Percentages of success: Home applications to UK medical schools

Our bar chart and data table review percentages of Home applicant success, across three data points

Keen to understand percentages of Home applicants succeeding at key steps along the way to places at UK medical schools?

Our interactive chart and data table track percentages of Home applicant success at these data points:

Home applicant percentages of success when trying to obtaining interviews
Home applicant percentages of success when performing at interviews
Overall percentages of Home applicant success in securing places

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	Percentage of Home applicants invited to interviews	Percentage of Home applicants interviewed who secure places	Percentage of all Home applicants securing places
Aberdeen	58.8% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	17.5% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	10.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Anglia Ruskin	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	16.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	8.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Aston	34.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	27.4% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	9.4% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Barts	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	40.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	20.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Birmingham	45.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	26.5% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	12.1% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Brighton and Sussex	55.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	28.6% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	15.9% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Bristol	29.4% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	24.3% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	7.1% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Buckingham	Data not available re Home competition for interviews	Data not available re Home interview success rates	Data not available re Home competition for places
Cambridge	Data not available re Home competition for interviews	Data not available re Home interview success rates	16.7% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Cardiff	52.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	21.1% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	11.1% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Dundee	37.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	26.2% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	9.7% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Edge Hill	66.7% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	8.9% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	6.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Edinburgh	27.8% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	36.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	10.2% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Exeter	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	26.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	13.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Glasgow	45.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	46.8% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	21.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Hull York	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	28.6% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	14.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Imperial	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	40.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	20.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Keele	40.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	22.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	9.1% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Kent and Medway	19.2% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	33.8% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	6.5% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
King's College	43.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	35.9% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	15.6% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Lancaster	26.3% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	58.5% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	15.4% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Leeds	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	21.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	10.9% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Leicester	55.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	23.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	13.2% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Lincoln	66.7% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	37.5% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	25.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Liverpool	71.4% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	16.3% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	11.6% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Manchester	62.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	23.9% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	14.9% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Newcastle	47.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	33.9% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	16.1% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Norwich (UEA)	71.4% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	18.7% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	13.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Nottingham	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	20.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	10.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Oxford	28.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	39.8% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	11.4% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Plymouth	71.4% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	17.1% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	12.2% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Queen’s Belfast	71.4% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	31.1% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	22.2% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Sheffield	52.6% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	25.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	13.2% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Southampton	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	25.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	12.5% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
St Andrews	45.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	28.2% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	12.8% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
St George's London	50.0% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	28.6% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	14.3% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
Sunderland	33.3% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	75.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	25.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
UCL	33.3% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	30.0% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	10.0% of all Home applicants succeed in securing places
UCLan	43.5% of Home applicants succeed in obtaining interviews	6.1% of Home applicants interviewed secure places	2.6% of all Home applicants succeed in securing 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 definitions of 'Home', UK medical schools counted EU applicants within the 'Home' category during the 2019-20 admissions cycle. 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 data after 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 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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