So you've applied to Aston for Medicine. Maybe the interview invitation is already sitting in your inbox, or maybe you're refreshing your emails every twenty minutes. Either way, this guide is for you.
Aston does things a little differently from most UK medical schools. It ignores your predicted A-level grades completely, it leans heavily on your General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) grades, and it runs every interview online. Once you understand how the system works, you can prepare for it far more precisely than most applicants bother to.
Below you'll find everything Aston has published about its selection process for 2027 entry, what the numbers from the last cycle actually tell you, and 55 example interview questions organised around the exact qualities Aston says it is looking for. 🩺
🏥 An Introduction to Aston Medical School
Aston Medical School sits in the centre of Birmingham, the UK's second-largest city, as part of Aston University. It is one of the country's younger medical schools: its first Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) students started in 2018, and its first cohort graduated in July 2023.
In April 2023 the General Medical Council (GMC) added Aston to the list of bodies able to award UK primary medical qualifications. In plain English, an Aston MBChB is a fully recognised UK medical degree, and graduates can join the GMC's provisional register and apply for the UK Foundation Programme like anyone else.
The five-year course (code A100 on UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) is split into two phases:
- 🔵 Phase 1 (Years 1 and 2): the science behind medicine, taught in body-system blocks alongside clinical skills, communication and consultation skills. You'll start in general practice early in your very first term.
- 🔵 Phase 2 (Years 3 to 5): clinical apprenticeships in hospitals and general practice, Student Selected Components, a six-week Foundation Assistantship and a six-week elective in the UK or abroad.
Teaching combines Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Case-Based Learning (CBL), so expect plenty of small-group work built around patient scenarios. For 2027 entry there are 110 places for home students and 30 for international students, and Aston aims to offer up to 40% of its UK places to applicants who meet its widening participation criteria.
⭐ How Aston Stands Out From Other UK Medical Schools
Every medical school claims to be patient-centred. Here's what is genuinely distinctive about Aston, and why it matters for your interview answers.
1. Predicted grades don't count. At all.
Aston says plainly that A-level predicted grades are not used in its scoring and are not considered at any stage of admissions. For most Year 13 applicants, that means your academic score comes entirely from your GCSEs. Very few medical schools take such a hard line.
2. General practice from day one
Year 1 includes two one-week placements in primary care, the first of them early in term one. Year 2 adds nine more days in general practice, and Year 3 includes a full 12-week primary care block. If you're drawn to community medicine, Aston will give you plenty to talk about.
3. A genuinely diverse patient population
Placements run through a network of NHS (National Health Service) trusts and primary care providers serving inner-city areas, towns and rural communities across the West Midlands. Birmingham is one of the most diverse cities in Europe, which shapes the kind of medicine you'll see.
4. A serious commitment to widening access
Aston was ranked 2nd in England for social mobility in the 2025 Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) Social Mobility Index. It runs a contextual offer of AAB, the Wesleyan Pathway to Medicine programme for eligible Year 12 and 13 students, and ranks widening participation applicants in their own group.
5. Simulation-heavy clinical skills training
Facilities include a simulated hospital ward with mid-fidelity manikins, an acute care simulation room, a critical care simulation unit and discreet camera recording so you can watch your own performance back.
6. Learning alongside other healthcare students
Aston highlights inter-professional learning with students on its other healthcare courses, such as pharmacy. Expect teamwork to come up at interview.
7. Research themes you can mention
Students can take a research-based Student Selected Component with the Aston Medical Research Institute, whose themes are maternal health, mental health, cardiovascular medicine and regenerative medicine.
🏆 Rankings: Aston Worldwide, in the UK and for Student Experience
Let's be honest about the league tables, because an interviewer won't be impressed if you claim Aston tops the medicine rankings.
Medicine subject rankings
- 📊 Complete University Guide 2027 (Medicine): 36th in the UK
- 📊 Guardian University Guide 2026 (Medicine): 35th in the UK
Young medical schools tend to sit lower in subject tables because measures like research output and entry tariff take years to build. Aston's position here says more about its age than about the quality of the doctors it produces.
Overall university rankings
- 🌍 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2027: around 416th in the world, placing Aston in the top 5% of institutions QS evaluates
- 🌍 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026: 401–500 band
- 🇬🇧 Complete University Guide 2027: 52nd in the UK
- 🇬🇧 Guardian University Guide 2026: 48th in the UK
- 🇬🇧 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: 41st in the UK
- 🇬🇧 Daily Mail University Guide 2027: 36th in the UK
Student experience and teaching quality
- 💙 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023: Gold, the highest rating available
- 💙 Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025: 16th in the UK for student experience, as rated by students
- 💙 National Student Survey (NSS) 2026: 84% overall positivity across the university
- 💙 Daily Mail University Guide 2025: University of the Year for Student Success
- 💙 Guardian University Guide 2026: 23rd in the UK for career prospects
👉 Interview tip: if you're asked why Aston, the student experience, social mobility and early clinical contact give you far more convincing material than league-table positions.
Once your score gets you the interview
Your UCAT gets you the interview. The interview gets you the offer.
A mid-range score can win offers when your interview is strong, and even a high one can fall short without preparation. Our interview course is taught in small groups by NHS doctors, with realistic MMI practice and feedback on every station.
🎯 How Aston Decides Who to Call for Interview
This is where Aston really differs from the crowd, so it's worth reading slowly.
Step 1: Minimum requirements
You must meet the published entry requirements, have taken the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) in the year you apply, and submit a complete UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) application by the October deadline. You must also be 18 or over by 1 October 2027, because placement providers require it. Aston will not consider younger applicants or offer them a deferral.
Step 2: Ranking on GCSEs plus UCAT
Home applicants are ranked on their achieved qualifications (normally GCSEs) and their total UCAT score. The top-ranked applicants are invited to the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI).
Three separate groups are ranked independently:
- 🟢 Home applicants (non-widening participation)
- 🟢 Home widening participation applicants
- 🟢 International applicants
From 2027 entry, international (overseas fee status) applicants will be ranked for interview on UCAT total score only, although they must still meet the GCSE-equivalent requirements.
How the GCSE score works (most Year 13 applicants)
If you haven't yet completed your A-levels, Aston scores six GCSEs: English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology (or Double Science counted as two), plus your best two other subjects.
- Grade 9 or 8 = 4 points
- Grade 7 = 3 points
- Grade 6 = 2 points
- Grade 5 or 4 = 1 point
The maximum is 24 points.
A worked example
Imagine Priya has 9 in English Language, 8 in Maths, 9 in Chemistry, 7 in Biology, and her best two others are an 8 and a 6. That's 4 + 4 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 2 = 21 points, which was exactly the lowest academic score of anyone invited to interview for 2026 entry. The average home interviewee scored 23.27 out of 24, which means almost straight 8s and 9s in the scored subjects.
If you've already achieved your A-levels (for example, on a gap year), a different scale applies: six GCSEs are scored out of 12 and your A-levels out of 12. Graduates have their own scheme too.
Things Aston does not use for shortlisting
- ❌ Predicted A-level grades
- ❌ The Situational Judgement Test (SJT) band (all bands 1 to 4 are accepted)
- ❌ Your personal statement (it is read for suitability and fitness to practise concerns but not scored)
- ❌ Extenuating circumstances (these are not considered in scoring and ranking)
Work experience isn't mandatory either. Aston understands clinical placements are hard to find and expects you to have explored the online options available.
📈 How Aston Uses the UCAT
The UCAT is compulsory, and your total score is used twice: once to rank you for interview and again when offers are made after the MMI.
A few points worth knowing:
- 🔵 Aston uses the total of Verbal Reasoning, Decision Making and Quantitative Reasoning, out of 2,700. Abstract Reasoning was removed from the UCAT from the 2025 test onwards, so 2026 entry was the first cycle on the new scale.
- 🔵 There is no published UCAT cut-off. Your UCAT is combined with your academic score, so a strong GCSE profile can carry a more modest UCAT, and vice versa.
- 🔵 The SJT band is not scored.
- 🔵 Aston has not published the precise weighting it uses to combine UCAT and academic scores for 2027 entry.
What the 2026 entry UCAT data shows (out of 2,700)
- Home applicants: average 1,920
- Home interviewees: lowest 1,580, average 1,982
- Home offer holders: lowest 1,730, average 2,012
- Widening participation interviewees: lowest 1,560, average 1,971
- International interviewees: lowest 1,720, average 1,953
⚠️ Important: UCAT figures from cycles before 2026 entry were out of 3,600 and can't be compared directly with these numbers. If you see an "Aston cut-off of 2,600" quoted somewhere, it's from the old scale.
You've already sat the UCAT for 2027 entry, so there's nothing more to do here. The point is to understand where you stand: if your UCAT is around or above the interviewee average and your GCSEs are strong, you're in a good position.
💻 How Aston Interviews: Style, Structure, Timings and Delivery
Interview style
Aston uses Multiple Mini Interviews only. There's no traditional panel interview. You move through a series of short stations, each designed to test a different attribute, with a fresh assessor scoring each one.
Delivery: online
All of Aston's MMIs are held online. That applies to home and international applicants alike. Microsoft Teams has been used in recent cycles, but always follow the platform instructions in your invitation.
Structure
Aston describes two broad station types:
- 🎭 Role-play stations where you interact with an actor (for example, a patient, relative, friend or colleague)
- 📄 Discussion stations where you read a scenario and then talk it through with the assessor
For 2026 entry, MMI scores were out of 50, with a maximum of 10 marks per station, which means five scored stations. Aston hasn't confirmed the number of stations for 2027 entry, so be ready for a slightly different circuit.
Timings
Aston doesn't publish station timings. Applicants commonly report stations of roughly five to seven minutes, with short gaps for reading. Allow the best part of an hour for the whole circuit, plus time to log in early and check your set-up.
What you won't be tested on
Aston is explicit that you will not be tested on medical knowledge. Scenarios are written with the typical age and experience of applicants in mind. You won't need to explain the renin-angiotensin system. You will need to show you can listen, reason and treat people well.
Your personal statement
Your personal statement isn't scored, but the Medical Schools Council (MSC) entry page notes it may be used during the MMI. Re-read it before the day and be ready to talk about anything you wrote.
Reasonable adjustments
Aston is committed to making reasonable adjustments so that every applicant can take part fully. If you need adjustments, contact admissions as soon as you receive your invitation.
📅 When Are Aston Medical School Interviews Held?
Aston's MMIs normally run between December and March of your application year. For 2027 entry, that means December 2026 to March 2027.
If you rank highly enough, you'll receive an email invitation listing a number of dates to choose from. Aston then allocates you a specific time.
🗓️ Invitations are sent in waves, so don't panic if friends hear before you do.
🧠 What Topics Are Covered in the Aston Interview?
Aston publishes the qualities it looks for. This is the single most useful piece of information you have, because every station maps on to one or more of these.
From Aston's MMI guidance:
- 🔵 Oral and written communication
- 🔵 Listening
- 🔵 Empathy, compassion, respect and dignity
- 🔵 Emotional intelligence
- 🔵 Problem solving
- 🔵 Motivation
- 🔵 Teamworking
- 🔵 Being able to lead as well as follow
- 🔵 Knowing your limitations and knowing when to ask for help
From the course page, Aston also lists:
- 🟢 Understanding of studying and practising medicine
- 🟢 Understanding of professionalism
- 🟢 Understanding of leadership skills
And in its admissions FAQs, Aston says it values curiosity, openness to new situations, a willingness to learn through discussion, and a genuine interest in working with patients as partners.
Notice "written communication" in that list. Don't be surprised by a station that asks you to read, summarise or draft something briefly before discussing it.
📊 How Many Are Interviewed and How Many Receive Offers?
Aston publishes score ranges rather than headline numbers, but Freedom of Information figures reported for 2025 entry suggest:
- 📨 Around 944 home applications
- 🎤 Around 214 home applicants interviewed (roughly 23%)
- ✅ Around 192 home offers (roughly 20% of applicants)
Treat these as a guide only, because figures vary from year to year. What they suggest is that the hardest hurdle at Aston is getting an interview in the first place. Once you're through, your odds are good, but the interview is not a formality. Aston's admissions FAQs state that applicants previously rejected because of red flags at its MMIs won't be considered again.
Remember too that Aston has 110 home places, so it needs to make enough offers to fill them after some offer holders choose elsewhere or miss their grades.
⚖️ What Is the Interview Scoring Method?
Here's how the pieces fit together:
- 1️⃣ You're invited to interview based on your academic score plus total UCAT.
- 2️⃣ Each station is scored individually (out of 10 per station for 2026 entry), and your marks are added to give an overall MMI score.
- 3️⃣ Offers are based on your academic, UCAT and MMI scores together, ranked within your applicant group (home, widening participation or international).
- 4️⃣ All offers are conditional on your grades, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and occupational health screening.
Because the score is summed across stations, a weaker station isn't fatal. Aston says this itself: if one station doesn't suit you, you can make up for it elsewhere. So reset after every station and go again.
What the 2026 entry MMI scores looked like (out of 50)
- Home interviewees: lowest 23, average 35.09
- Home offer holders: lowest 27, average 36.39
- Widening participation offer holders: lowest 27, average 35.58
- International offer holders: lowest 26, average 33.60
An average home offer holder scored about 7 out of 10 per station. That's "clearly good", not "flawless". Consistency matters more than brilliance.
📬 When Are Aston Offers Released?
Aston ranks candidates after the MMIs have finished, and the interview window runs until March. In practice, that means most decisions arrive from March onwards.
The UCAS deadline for universities to make decisions on applications submitted on time is 12 May 2027, so you will hear by then at the latest.
If you're waiting, it's normal. It doesn't mean you've done badly; it means Aston is waiting for every candidate in your group to be interviewed before ranking.
❓ 55 Example Aston Medical School Interview Questions for 2027 Entry
These questions are organised around the attributes Aston says it assesses. They're written in station format: some are direct questions, some give you a short scenario to read and discuss, and some are role-plays with an actor. Follow-up prompts are in italics, because at Aston the follow-ups are often where the marks are.
None of these are leaked questions. They are realistic practice prompts based on Aston's published criteria and the station types it describes.
🩺 Motivation and Understanding of Medicine
Q1. Why do you want to be a doctor rather than another healthcare professional, such as a pharmacist or physician associate? What could a pharmacist do for a patient that a doctor might not?
Q2. Tell me about something you've done that showed you what a doctor's job is really like. What surprised you, and has it changed your view of medicine?
Q3. What do you think will be the hardest thing about the first two years of a medical degree? How will you look after yourself when it gets difficult?
Q4. Many doctors talk about burnout. Why do you still want to do this job?
Q5. You couldn't find a clinical work experience placement. What else did you do to understand the role of a doctor, and what did you learn from it?
Q6. What qualities do you think make a good doctor? Which one do you most need to develop?
🗣️ Oral and Written Communication
Q7. Discussion station. You'll be shown a short paragraph explaining what a blood test involves, written for a medical audience. Rewrite the key points out loud as you would explain them to a nervous 12-year-old.
Q8. Explain how to make a cup of tea to someone who has never seen a kettle. What assumptions did you have to avoid?
Q9. Written task. You have two minutes to write a short message to your team explaining that tomorrow's group meeting is cancelled and why. Then talk the assessor through your choices of tone and detail.
Q10. How would you communicate with a patient who speaks very little English? Why might using a family member as an interpreter be a problem?
Q11. Tell me about a time someone misunderstood you. What happened and what did you change?
👂 Listening
Q12. Role-play. An actor plays a friend who has just been dropped from the school football team and wants to talk. Your task is simply to support them. Afterwards: what did you notice about how they were feeling?
Q13. Tell me about a time when listening, rather than speaking, solved a problem.
Q14. Discussion station. The assessor reads you a short account of a patient's experience at a GP appointment. You won't see it written down. Summarise the patient's main concerns and what they wanted from the appointment.
Q15. How can you tell if someone is really listening to you?
💙 Empathy, Compassion, Respect and Dignity
Q16. Role-play. An actor plays an elderly neighbour whose cat has died. They live alone. Speak with them.
Q17. What's the difference between empathy and sympathy? Give an example from your own life.
Q18. Role-play. You're a volunteer at a care home. A resident's daughter is upset that her mother was left in a soiled bed for an hour. Respond to her concerns.
Q19. How would you maintain a patient's dignity during an intimate examination, even as a student watching?
Q20. Tell me about a time you treated someone with respect when you found it hard to.
Q21. A patient refuses a blood transfusion for religious reasons. How do you feel about that, and how should the doctor respond?
🧩 Emotional Intelligence
Q22. Tell me about a time you got something badly wrong. How did you feel, and what did you do next?
Q23. How do you know when you're stressed, and what do you do about it?
Q24. Discussion station. A classmate posts something unkind about you in a group chat. What would you do, and how would you manage your own reaction?
Q25. How would you respond if a patient was rude to you because they were frightened?
Q26. Describe a time you picked up on how someone was feeling without them telling you.
🔍 Problem Solving
Q27. Discussion station. You're organising a charity bake sale. On the morning, half your volunteers drop out and it starts raining. Talk the assessor through what you'd do.
Q28. You have three pieces of coursework due on the same day and a family commitment the night before. How would you prioritise?
Q29. Discussion station. A GP surgery has 30 appointments a day and 45 patients asking to be seen. What could the surgery do to manage demand fairly? Who might lose out under your plan?
Q30. You're a medical student on placement and you notice the hand gel dispensers on the ward are empty. What do you do?
Q31. Data interpretation. You're shown a simple bar chart of A&E (Accident and Emergency) attendances by day of the week. What does it tell you, and what doesn't it tell you?
🤝 Teamworking
Q32. Tell me about a team you've been part of that worked well. What made it work?
Q33. Tell me about a team that didn't work well. What was your role in that?
Q34. Discussion station. In a group project, one member does almost nothing but expects equal credit. How would you handle it?
Q35. Who is in a multidisciplinary team in general practice, and why does it matter?
Q36. How might learning alongside pharmacy students help you as a future doctor?
🧭 Leading and Following
Q37. Tell me about a time you led a group. What would your team say about you?
Q38. When is it better to follow than to lead? Give me an example.
Q39. Discussion station. You're the captain of a school quiz team. The newest member disagrees with your final answer and turns out to be right. What does that teach you about leadership?
Q40. What makes a good leader in a hospital, where the most senior person isn't always the one with the answer?
🛑 Knowing Your Limitations and When to Ask for Help
Q41. Tell me about a time you asked for help. Why was it the right decision?
Q42. Role-play. You're a first-year medical student shadowing on a ward. A patient asks you whether their scan results are back and whether it's cancer. Respond to the patient.
Q43. A friend on your course asks you to sign them in to a lecture they're skipping. What do you do?
Q44. Why is it important for doctors to admit when they don't know something?
Q45. You notice a fellow medical student smells of alcohol before a placement. What would you do?
⚖️ Professionalism and Ethics
Q46. What does professionalism mean to you as a medical student, rather than as a doctor?
Q47. A 15-year-old asks her GP for the contraceptive pill and doesn't want her parents told. What issues does this raise?
Q48. Should doctors be allowed to refuse to treat patients who smoke?
Q49. A patient finds a medical student's social media account and sends a friend request. What should the student do?
🏙️ Questions Specific to Aston Medical School
Expect at least one question that tests whether you actually know what you've applied to. Generic answers ("it has a great reputation") won't score well here.
Q50. Why Aston? What would you get here that you wouldn't get at another medical school? Be specific: early general practice placements, PBL and CBL, simulation facilities, inter-professional learning, the Birmingham patient population.
Q51. Aston teaches through a mix of Problem-Based Learning and Case-Based Learning. How do you think you'll find learning in small groups, and what will you bring to your group?
Q52. Aston places students in general practice from the first term. What do you hope to learn from such early patient contact?
Q53. Birmingham serves very diverse communities. What health inequalities might you see on placement here, and how could doctors help reduce them?
Q54. Aston is a socially inclusive medical school that aims to offer up to 40% of its UK places to widening participation applicants. Why might a diverse medical workforce matter for patients?
Q55. Aston is one of the UK's newer medical schools. What do you see as the advantages and challenges of studying at a young medical school?
💬 What Students Say About the Aston Interview and Course
Real attributed quotes from applicants are hard to verify, so the points below are composite themes drawn from the kind of feedback applicants and students commonly share. Treat them as anecdotal.
On the interview
- 💭 Many applicants say the online format felt less intimidating than they expected, mainly because they were in a familiar room. Several also say it felt oddly quiet between stations, without the buzz of an in-person circuit.
- 💭 A recurring piece of advice is to test your camera, microphone and connection the day before. Tech worries eat into your focus far more than the questions themselves.
- 💭 Role-play stations are often described as surprisingly emotional. Actors respond to what you say, so rehearsed scripts quickly fall apart.
- 💭 Applicants often say the assessors came across as friendly and encouraging, with stations feeling more like conversations than interrogations.
- 💭 The wait for an outcome comes up again and again. Because Aston ranks after all interviews finish, some applicants hear nothing for weeks.
On the course and culture
- 💭 Current students frequently mention the early patient contact. One Aston graduate describes the course as "patient-focused from the start" on the university's course page.
- 💭 The simulation suites get plenty of praise as a safe space to practise history taking and examination before clinical years.
- 💭 Students describe a close-knit cohort and a broad mix of backgrounds, reflecting Aston's widening participation focus.
- 💭 Placements across the West Midlands mean some travel, which students say is worth planning for.
🚀 Top Tips for Succeeding at the Aston Interview
1. Learn the attribute list by heart
Aston has told you what it's scoring. Before every practice answer, ask yourself which attribute the station is testing and make sure your answer shows it.
2. Prepare two or three stories for each attribute
Use a simple structure such as STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result), but spend most of your time on what you learned. Reflection is what separates a 6 from an 8.
3. Practise role-plays with a real person
Reading role-play scenarios silently is not practice. Get a friend, parent or teacher to play the actor and to push back.
4. Treat your online set-up as part of the interview
- 💻 Laptop or desktop rather than a phone
- 🔌 Plugged in, with notifications off
- 🎧 Headphones with a microphone if your room echoes
- 💡 Light in front of you, not behind
- 🚪 A note on the door and a back-up plan if your Wi-Fi drops
5. Know Aston's course properly
You should be able to name the PBL and CBL approach, the early general practice placements, the simulation facilities and inter-professional learning without hesitation.
6. Re-read your personal statement
It isn't scored, but it may be used during the MMI. If you mentioned it, you should be able to discuss it.
7. Read up on the NHS, but don't cram medicine
You won't be tested on medical knowledge. You should, however, understand the basics of how the NHS works, the role of general practice and a few current challenges facing it.
8. Avoid red flags
Arrogance, dishonesty, blaming others, ignoring patient safety and breaching confidentiality are the quickest ways to lose marks, and Aston keeps a record of red flags. If in doubt, be honest, put the patient first and escalate.
9. Reset after every station
The score is added up across stations. A wobbly station is only part of your total. Take a breath and walk into the next one fresh.
10. Use the reading time
For discussion stations, jot down two or three key points and one question you'd want to ask. Structure beats speed.
📌 Key Facts at a Glance: Aston Medical School 2027 Entry
- 🏫 Course: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), five years, UCAS code A100
- 📍 Location: Birmingham city centre, with placements across the West Midlands
- 🗓️ Course starts: September 2027
- 👥 Places: 110 home and 30 international
- 🎓 A-levels: A*AA including Chemistry and Biology, with the A* in one of them
- 🎓 Contextual offer: AAB, with A grades in Chemistry and Biology
- 🎓 International Baccalaureate (IB): 37 points, with 7, 6, 6 at Higher Level including Chemistry and Biology
- 📝 General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE): at least six at grade 6, including English Language, Maths, Chemistry and Biology or Double Science
- 🔢 Shortlisting: GCSE-based academic score plus University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) total; predicted grades not used
- 🧮 UCAT: required, total out of 2,700, no published cut-off; Situational Judgement Test (SJT) band not scored
- 🌍 International applicants: ranked for interview on UCAT total only from 2027 entry
- 💻 Interview: online Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
- ⏰ Interview window: normally December 2026 to March 2027
- 🎯 2026 entry MMI scoring: 10 marks per station, 50 in total
- 📬 Offers: after all interviews, usually from March; universities must decide by 12 May 2027
- 🎂 Age: must be 18 by 1 October 2027
- 🚫 Not accepted: T Levels, Access courses, transfers from other degrees
- 💷 Fees 2027/28: £10,050 a year for home students (subject to parliamentary approval); £47,000 a year for international students
- 🏅 Teaching quality: Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold 2023
🔗 Useful Links
Aston University
- Aston Medicine MBChB course page
- Aston Medical School Advice Zone
- Aston Medical School: The MMI
- Aston Medical School FAQs, including how applications are scored
- Aston Medical School: UCAT advice
- Aston Ready contextual offers
- Pathway to Healthcare and the Wesleyan Pathway to Medicine
- Aston University rankings and awards
National bodies
- Medical Schools Council: Aston MBChB entry requirements
- Medical Schools Council: interviews
- UCAT Consortium
- General Medical Council: full approval for Aston Medical School
- General Medical Council: Good Medical Practice
- UCAS: 2027 entry decision deadline
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