Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School runs a five-year BMBS with a strong community and clinical-skills emphasis in the South West. It uses the UCAT as one of three academic measures — UCAT, A-levels and GCSEs together — to decide who's invited to interview.
Plymouth uses the UCAT alongside your A-levels and GCSEs to select applicants for interview, so it's one part of a combined academic picture rather than a stand-alone gate. There's a UCAT threshold each year, but the school is explicit that it can't confirm the line until all applications are in — it shifts with the number and quality of applicants. The UCAT must be sat in your year of application.
Plymouth rewards a rounded academic profile — a solid UCAT plus strong A-levels and GCSEs. Because the threshold moves yearly and the UCAT sits alongside your grades, you don't need a top-decile score, but you do want to be comfortably competitive across all three.
Check your percentile →A*AA–AAB including grade A in Biology and grade A in a second science (Chemistry, Physics, Maths or Psychology).
Seven GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including Maths, English Language and two sciences.
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MMI. Multiple mini-interviews held via Zoom between December and February.
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Plymouth uses the UCAT alongside your A-levels and GCSEs to select for interview, with a threshold that changes each year and isn't confirmed until all applications are assessed. Aim to be comfortably competitive rather than chasing a fixed number.
As one of three academic measures — UCAT, A-levels and GCSEs together — to decide interview invitations, rather than as a stand-alone gate.
A*AA to AAB including grade A in Biology and grade A in a second science, plus seven GCSEs at grade 4 including Maths, English and two sciences.
See where your UCAT lands in percentiles, then build the score Plymouth is looking for, or talk it through with a 98th-percentile tutor, free.