Applying for Medicine at Manchester - what you need to know.
Many applicants find the application forms, selection tests and interviews required for admission to medical school daunting.
This section explains how to apply for our medicine courses, and how we assess each part of your application. You should read through these pages carefully before you submit your application. The answers to some of the most frequently asked questions are already available on our FAQs page.
If you have any questions that aren't answered here, please contact us at ug.medicine@manchester.ac.uk.
Before you begin
Suggested reading before you apply.
We want to admit the best students just as much as you want to go to the best university. Your application and interview will enable you to show us how good you are!
It is also very important that you choose a medical school that is a good fit for your personality and your preferred way of learning. We therefore encourage you to take a good look at our programmes and the way in which we teach before making your UCAS application.
Application deadline
All applications must be submitted through UCAS by the October application deadline.
All applications including those for deferred entry, must be submitted through UCAS by the October UCAS application deadline.
It is not possible for us to consider late applications. Receipt of applications to the five-year MBChB (A106) and the Graduate Entry (Medicine) (A101) courses will be acknowledged by The University of Manchester's Central Admissions Office.
See details of the deadlines set by UCAS on the UCAS website: Dates and deadlines for uni applications.
Completing your application
Interviews
Our interview process and what we look for in candidates.
Our admissions team carries out the pre-interview screening process, which ensures that all candidates called to interview appear to have sufficient academic potential.
The purpose of the interview is to take a wider view of applicants and see if you satisfy our non-academic criteria in terms of the values and behaviours expected of a medical student.
If you are a home applicant selected for interview, you will be required to attend in person at The University of Manchester campus. Interviews normally run from December to early March.
Decision and feedback
What happens next?
After interviews have finished, we use feedback from our interviewers along with the other elements of your application to reach a decision.
Application statistics
We often receive requests for quantitative data about the admissions process.
View figures for applications, shortlisting and offers for previous admissions cycles.
Frequently asked questions
Explore our FAQs.
See answers to common questions about our admissions processes, including information about qualifications, UCAT, interviews and international students.
Widening access to medicine at Manchester
Working to widen participation in medical studies.
We want to broaden access to medicine courses by ensuring students from less privileged backgrounds have the chance to enter medical school!
We run a variety of widening participation activities to enable pupils and students to learn how they might progress to university medical courses.
Contact us
Get in touch to learn more.
If you have any questions about applying for Medicine at Manchester, please contact us.
Email: ug.medicine@manchester.ac.uk