at A or AS level, the other should be offered at GCSE grade A (or Dual Award Science grade A).
Once the academic criteria have been met, academic achievement is not considered further in subsequent parts of the application process. e.g additional A levels or A* results or additional GCSE results are not considered.
We would normally expect all applicants to have achieved their A Levels on their first attempt. Those who wish resits to be considered must provide information on the extenuating circumstances they wish to be considered. Supporting evidence must be provided from your school or GP.
Please see MBBS Admissions Policy 2013 for more information.
For this degree you will need a minimum score of IELTS 7.0 or equivalent.
Find out more about our English language admission requirements and English language support courses offered by INTO Newcastle University.
See further Newcastle University Admissions Policies.