How UK universities use the UCAT

• You will know your UCAT result well in advance of the UCAS deadline. You should use your test result to help inform your UCAS choices and avoid wasting an application.
• Universities use UCAT results in different ways during their selection processes. All our universities provide detailed information on their websites regarding how they use the UCAT in selection. They may use the test differently for different programmes and different candidate groups. You need to read the information they provide carefully and contact them if anything is not clear.
• For some universities the UCAT score is a significant factor in their consideration of applications. For others it may be a less important factor or only used in marginal situations. Most universities consider the UCAT total score (i.e. the score after each of the cognitive subtest scores have been added together). However some do look at individual subtest scores and may even have a cut-off score for a particular subtest.
• Some universities have a threshold score that candidates have to achieve in order to be considered further in their selection processes. Where this is a fixed score this will be provided on their websites. Some universities determine threshold scores each year but usually indicate on their website scores they have used in previous years.
• Other universities weight UCAT scores alongside factors such as academic achievement (e.g. GCSE scores). The weighting may be significant or may contribute a smaller amount to the final outcome.
• An increasing number of universities use the SJT in selection with some excluding lower performing candidates.

Please see the table below for links to the relevant pages of UK Consortium University websites: 

The Medical Schools Council (MSC) publish information on medical school entry requirements

The Dental Schools Council (DSC) publish information on dental school entry requirements