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Oxford medicine entry requirements
Oxford is a two-stage machine — and the front half is published, not a black box. Shortlisting is a 50:50 of your normalised UCAT and a contextualised GCSE score; about 41% are interviewed. Then two college interviews decide: once you’re in the room, your scores barely separate offers from rejections.
The requirements
Source: Oxford’s published admissions statistics, official FAQ and FOI responses.
How Oxford actually scores you
Stage one is the published 50:50: normalised UCAT + contextualised GCSE (achieved 8/9s judged against what’s expected for your school) ranks everyone, and about 41% are interviewed. Oxford even publishes the outcome by UCAT band:
| UCAT /2700 | Interviewed % | Offer % |
|---|---|---|
| 1200-1899 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900-1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000-2099 | 10 | 2 |
| 2100-2199 | 20 | 6 |
| 2200-2299 | 33 | 12 |
| 2300-2399 | 62 | 23 |
| 2400-2499 | 76 | 34 |
| 2500-2599 | 95 | 51 |
| 2600-2699 | 100 | 52 |
Published table (2026 entry, n=1,026). Hard floor: no interview below 1900, no offer below 2000. The interview rate is what your profile drives; the gap to the offer column is the ~40% interview conversion.
Resitting? Oxford is a wasted choice
The offer must be achieved in one academic year — Oxford’s own FAQ rules out applicants who missed A*AA at first sitting and are resitting one or two subjects. Without accepted extenuating circumstances, spend the choice at a resit-friendly school instead.
So would you be shortlisted?
The published table is by UCAT alone — but the real ranking is 50:50 with your contextualised GCSE score. How many 8/9s your count is worth at your school, how the normalisation lands, and what that means for your interview odds — that’s the half we model:
Interview and offers
Two college panel interviews in December, blind of UCAT and college choice, at least one practising clinician on each panel. Colleges rank holistically, then UCAT and SJT are re-disclosed for the final re-rank — where SJT Band 4 took 0 of 54 offers in the FOI data. About 40% of interviewees are offered, and the offered vs not-offered gap on UCAT and GCSE is tiny once you’re in the room: the interview decides.
Oxford medicine FAQs
What UCAT score do I need for Oxford medicine?
Oxford publishes the outcome by UCAT band: nobody below ~1900 was interviewed, first offers appear at 2000-2099, and the interview rate climbs steeply — 2300-2399 was 62% interviewed, 2500+ near-certain. Shortlisted applicants averaged ~2378. Your UCAT is normalised against the Oxford applicant pool and combined 50:50 with your contextualised GCSE score, so the score you need also depends on your GCSEs.
Do GCSEs matter for Oxford medicine?
Enormously — GCSE is half the shortlist score. Oxford counts the number and proportion of grades at 8/9 (an A*, a 9 and an 8 all count equally; a 7 counts for nothing). Offer-holders average ~10.3 grade-8/9s with 97% of their GCSEs at 8/9. Your count is contextualised against your school, so strong grades from a weaker school are worth more.
What A-level grades does Oxford require?
A*AA in three A-levels taken in one academic year, with grade A in both Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Physics, Maths or Further Maths — the A* can be in any subject. Predicted grades are a gate only: they are not scored in shortlisting, so a higher prediction does not improve your position.
Does Oxford accept A-level resits?
Effectively no. The offer must be achieved in one academic year, and Oxford's official FAQ states you are not eligible if you missed A*AA at first sitting and were only resitting one or two A-levels. Genuine extenuating circumstances (declared via the mitigating-circumstances procedure) are the only route.
Does my college choice affect my chances at Oxford?
No. Every shortlisted applicant is interviewed by two colleges (one of them randomly assigned), blind of UCAT and college choice; the interview-to-places ratio is equalised across colleges, and about a third of successful applicants end up at a college other than the one they chose. Around 20% apply open. Pick on fit.
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