Cardiff University

Cardiff, Wales 🇬🇧MBBCh · 5 years

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Admissions websiteVerified Oct 22, 2026

At a glance

Application

UCAS

Entry

School-leaver & graduate

Class size

300

Applicants

—

Interviewed

1,000

Admitted

—

Program length

5 years

Deadline

Oct 15, 2026

Latest published figures from official sources

Who can apply

Home (UK/IE)

International (overseas, 7.5% cap)

25 seats

Around 25 places in Year 1 (7.5% overseas cap). Verified in a browser 2026-10-22.

Requirements

Degree

A100 (5-year MBBCh) open to school-leavers and graduates, Home and overseas. A 4-year graduate-entry route exists only for named Feeder Stream partner programmes (Cardiff Bioscience, Cardiff Medical Pharmacology, Bangor Biomedical Sciences, USW Biomedical Sciences); other graduates apply to the 5-year A100.

Prerequisites

None

GPA

N/A

MCAT

No MCATNo MCAT-acceptance statement found; UCAT required of all applicant groups. Verified in a browser 2026-10-22.

Casper

Not published by the school

Also required

UCAT · Multiple Mini Interview (MMI); can be taken in Welsh or bilingually · around 1000 applicants interviewed each cycle; no offer without interview

How selection works

Around 3000 applications per year. Applicants are screened on GCSE points plus UCAT decile points (a UCAT cut-off may also be applied); around 1000 are interviewed by Multiple Mini Interview, with around 600 offers made. No offer is made without an interview.

Interview

Format

MMI

Delivery

Not published

When

Not published

Practise for Cardiff University's MMI

Timed stations, follow-ups and instant feedback.

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Dates, deadlines & fees

Oct 15, 2026
UCAS equal-consideration deadline for medicine (general UK rule; applies to Cardiff as a UCAS-route medical school)

Tuition (2027/28 awaiting confirmation)

Domestic: Home: charged at the Government maximum fee (2027/28 not yet confirmed)

Special programs & mission

Graduate Feeder Stream (4-year graduate entry)

Sources

Every figure links to the official page it came from. Look for the icon. Verified Oct 22, 2026.

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