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Our bar chart and data table review Home applicant numbers at UK medical schools, across three data points

Would you like to compare numbers of Home applicants at UK medical schools, across three key stages of the admissions process?

Our interactive table and chart focus on numbers at three gate points:

  1. initial numbers of Home applicants
  2. select numbers of Home applicants invited to interview
  3. final numbers of Home applicants securing places.

Important notes

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

Estimates of applicant numbers are based on competition data reported 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 Total Home applicants Home applicants invited to interviews Home applicants securing places
Aberdeen
1892 Home applicants in total 1113 Home applicants invited to interviews 195 Home applicants secure places
Anglia Ruskin
1440 Home applicants in total 720 Home applicants invited to interviews 120 Home applicants secure places
Aston
1060 Home applicants in total 366 Home applicants invited to interviews 100 Home applicants secure places
Barts
1850 Home applicants in total 925 Home applicants invited to interviews 370 Home applicants secure places
Birmingham
3237 Home applicants in total 1471 Home applicants invited to interviews 390 Home applicants secure places
Brighton and Sussex
1197 Home applicants in total 665 Home applicants invited to interviews 190 Home applicants secure places
Bristol
3570 Home applicants in total 1050 Home applicants invited to interviews 255 Home applicants secure places
Buckingham
Home applicants not specified Home applicant interviews not specified Home places not specified
Cambridge
1830 Home applicants in total Home applicant interviews not specified 305 Home applicants secure places
Cardiff
2970 Home applicants in total 1563 Home applicants invited to interviews 330 Home applicants secure places
Dundee
1700 Home applicants in total 629 Home applicants invited to interviews 165 Home applicants secure places
Edge Hill
504 Home applicants in total 336 Home applicants invited to interviews 30 Home applicants secure places
Edinburgh
2156 Home applicants in total 599 Home applicants invited to interviews 220 Home applicants secure places
Exeter
1875 Home applicants in total 938 Home applicants invited to interviews 250 Home applicants secure places
Glasgow
1340 Home applicants in total 609 Home applicants invited to interviews 285 Home applicants secure places
Hull York
1610 Home applicants in total 805 Home applicants invited to interviews 230 Home applicants secure places
Imperial
1825 Home applicants in total 913 Home applicants invited to interviews 365 Home applicants secure places
Keele
1760 Home applicants in total 704 Home applicants invited to interviews 160 Home applicants secure places
Kent and Medway
1617 Home applicants in total 311 Home applicants invited to interviews 105 Home applicants secure places
King's College
2656 Home applicants in total 1155 Home applicants invited to interviews 415 Home applicants secure places
Lancaster
943 Home applicants in total 248 Home applicants invited to interviews 145 Home applicants secure places
Leeds
2484 Home applicants in total 1242 Home applicants invited to interviews 270 Home applicants secure places
Leicester
2242 Home applicants in total 1246 Home applicants invited to interviews 295 Home applicants secure places
Lincoln
400 Home applicants in total 267 Home applicants invited to interviews 100 Home applicants secure places
Liverpool
2881 Home applicants in total 2058 Home applicants invited to interviews 335 Home applicants secure places
Manchester
2613 Home applicants in total 1633 Home applicants invited to interviews 390 Home applicants secure places
Newcastle
2263 Home applicants in total 1078 Home applicants invited to interviews 365 Home applicants secure places
Norwich (UEA)
1650 Home applicants in total 1179 Home applicants invited to interviews 220 Home applicants secure places
Nottingham
3750 Home applicants in total 1875 Home applicants invited to interviews 375 Home applicants secure places
Oxford
1628 Home applicants in total 465 Home applicants invited to interviews 185 Home applicants secure places
Plymouth
1599 Home applicants in total 1142 Home applicants invited to interviews 195 Home applicants secure places
Queen’s Belfast
1170 Home applicants in total 836 Home applicants invited to interviews 260 Home applicants secure places
Sheffield
2280 Home applicants in total 1200 Home applicants invited to interviews 300 Home applicants secure places
Southampton
2000 Home applicants in total 1000 Home applicants invited to interviews 250 Home applicants secure places
St Andrews
1404 Home applicants in total 638 Home applicants invited to interviews 180 Home applicants secure places
St George's London
1925 Home applicants in total 963 Home applicants invited to interviews 275 Home applicants secure places
Sunderland
400 Home applicants in total 133 Home applicants invited to interviews 100 Home applicants secure places
UCL
3600 Home applicants in total 1200 Home applicants invited to interviews 360 Home applicants secure places
UCLan
570 Home applicants in total 248 Home applicants invited to interviews 15 Home applicants secure places

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 about competition.

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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