Assessment day: Interview format used by UK medical schools

Below is a listing of UK medical schools using assessment day format as part of the admissions process. 

Assessment day format, as used by UK medical schools, features a mixture of interview formats and activities.  Typically over a period of four or more hours, applicants can be asked to participate in a range of assessment activities including written work, group interviews, or individual panel interviews. 

For details on specific assessment day arrangements, see the 'Interview type' section in each medical school's full profile. To see the big picture, comparing interview formats overall, check also our chart of interview format usage statistics and our notes on interview formats across all UK medical schools.

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Edinburgh Medical School’s six-year programme aims to produce doctors that are equipped for careers in general practice, hospital medicine, and academia. Having been ranked fourth in the UK for research power in 2014, Edinburgh highlights its academic rigor as a key feature of its medical curriculum. According to the school's website, "Medicine at Edinburgh offers a modern, innovative curriculum designed to prepare you for contemporary medical practice."

Here is an at-a-glance summary of key information related to Edinburgh medical school.

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Medical school establishment date:
1726

Years of course:
6

Total medical students:
1360

Average year cohort:
226.7

Region:
Scotland

Subject prerequisites:

Biology (acceptable option)
Chemistry (strictly required)
Maths (acceptable option)
Physics (acceptable option)

Interview format:
Assessment day

Admissions test:
UCAT

A Level typical offer:
AAA

Advanced Higher typical offer:
BB

IB typical offer:
37 points

General teaching method:
Integrated, PBL

Anatomy teaching:
Prosection

Intercalation mode:
Required intercalation

Southampton offers a five-year, integrated medical programme, with an impressive reputation in fields such as cancer research and immunology, rated as world class in 2014’s Research Excellence Framework. Teaching is delivered in a systems-base manner through lectures, tutorials, coursework, and independent learning, with anatomy taught via prosection. The course is divided into four phases.

Here is an at-a-glance summary of key information related to Southampton medical school.

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Medical school establishment date:
1971

Years of course:
5

Total medical students:
1230

Average year cohort:
246.0

Region:
South East

General teaching method:
Integrated

Anatomy teaching:
Prosection

Intercalation mode:
Optional intercalation