When do medical schools send invites for medical school interviews?

Students applying to medicine for 2023 entry should start to receive invites for medical school interviews soon. Speaking to our students on our Medical School Interview Course on the 6th of November 2022, none had yet been called for interview.

• Some have been given an element of coursework to complete from medical schools, which is a positive outcome as it shows the application is being considered 😀

• Students applying for graduate entry or any other entry pathway to medicine other than the standard 5 year degree may have a different admission process or have certain elements of their application, for example work experience, come under greater scrutiny 🔎

• If you know a student in your school that has been called for interview at the same medical school you have applied for and you have not yet (or been given coursework and you have not) do not take this as a sign that your application is in trouble 😳

• Medical schools can traditionally call for interview between November and April. However, during the COVID19 pandemic, some medical schools appeared to experience a backlog, and some did interview beyond this period ⏱

• The final UCAS deadline for universities appears to be around July but we expect all medical schools to decide on offers way before this.

• For Buckingham, which is a private medical school, we have known them to interview over the summer holiday.

• Most medical schools will be interviewing in person, but a small number have retained online interviews. The MMI format is still used by the majority.

• Medical schools can also use alternative terminology e.g. ‘assessment days’. You should still prepare for such assessments as you would for a medical school interview unless they give you other specific information to suggest otherwise.

• Medical schools do not always indicate the topics they assess in interviews, or the specific number of stations or length of the interview. Some will provide this information only to those that are called for interview and other students will only find out on the day.

• In the past, a small number of medical schools have released the questions candidates will be asked before your interview. You may feel this is an advantage but remember every student will also have had access to the same information.

• Remember that you will potentially have four interviews at four medical schools and not to be disheartened or put off if one of them does not call you for interview or declines you after interview. You should ask for feedback if you are unsuccessful in an application and the medical school should provide you with this.

• Most medical schools will send invites for interview in November and December. The BMAT medical schools will not obtain BMAT results until 25 November, so they will not call you for interview before this date.

Come to our Medical School Interview Course and covert interviews into offers.

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Practice your interview skills on our 40 MMI Mock Circuit Days and see where you are going wrong and how to put things right.

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When do UK medical schools interview candidates ?

Here is our list of when we expect medical schools to interview and the format that we use. This is obtained from several sources including our own historical data, but medical schools can, and do, change their mind so you should check with the relevant medical school to confirm accuracy.

Anglia Ruskin University – MMI interviews usually in December and January.

Aston University – MMI interviews are planned between December and March.

Aberdeen University –MMI interviews are planned between November and March and will be in person.

Barts – Medical school interviews planned in January and March and are expected in the panel format.

University of Birmingham – MMI interviews in January and February and are planned in person.

University of Bristol – Medical school interviews are planned between December and April in the panel format.

Brighton and Sussex Medical School – MMI interviews are planned in January and are being held online.

University of Buckingham – Candidates will be invited to a medical school selection day. From past experience, this can be at any time and is not limited by UCAS deadlines.

Cardiff University – MMI interviews are planned in January.

University of Cambridge and University of Oxford – These medical schools will be holding a traditional panel interview in December.

University of Central Lancashire – The medical school used online panel interviews last year for the few number of UK candidates.

University of Dundee – MMI interviews planned between December and February and are in person.

Edge Hill – MMI interviews are being planned from January.

University of Edinburgh – This medical school has an assessment day which includes an element of MMI interviews from December onwards.

University of Exeter – MMIs happen between December and March.

Glasgow University – Will be using online interviews using a panel approach.

Hull York Medical School – Will be undertaking MMI interviews in January and February.

Imperial College London – This medical school has an online asynchronous interview in January with a further MMI interview around February and March.

Keele University – MMI interviews are planned between December and March.

Kent and Medway Medical School – MMI interviews are planned in January.

King’s College London – There will be MMI interviews between November and May.

Lancaster University – MMI interviews are planned in January and February.

University of Leeds – MMI interviews are planned from December onwards.

Leicester University – MMI interviews will be undertaken between December and March and will be online.

University of Liverpool – Medical school interviews usually held between December and February.

University of Manchester –MMI interviews will be between December and February.

Newcastle University – MMI interviews are planned between December and February.

Norwich Medical School, UEA – MMI interviews will be in person between November and February.

University of Nottingham – MMI interviews planned between December and March.

Plymouth University – Interviews are using the MMI format and are online.

Queen’s University Belfast – MMI interviews are usually held between December and March.

University of St Andrews – MMI interviews will be between November and March and are planned in person.

St George’s, University of London - MMI interviews planned between December and March.

University of Sheffield – MMI interviews between December and January and are planned to be online.

University of Sunderland – MMI interviews planned in December and January.

University of Southampton – The medical school is holding selection days in December and February.

UCL – MMI interviews are planned between December and March and are expected to be in person.

University of Warwick – This medical school is planning online MMI interviews in December.