Application Process

Timeline

This page is aimed at explaining the undergraduate medicine application process and the steps you will need to undertake on your journey to your medical career.

2024-25

October

Step 1 - UCAS

The first step of your application is apply to UCAS by the deadline. The UCAS website has all the information you need, including the application deadline, which is normally around 15th October each year. Make sure you submit all the documents needed for your application. We will look at your predicted grades and your reference, as well as your personal statement. For more information about entry requirements you can have a look at the MBBS prospectus page.

July - September

Step 2 - UCAT

The School of Medicine utilises the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) and our academic eligibility requirements, as a means to shortlist for interview – something we have used consistently over many years. The last few admissions year the UCAT scores have been higher than previous years meaning that it has been more competitive to obtain an invite to interview. For this reason, make sure you prepare thoroughly for your test by reading the test-taker guidance, doing timed practice past papers and revising areas you may not feel as confident about. You can find out more on the UCAT Website. You can also visit our UCAT resources page here.

January - February

Step 3 - MMI

If you reach this step, congratulations, you will take part to our Multiple Mini Interviews. We have a dedicated page that will tell you everything you need to know about MMIs and contains the most up-to-date information on how to prepare for them.

April

Step 4 - Decision

This is the phase when we communicate the outcome of your application. This will be communicated through UCAS, and by no means can we communicate it in other ways.

Offers - Your offer can be:

Conditional - most offers are Conditional Offers. This means that you will be able to start the programme if you fulfil certain conditions. For example, you will have to achieve your predicted grades.

Unconditional - this is less common but could happen for candidates who have already obtained their A-level results, like graduate students or gap-year students.

Contextual Offers

At Imperial we welcome diversity and want to ensure that our application process is fair to everyone. We use UCAS data to apply the Widening Participation flag to any application (please see below for more information). At any point during the application process, you can let us know if your circumstances change or if you believe you are a widening participation candidate. You can read more about contextual data and admissions schemes on the Imperial website.

Rejections

If we reject you and it does not work out, do not despair. We have a high number of applications each year and thresholds can be very high, but we always offer feedback on the interview process. We do welcome re-applications, should this be your wish for next year, and we have a webpage dedicated to gap years, with tips on how to make the best out of the time off school.

August

Step 5 - Conditions

You made it: you have an offer! Now you have to make sure you fulfil the conditions of your offer in time to start in October. Make sure you attend all the Offer Holder events, and study hard for your exams so you can achieve the grades you have been predicted.

Once you have your grade, if you have sat your tests at School/College most of these will be automatically communicated to us from UCAS. However if you are independently sitting your assessment or are required to provide your qualification results (you will be told if this is the case), these must be sent to Medicine UG Admissions medicine.ug.admissions@imperial.ac.uk.

September

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Application Process

Timeline

Widening Participation

Useful Links and Resources

Admission process (Timeline)

Multiple Mini Interviews

UCAS Undergraduate

Helping you get into Medicine

NHS Constitution