Home applicant competition ratios for interviews and places at UK medical schools

Our data table tracks Home competition ratios at UK medical schools, across three data points

Curious about competition ratios affecting Home applicants when obtaining interviews, performing at interviews, and winning places at UK medical schools?

Our interactive table tracks competition at these points:

ratio of Home applicants per interview
ratio of Home applicant interviews per place
ratio of Home applicants per place.

Important notes

This data is retrospective, so future numbers are subject to change from those reported here.

Competition data reported is from the 2019-20 admissions cycle, as confirmed by MedSchoolGenie Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from this period. For more details, see our notes below on data scope.

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Displaying 1 - 39 of 39 UK medical schools

Medical school	Ratio of Home applicants per interview	Ratio of Home applicant interviews per place	Ratio of Home applicants per place
Aberdeen	1.7 Home applicants per interview	5.7 Home applicant interviews per place	9.7 Home applicants per place
Anglia Ruskin	2.0 Home applicants per interview	6.0 Home applicant interviews per place	12.0 Home applicants per place
Aston	2.9 Home applicants per interview	3.7 Home applicant interviews per place	10.6 Home applicants per place
Barts	2.0 Home applicants per interview	2.5 Home applicant interviews per place	5.0 Home applicants per place
Birmingham	2.2 Home applicants per interview	3.8 Home applicant interviews per place	8.3 Home applicants per place
Brighton and Sussex	1.8 Home applicants per interview	3.5 Home applicant interviews per place	6.3 Home applicants per place
Bristol	3.4 Home applicants per interview	4.1 Home applicant interviews per place	14.0 Home applicants per place
Buckingham	Data not available re Home competition for interviews	Data not available re Home interview competition rates	Data not available re Home competition for places
Cambridge	Data not available re Home competition for interviews	Data not available re Home interview competition rates	6.0 Home applicants per place
Cardiff	1.9 Home applicants per interview	4.7 Home applicant interviews per place	9.0 Home applicants per place
Dundee	2.7 Home applicants per interview	3.8 Home applicant interviews per place	10.3 Home applicants per place
Edge Hill	1.5 Home applicants per interview	11.2 Home applicant interviews per place	16.8 Home applicants per place
Edinburgh	3.6 Home applicants per interview	2.7 Home applicant interviews per place	9.8 Home applicants per place
Exeter	2.0 Home applicants per interview	3.8 Home applicant interviews per place	7.5 Home applicants per place
Glasgow	2.2 Home applicants per interview	2.1 Home applicant interviews per place	4.7 Home applicants per place
Hull York	2.0 Home applicants per interview	3.5 Home applicant interviews per place	7.0 Home applicants per place
Imperial	2.0 Home applicants per interview	2.5 Home applicant interviews per place	5.0 Home applicants per place
Keele	2.5 Home applicants per interview	4.4 Home applicant interviews per place	11.0 Home applicants per place
Kent and Medway	5.2 Home applicants per interview	3.0 Home applicant interviews per place	15.4 Home applicants per place
King's College	2.3 Home applicants per interview	2.8 Home applicant interviews per place	6.4 Home applicants per place
Lancaster	3.8 Home applicants per interview	1.7 Home applicant interviews per place	6.5 Home applicants per place
Leeds	2.0 Home applicants per interview	4.6 Home applicant interviews per place	9.2 Home applicants per place
Leicester	1.8 Home applicants per interview	4.2 Home applicant interviews per place	7.6 Home applicants per place
Lincoln	1.5 Home applicants per interview	2.7 Home applicant interviews per place	4.0 Home applicants per place
Liverpool	1.4 Home applicants per interview	6.1 Home applicant interviews per place	8.6 Home applicants per place
Manchester	1.6 Home applicants per interview	4.2 Home applicant interviews per place	6.7 Home applicants per place
Newcastle	2.1 Home applicants per interview	3.0 Home applicant interviews per place	6.2 Home applicants per place
Norwich (UEA)	1.4 Home applicants per interview	5.4 Home applicant interviews per place	7.5 Home applicants per place
Nottingham	2.0 Home applicants per interview	5.0 Home applicant interviews per place	10.0 Home applicants per place
Oxford	3.5 Home applicants per interview	2.5 Home applicant interviews per place	8.8 Home applicants per place
Plymouth	1.4 Home applicants per interview	5.9 Home applicant interviews per place	8.2 Home applicants per place
Queen’s Belfast	1.4 Home applicants per interview	3.2 Home applicant interviews per place	4.5 Home applicants per place
Sheffield	1.9 Home applicants per interview	4.0 Home applicant interviews per place	7.6 Home applicants per place
Southampton	2.0 Home applicants per interview	4.0 Home applicant interviews per place	8.0 Home applicants per place
St Andrews	2.2 Home applicants per interview	3.5 Home applicant interviews per place	7.8 Home applicants per place
St George's London	2.0 Home applicants per interview	3.5 Home applicant interviews per place	7.0 Home applicants per place
Sunderland	3.0 Home applicants per interview	1.3 Home applicant interviews per place	4.0 Home applicants per place
UCL	3.0 Home applicants per interview	3.3 Home applicant interviews per place	10.0 Home applicants per place
UCLan	2.3 Home applicants per interview	16.5 Home applicant interviews per place	38.0 Home applicants per place

Notes on data scope

With interview management devolved across its various colleges, Cambridge has not reported consolidated data on interviews.

As a private medical school (not subject to FOI regulations), Buckingham has not responded to requests for information on competition ratios.

As explained in our notes on 'Home' classifications, UK medical schools counted EU applicants within the 'Home' category in the 2019-20 and previous admissions cycles. When making comparisons with later data sets, keep in mind that UK medical schools after Brexit start counting EU applicants within 'International' category.

Due to ongoing impact of Covid-19 since March 2020, UK medical schools have not yet released competition ratio data for this period. Applicants should keep in mind that coronavirus-related lockdowns and other restrictions affected the entire UK education sector, so competition ratios were most likely distorted during and following the 2020-21 admissions cycle. MedSchoolGenie will update here when further competition data becomes available.

For more details about calculations and data sources used here, see our notes on evaluating 'Home' competition.

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