A100 BMBS · 2027 entry · home applicants
Exeter medicine entry requirements
Exeter is the mirror image of a UCAT school: your predicted grades are 75% of its selection score and UCAT just 25%. One grade drop costs about 2.5 UCAT deciles. Strong predictions with a mid UCAT? Exeter loves you. Weak predictions with a 2300? Look elsewhere.
The requirements
Source: Exeter BMBS Admissions Policy 2026 (V4) and published entry requirements.
How Exeter actually scores you
Exeter publishes its scoring system — rare honesty. Predicted-grade applicants are scored out of 90: the score drops 10 points per grade below A*A*A* and 4 points per UCAT decile below the top. Achieved grades score out of 100, and contextual applicants get +5. The top ~800 scorers are interviewed.
| UCAT decile | A*A*A* predicted | A*A*A | A*AA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th (top) | 90 | 80 | 70 |
| 8th | 86 | 76 | 66 |
| 7th | 82 | 72 | 62 |
| 6th | 78 | 68 | 58 |
| 5th (median) | 74 | 64 | 54 |
| 4th | 70 | 60 | 50 |
Published grid (predicted, non-contextual, /90). Notice the shape: a 9th-decile UCAT with A*AA scores 70 — below a 4th-decile UCAT with A*A*A*. Grades dominate.
So what score gets an interview?
Here’s the part Exeter does not publish: the interview cut-off. We model it from Edgbaston College’s applicant data, year on year. One warning we give away free, because it saves a wasted UCAS choice:
Predicted A*AA cannot reach the line on the standard route
Check the grid: A*AA maxes out at 70 even with a top-decile UCAT. Unless you’re contextual, an A*AA prediction at Exeter is a wasted choice — whatever your UCAT.
What clears the line — by prediction, UCAT decile and contextual status, including the durable “safe in any year” bar:
Interview and offers
The interview is a 5-station MMI, and the offer is decided on the MMI alone — your Exeter Score does not carry through (UCAT is used again only to cap offer numbers if oversubscribed). Interview to offer ran at about 53% for home applicants in 2025, one of the kinder conversion rates in UK medicine. Roughly 125 home places.
Exeter medicine FAQs
What A-level grades do I need for Exeter medicine?
The offer is A*AA including an A in both Biology and Chemistry (AAB contextual). But Exeter scores your predicted grades before interview — they're 75% of your Exeter Score — so realistically you need A*A*A* or A*A*A predicted to be shortlisted. Predicted A*AA cannot reach the interview line on the standard route, at any UCAT.
Do GCSEs matter for Exeter medicine?
Barely — and that's official. The only GCSE requirement is English Language at grade 6, and GCSEs are not scored in selection. A weak GCSE set does not disadvantage you at Exeter, which makes it a rare option for strong sixth-formers with rough GCSEs.
What UCAT score do I need for Exeter?
Less than at ranked-UCAT schools — UCAT is only 25% of the Exeter Score, counted by national decile. The decile you need depends entirely on your predicted grades: each grade below A*A*A* costs about 2.5 deciles of UCAT. The exact decile your prediction needs is what our tool models.
Does Exeter accept A-level resits?
Yes, with no penalty — one of the friendliest resit policies in UK medicine. Resat and achieved grades are actually scored on a higher table (out of 100 instead of 90), so an achieved-grades applicant clears more easily than a predicted one.
Is the UCAT SJT used at Exeter?
No. The SJT is not used in shortlisting and there is no Band 4 rejection. Personal statements and references are not read either — selection is the Exeter Score, then the MMI.
Also free: the UCAT score calculator, decile guide and lowest-requirements guide.
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