GAMSAT UK Medical Schools: Which Use It and Cut-offs

Which UK medical schools use GAMSAT?

ACER, which runs the test, publishes the official list of UK courses that take GAMSAT. These are the programmes it lists for applications through UCAS for 2027 entry:

ACER also lists the MSc Physician Associate Studies at UEA, which you apply to directly rather than through UCAS. The list mixes graduate-entry courses (mostly coded A101) with standard-entry courses (mostly A100) that accept GAMSAT for graduates or for applicants without the usual A levels. Always check how your course uses it.

ACER's basic rules for these programmes: you usually need, or be predicted, at least an upper second class honours degree in any subject, and most places are for home students. ACER notes exceptions that accept international students: Liverpool A100, Swansea A101, Ulster A101 and Worcester A101. For a full explanation of the test itself, see our GAMSAT guide.

GAMSAT cut-off scores published by UK schools

ACER does not set a pass mark. It says universities set their own cut-off scores from year to year and look at section and overall scores, not percentiles. Below is every number we found on a school's own official page. Scores are out of 100. City St George's and Ulster block automated checks, so for those two we used copies saved by the Wayback Machine.

Keele and Sunderland's figures are minimums for applicants who use GAMSAT in place of A level or GCSE requirements (Keele also asks these applicants to sit the UCAT). Swansea and Ulster's figures are entry minimums; the actual interview cut-off is set each year from the applications received.

City St George's and Plymouth: GAMSAT cut-offs over time

Two schools publish several years of results, which shows how much cut-offs move. City St George's ranks every eligible applicant by GAMSAT score; its course page for 2026 entry said it had interviewed about 240 to 280 applicants in previous years. Its admissions statistics page (saved in August 2026) gives the overall scores it required for home graduates:

Plymouth's medicine page lists the thresholds applied in previous admissions cycles. For GAMSAT applicants, the test is the only academic qualification used at shortlisting.

Schools that don't publish a GAMSAT cut-off

Several schools on ACER's list explain how they use GAMSAT but give no number:

• Exeter: applicants with a degree, or more than two years past A levels, must sit GAMSAT. Your score is converted to an "Exeter Score" (70 or more = 100; 40 or less = 0), and the cut-off varies each year with the number of applications. Applications are sorted by GAMSAT overall score.
• UEA: accepts GAMSAT or, for recent biomedical graduates, UCAT. UEA says it does not have a cut off score; the overall GAMSAT score ranks applicants for interview and counts equally with the interview for offers.
• Chester: accepts UCAT, GAMSAT or MCAT, with a minimum threshold that fluctuates annually and is set above the national mean.
• Brunel: GAMSAT is for graduates only; home applicants are invited to interview based on their UCAT or GAMSAT score, and international applicants don't need either test.
• Surrey: GAMSAT is stage 2 of selection, with each applicant placed into invite, waiting list or reject. Some science graduates may use UCAT instead.
• Worcester: asks applicants who have taken the UCAT or GAMSAT to include the result on their UCAS form; no score is published.
• Liverpool: beyond the minimum of 50 per section, its 2026 guidelines award extra points for overall scores from 51 to 60. Its course page says the A101 programme is for home students.

When a school doesn't publish a cut-off, the safest reading is that a higher score is always better, and section minimums still apply where stated.

Which GAMSAT results count for 2027 entry?

ACER says results from March 2025, September 2025, March 2026 and September 2026 can be used to apply in 2026 for courses starting in 2027. Schools can be stricter or more generous:

• Ulster accepts results from March 2023 to September 2026 for August 2027 entry.
• UEA lists September 2025, March 2026 and September 2026 as valid for 2027 entry.
• City St George's said for the 2026 cycle that it uses your highest eligible score if you have sat more than once.

You must also tell ACER you are a UK applicant, with your UCAS Personal ID and course choices, by midnight GMT on 31 October 2026. For 2027 entry, ACER's timeline shows interviews from December 2026 to April 2027 and offers from March to June 2027.

GAMSAT or UCAT?

Standard-entry medicine courses for school leavers generally use the UCAT rather than GAMSAT. Several schools above (UEA, Surrey, Pears Cumbria, Swansea, Chester, Brunel and Worcester) accept either test for some applicants, so check which one your degree and course allow before booking.

• GAMSAT includes two essays and a science section that counts double in the overall score (ACER).
• GAMSAT results can be used for two years in the UK, while Swansea, for example, only considers UCAT scores from tests taken in the year you apply.
• Choice can be limited: UEA only accepts UCAT from recent biomedical graduates, and says graduates who have taken GAMSAT will be ranked on GAMSAT.

To see what the other test involves, read what's on the UCAT, visit our UCAT overview, or try a free UCAT practice test. Our GAMSAT overview has the basics of the graduate route in one place.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

Every source below was accessed on the listed date. Pages — especially department admissions pages — change without notice; the links go to the live versions.

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2. GAMSAT Results — ACER. Accessed 2026-10-01.
3. Medicine MBBS — Brunel University of London. Accessed 2026-10-01.
4. Graduate Entry Medicine MBChB — University of Chester. Accessed 2026-10-01.
5. Medicine BMBS — University of Exeter. Accessed 2026-10-01.
6. BMBS Medicine Admissions Policy 2027 — University of Exeter. Accessed 2026-10-01.
7. MBBS Medicine (Graduate Entry) — University of East Anglia. Accessed 2026-10-01.
8. Medicine – Graduate Entry — Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. Accessed 2026-10-01.
9. Medicine entry requirements — Keele University. Accessed 2026-10-01.
10. Medicine and Surgery (Graduate Entry) MBChB — University of Liverpool. Accessed 2026-10-01.
11. Admission Requirements A101: Graduate entry programme, Entry 2026 — University of Liverpool. Accessed 2026-10-01.
12. BMBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery entry requirements — University of Plymouth. Accessed 2026-10-01.
13. ScotGEM MBChB – Aptitude tests — University of St Andrews. Accessed 2026-10-01.
14. Medicine (Graduate Entry) MBBS, 2026 entry (archived copy, 27 November 2025) — City St George's, University of London, via the Internet Archive. Accessed 2026-10-01.
15. MBBS Medicine admissions statistics (archived copy, 31 August 2026) — City St George's, University of London, via the Internet Archive. Accessed 2026-10-01.
16. Applying for Medicine — University of Sunderland. Accessed 2026-10-01.
17. Medicine (Graduate Entry) BMBS — University of Surrey. Accessed 2026-10-01.
18. Medicine (Graduate Entry), MB BCh — Swansea University. Accessed 2026-10-01.
19. Medicine MBBS, 2027/28 entry (archived copy, 2 April 2026) — Ulster University, via the Internet Archive. Accessed 2026-10-01.
20. Medicine (Graduate Entry) MBChB — University of Worcester. Accessed 2026-10-01.

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