Lancaster Medical School runs a problem-based five-year MBChB with early clinical placements in the North West. Its selection is clear: clear the academic bar and a UCAT/SJT threshold, then your UCAT score ranks you for interview.
Lancaster checks you meet its academic requirements, then applies a UCAT threshold — for 2026 you need to score in the top seven deciles with an SJT band of 1–3. Above that, applicants are ranked purely by UCAT score to decide interview invitations. As the first post-Abstract-Reasoning year, a comparable guide line has floated around 1928, but the real cut moves with the pool each year.
Lancaster rewards a UCAT in the upper deciles — clear the top-7-decile threshold comfortably and you're in the interview ranking. Keep your SJT in Band 1–3, and don't worry about a perfect score: being solidly above the threshold is what counts here.
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A strong GCSE profile with English and Maths; confirm the exact grades on Lancaster's page.
Lancaster values reflective insight into care and the realities of medicine, explored at the MMI.
MMI. Six five-minute MMI stations, held online via Microsoft Teams in January–February.
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For 2026 you need a UCAT in the top seven deciles and an SJT band of 1–3 to be considered, after which applicants are ranked by UCAT for interview. A comparable guide line has floated around 1928 on the new scale, but the cut moves each year.
It checks academics, applies the top-7-decile UCAT and SJT Band 1–3 threshold, then ranks qualifying applicants by UCAT score for interview invitations.
Six five-minute MMI stations held online via Microsoft Teams, in January and February.
See where your UCAT lands in percentiles, then build the score Lancaster is looking for, or talk it through with a 98th-percentile tutor, free.